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प्रश्न
Define the following:
Excretory organs
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उत्तर
During different metabolic activities taking place in our body, the body produces many substances of which some are useful and some are useless.
If retained in the body the unwanted substances may become poisonous and cause much harm and in severe cases, even death. The organs which remove these unwanted and toxic substances from the body are called excretory organs.
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| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Ammonotelism | (i) | Birds |
| (b) | Bowman’s capsule | (ii) | Bowman’s capsule |
| (c) | Micturition | (iii) | Bony fish |
| (d) | Uricotelism | (iv) | Urinary bladder |
| (e) | ADH | (v) | Renal tubule |
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| Column I | Column II |
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