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प्रश्न
What do kidneys excrete?
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उत्तर
Kidneys remove the poisonous substance (urea), other waste salts and excess water from the blood, and excrete them in the form of urine.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the functions of Ureter.
Differentiate between the following pair on the basis of what is indicated in the bracket.
Ureter and Urethra [function]
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
Bowman's capsule and tubule taken together make a..........
What is the function of excretory system in humans?
Write True (T) or False (F) for the following statement. Rewrite the false statement in the correct form.
Urine is devoid of blood cells.
Fill in the blank.
.................. produces bile pigments from the heamoglobin of broken RBCs.
If you donate one kidney to a needy patient, would it cause any harm to you? Give reason.
In summer the urine is slightly thicker than in winter explain the reason.
Differentiate between the following pairs of terms:
Bowman’s capsule and malpighian capsule.
The following diagram represents a mammalian kidney tubule (nephron) and its blood supply.
Parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 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:
Where does ultrafiltration take place?
Study the diagram given alongside and then answer the question that follow:

Name the stages involved in the formation of urine.
Study the diagram given alongside and then answer the question that follow:

What is the technical term given to the process occurring in 2 and 3? Briefly describe the process.
Name the Following
The division of the kidney which is light in colour and subdivided into conical renal pyramids.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
Human kidney is made up of ______.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
______ is the functional unit of kidney.
Write the functional activity of the following structure:
Glomerulus
Identify the INCORRECT match.
Bilirubin and Biliverdin are pigments which are ____________.
Which of the following is not an example of secretion?
