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प्रश्न
What job is done by the kidneys?
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उत्तर
Kidneys filter the wastes out of the blood and form the urine. They also maintain the water balance of the body.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
Write the functions of Kidney
What is meant by dialysis? What type of patients are put on dialysis?
Write True (T) or False (F) for the following statement. Rewrite the false statement in the correct form.
Urine is devoid of blood cells.
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tannins and resins
Differentiate between the following pairs of term :
Renal pelvis and renal papilla
Explain in your own words with suitable examples.
How does excretion occur in human beings?
Choose the correct answer:
What happens if one kidney is removed from the body of human being?
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 contains the highest concentration of urea?
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:
Where is most water reabsorbed ?
Given below is a highly simplified diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the question that follow:
Write two differences in composition of the blood flowing through the blood vessels, 'A' and 'B'.

Describe in brief how urine is produced in the human body.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
Human kidney is made up of ______.
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Nephron
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Vasopressin
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Aldosterone
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Choose the correct option.
What is micturition?
The habitat of animals that excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of urea.
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