Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What does the bladder in our body do?
Advertisements
Solution
The urinary bladder stores the urine until it is forced out of the body through an opening known as urethra.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Why is it necessary to excrete waste products?
Mention the exact location of the Prostate gland.
Differentiate between the following pair on the basis of what is indicated in the bracket.
Ureter and Urethra [function]
Name the procedure used in the working of artificial kidney.
Name a waste gas released by the plants only during the daytime.
Name a waste gas released by the plants only during the night time.
Fill in the blank.
Malpighian body consists of Bowman’s capsule and .....................
Differentiate between
excretion and transpiration
Answer the following in detail.
Explain the process of transpiration. Describe some factors that affect it.
Define the following term:
Micturition
Define the following term :
Renal pelvis
Explain in your own words with suitable examples.
How does excretion occur in human beings?
Choose the odd one out in the following series:
Renal fat, renal capsule, nerve.
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 lowest concentration of urea?
Study the diagram given alongside and then answer the question that follow:

Name the stages involved in the formation of urine.
Differentiate between:
Ureter and Urethra.
Given below is a simple diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the following questions:
c
(v) Write two differences in the composition of the blood flowing through blood vessels A and B.
Choose the correct option.
In human beings, uric acid is formed due to metabolism of ______.
Answer the following question.
Amphibian tadpole can afford to be ammonotelic. Justify.
