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प्रश्न
What is meant by osmoregulation?
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उत्तर
The process of maintaining the accurate concentration of water and salts in the body is called osmoregulation.
This is done by the kidneys.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write True (T) or False (F) for the following statement. Rewrite the false statement in the correct form.
Medulla of kidney passes urine into urinary bladder.
State if the following statement is true or false. Correct the statement if it is false.
The Bowman’s capsule and glomerulus together form the Malpighian body.
Answer the following in detail.
Explain the structure of a nephron with the help of a diagram.
Differentiate between Afferent arteriole and Efferent arteriole.
Choose the correct option.
Tubular secretion does not take place in ______.
When a molecule or ion is reabsorbed from the lumen of the nephron, where does it go? If a solute is filtered and not reabsorbed from the tubule, where does it go?
Identify the biological term
Produced when blood is filtered in a Bowman’s capsule.
Identify the biological term
Removal of useful substances from glomerular filtrate.
With regards to toxicity and the need for dilution in water, how different are ureotelic and uricotelic excretions? Give examples of animals that use these types of excretion?
Name the substances other than water, that are reabsorbed during urine formation. What are the two parameters that decide the amount of water that is reabsorbed in the kidney?
