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Given below is a simple diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the following questions :

Name the structural and functional units of the kidney.

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ICSE-EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION-TEST YOUR PROGRESS ( VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS )
  1. How many nephrons are there in each kidney of a human ?

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  2. Name the chief excretory product of human.

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  3. Given below is a simple diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudi...

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  4. In which organ ammonia is converted to urea?

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  5. Name any three organs in mammals which act as accessory excretory orga...

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  6. Name the yellow coloured pigment present in urine.

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  7. What is micturition?

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  8. Where do ultrafiltration, reabsorption and secretion occur in a nephro...

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  9. Name the different parts of a nephron.

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  10. Name a hormone that controls osmoregulation.

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  11. Name the exact part of the uriniferous tubule which is directly influe...

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  12. Name the disease in which there is a reduced renal reabsorption of wat...

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  13. What is the principal nitrogenous waste product in (i) fish, and (ii) ...

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  14. In which part of nephron, does filtration take place?

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  15. Mention any one characteristics of ammonia as a nitrogenous metabolic ...

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  16. Which among the following is/are ureotelic animals whale, camel, toad,...

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

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  18. Glomerular filtrate has water, glucose, amino acids and creatinine. Wh...

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  19. 'Longer the loop of Henle more hypertonic is the urine produced'. Is t...

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  20. Both the ascending and descending limb of Henle's loop transport NaCl ...

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