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Question
Name the Following
The Inner concave margin of kidney.
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Solution
Hilus
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In which of the following are the largest amounts of nitrogen excreted from a mammalian body?
(a) breath
(b) sweat
(c) urine
(d) faeces
One of the following sets of body parts or substances or processed, pick out the one item which overall includes the remaining foir.
Skin, liver, lungs, kidneys, excretion.
Given below is a simplified diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the questions that follow.
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- Define excretion.
- Why does the cortex of the kidney show a dotted appearance?
- Why does the medulla of the kidney show a striped appearance?
- Write two differences in the composition of the blood flowing through the blood vessels 'A' and 'B'.
Choose the odd one out in the following series:
Renal fat, renal capsule, nerve.
Label the diagram given below :

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 ?
Name the Following
The branch of renal artery which enters into Bowman’s capsule.
Choose the correct option.
Visceral layer : Podocytes :: PCT : ________.
Choose the correct option.
Specific gravity of urine would _______ if level of ADH increases.

