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Give Technical Term:
The tube joining the kidney to the urinary bladder.
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Solution
Ureter
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The diagram given below shows a section of human kidney. Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow :
(i) Label the parts numbered 1 to 4.
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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;
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6. Distal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries;
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8. U-shaped loop of Henle
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