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Important Questions on Excretory Products and Their Elimination

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In Hydra, waste material of food digestion and the nitrogenous waste material is removed from 
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Loss of water from body occurs by all of the following except
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The enteronephric nephridia of earthworm are concerned with

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Consider the following statements and state which of them are incorrect?

I) Flame cells are excretory structures in flatworms.

II) Green glands are excretory organs in annelids.

III) Columns of Bertini are the conical projections of the renal pelvis into the renal medulla between the renal pyramids.

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Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.

The kidney of a mammal resembles the _____ (plasma membrane/contractile vacuole/nephridia) of Amoeba in expelling out excess water.

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Read the following (A – D) four statements:

(A) Some amount of urea may be retained in the kidney matrix of mammals to maintain a desired osmolarity.
(B) Protonephridia are excretory structures in rotifers
(C) In prawns, malpighian tubules help in the removal of nitrogenous wastes and osmoregulation.
(D) In human beings, kidneys are situated between the levels of last thoracic and third lumber vertebra close to the ventral inner wall of the abdominal cavity

How many of the above statements are correct?
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One of the following does the same work as is done by nephridia in earthworm
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Match the excretory organs listed under column I with the animals given under column II. Select the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the two columns.
 
  Column I
(Animals)
  Column II
(Excretory organs)
 A.  Nephridia  p.  Hydra
 B.  Malpighian tubules  q.  Leech
 C.  Protonephridia  r.  Shark
 D.  Kidneys  s.  Roundworms
     t.  Cockroach
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_____ is an advanced type of excretory structure that occurs in Annelida.
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In ornithine cycle, which of following wastes are removed from the blood
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When a fresh water protozoan possessing a contractile vacuole, is placed in a glass containing marine water, the vacuole will