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प्रश्न
Name the organs that store and release the urine.
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उत्तर
- Organ for storage: Urinary Bladder
- Organ for release: Urethra
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the basic filtration unit present in the kidney.
What is the name of the tubes which connect the kidneys to bladder?
Given below is a simplified diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the questions that follow.
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- Define excretion.
- Why does the cortex of the kidney show a dotted appearance?
- Why does the medulla of the kidney show a striped appearance?
- Write two differences in the composition of the blood flowing through the blood vessels 'A' and 'B'.
Explain in your own words with suitable examples.
How does excretion occur in human beings?
The following diagram represents a mammalian kidney tubule (nephron) and its blood supply.

Parts indicated by the guidelines 1to 8 are as follows:
1. Afferent arteriole from renal artery
2. Efferent arteriole
3. Bowman's capsule
4. Glomerulus
5. Proximal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
6. Distal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
7. Collecting tubule
8. U-shaped loop of Henle
Study the diagram and answer the question that follow:
Which structure (normally) contains the lowest concentration of glucose?
Study the diagram given alongside and then answer the question that follow:

Name the stages involved in the formation of urine.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate words:
The outer surface of the kidney is ______ while the inner surface is ______.
Choose the correct option.
In human beings, uric acid is formed due to metabolism of ______.
Osmoregulation maintains the osmolarity of blood at about ______.
Elimination of nitrogenous wastes in the form of uric acid takes place in ____________.

