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In what form the terrestrial reptiles excrete their nitrogenous wastes? How is this kind of excretion advantageous to terrestrial vertebrates which lay shelled eggs?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identification of Nitrogenous Waste in Terrestrial Reptiles**: Terrestrial reptiles excrete their nitrogenous waste primarily in the form of uric acid. 2. **Transformation Process**: In their bodies, nitrogenous waste begins as ammonia, which is a more toxic form. This ammonia undergoes a transformation process to convert it into uric acid, which is less toxic and more suitable for excretion. ...
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MODERN PUBLICATION-EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION-REVISION EXERCISES (Short Answer Questions)
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  2. Name the 3 common nitrogenous waste materials in vertebrates. Which of...

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  4. What do you mean by ammonotelic and ureotelic animals? Name one organi...

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  6. What is micturition? Give abnormal constituents of human urine.

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  7. Define ammonotelism. Name the excretory organs of flatworms.

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  8. Define uricotelism. Name the excretory organs of cockroach.

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  9. Define ureotelism. Name the excretory organs of earthworm.

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  10. Differentiate between ammonotelism, ureotelism and uricotelism.

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  14. Name a uricotelic animal. Why is it so called? How is this mode of exc...

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  16. What happens to the walls of distal convoluted tubule (DCT) of a nephr...

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  17. Where and how is urea produced in ureotelic animals ? What happens to ...

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  18. Describe the location of juxta-glomerular apparatus in human kidney. E...

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