Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The following abbreviations are used in the context of excretory functions, what do they stand for?
DCT
Advertisements
Solution
DCT – Distal Convoluted Tubule
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State if the following statement is true or false. Correct the statement if it is false.
The organs that help our body to get rid of the waste are called respiratory organs.
Answer the following in short.
What is urethra?
Given below is the figure of certain organs and associated parts in the human body. Study the same and answer the question that follow:
Name the structural and functional unit of the part marked '1'.
Draw a neat and well labeled diagram of human excretory system.
Why urine is acidic while blood is alkaline?
Differentiate between:
Excretion and Egestion
Explain the Term: Urinary bladder
Give Technical Term:
Name two substances found both in urine and sweat.?
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Ammonia is converted into urea in kidney.
Choose the Odd One Out:
Choose the correct option.
Urea is a product of breakdown of ______.
Circle the odd one.
The left side of the heart receives oxygenated blood from ______.
The bunch of capillaries inside the Bowman’s capsule.
Thin muscular tubes carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
Select the substances given below that need to be excreted from the body, (urea, amino acids, carbon dioxide, uric acid, glucose)
Rearrange the jumbled words and fill in the blanks in the following passage to make it a meaningful description.
The human urinary system consists of a pair of ______ ( nyedik), which form the urine; a pair of ______ (ertreu), which conduct the ______ (neuri) from kidneys to the ______ (naryuri drebdal) for storage of urine and a ______ (reuhrat) through which the urine is voided by bladder contractions.
The maximum amount of electrolytes and water (70-80%) from the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed in which part of the nephron.
The organ that does not belong to the excretory system:
