Excretory system and products - class-XII
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The longest loop of Henle is found in
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Kangaroo rat
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Opposum
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Rhesus monkey
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Porcupine
An organism which has Malpighian tubule as excretory organ can be placed in phylum
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Arthropda
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Annelida
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Platyhelminthes
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None of the above
Malpighian tubules are the excretory organs in all insects. The tubules often occur in two’s or multiples of two. As insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda, the organism must be placed under it.
Name the excretory organs of grasshopper.
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Malphigian tubule
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Nephridia
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Flame cells
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None of the above
The excretory organs of grasshopper are the malpighian tubules which are coiled about in the haemocoel and open into the anterior end of the hindgut. The malpighian tubules have a wall of a single layer of cells with striated inner border. Their free ends are completely closed. In the majority of Arthropods, Malpighian tubules are the excretory organs. So, the correct option is 'Malpighian tubule'.
Organs of excretion in annelids are
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Suckers
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Nephridia
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Lungs
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Kidney
Kidney of adult reptile is
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Metanephric
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Mesonephric
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Pronephric
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All of the above
On the basis of development, there three types of kidneys as pronephric kidney, mesonephric kidney and the metanephric kidney.
The excretory product of fresh water fishes is _____.
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Urea
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Uric acid
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Ammonia
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Guanine
The excretory product of freshwater fishes is 'ammonia'.
The most advanced kidneys in which loop of Henle is present are called metanephric kidneys,these are in all;except one
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Amphibians
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Reptiles
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Birds
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Mammals
- Amphibians have mesonephric type of kidneys which are primitive compared to metanephric kidneys.
- Mesonephric kidneys do not have nephrons but their nephrons do not contain a loop of Henle.
Nephridia are the excretory organ of ___________.
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Protozoans
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Coelenterates
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Flatworms
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Annelids
In which one of the following organisms its excretory organs are correctly stated?
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Frog - kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium
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Human - kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands
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Earthworm - pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
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Cockroach - Malpighian tubules and enteric caeca
Nephridia is the earthworm's excretory organ. Earthworms are called septal, integumentary, and pharyngeal nephridia in three kinds of nephridial structures. These three nephridial structures are present in various body positions and differ in structures as well. Septal and pharyngeal nephridia are both enteronephric, i.e. they expel nitrogen products to the gut. Integumentary nephridia is exonephric, i.e. products of nitrogen waste are discharged outside straigh
Excretory organs of protochordate Amphioxus are
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Malpighian tubules
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Protonephridia
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Kidney
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None of the above
Amphioxus or Branchiostoma is a peculiar chordate animal, which does not have excretory organs in the form of mesodermal kidneys but are in the form of protonephridia. They are similar to protonephridia of flat worms or polychaete, annelids and they are ectodermal in origin. In Amphioxus there are 90 to 100 pairs of protonephridia present segmentally on dorso-lateral pharyngeal wall one above each gill slit on either side. Simply, they are ciliated, thin walled, closed ectodermal tubules like structures.
Frog's kidneys for communication with the coelom has
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Nephridiopores
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Septal nephridia
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Nephrostomes
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Renal pores
The original nephrostomes remain in the adult frog on the ventral face of the kidney as ciliated peritoneal funnels. These convey coelomic fluids directly into the blood sinuses of the kidney. They are regarded as accessory excretory structures.
In which one of these, gut expels excretory products?
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Man
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Frog
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Dog
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Earthworm
The excretory organs of earthworm are coiled tubular structures, known as nephridia. A nephridium consists of a ciliated nephridial canal, that opens into the coelom by nephrostome and to the exterior or in the gut by nephridiopore. The walls of nephridia are glandular and richly supplied with blood vessels, they extract solutes and water from the blood by ultra filtration, and discharge the filtrate into the nephridial canal.
Match the excretory organs with the animals given.Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the two columns.
List 1 | List 2 |
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A. Nephridia | 1.Octopus |
B. Malpighian tubules | 2. Cockroach |
C. Protonephridia | 3. Shark |
D. Kidneys | 4. Tape worms |
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A=2,B=4,C=3,D=1
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A=1,B=2,C=4,D=3
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A=4,B=2,C=1,D=5
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A=2,B=5,C=4,D=3
In most of the invertebrates, the excretory structures are simple tubular forms whereas vertebrates have complex tubular organs called kidneys. Shark is a vertebrate and has kidneys as excretory structures.
Protonephridia or flame cells are the excretory structures in Platyhelminthes (Flatworms, e.g., Planaria), rotifers, some annelids and the cephalochordate Amphioxus. Protonephridia are primarily concerned with ionic and fluid volume regulation, i.e., osmoregulation.
Nephridia are the tubular excretory structures of earthworms and other annelids like Leech. Nephridia help to remove nitrogenous wastes and maintain a fluid and ionic balance.
Malpighian tubules are the excretory structures of most of the insects including cockroaches. Malpighian tubules help in the removal of nitrogenous wastes and osmoregulation.
Which one of the following groups of structures/organs have similar function?
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Typhlosole in earthworm, intestinal villi in rat and contractile vacuole in Amoeba.
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Nephridia in earthworm, Malpighian tubules in cockroach and urinary tubules in a rat.
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Antennae of cockroach, tympanum of frog and clitellum of a earthworm.
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Incisors of rat, gizzard (proventriculus) of cockroach and tube feet of starfish.
Nephridial organs, or nephridia, are excretory structures that evolved in many invertebrates, including flatworms, nemerteans, rotifers, annelids, mollusks, and lancelets. Each nephridial organ consists of simple or branching tubes that typically open to the outside of the body through excretory pores, called nephridiopores. Two types of nephridial organs are protonephridia and metanephridia. The excretory system of insects and spiders consists of several hundred Malpighian tubules. Malpighian tubules are slender extensions of the gut wall. Their blind ends lie in the hemocoel (blood cavity) and are bathed in hemolymph. The mammalian urinary system consists of the kidneys, the urinary bladder, and associated ducts. Each kidney has more than 1 million functional units called nephrons. A nephron consists of a cuplike Bowmans capsule connected to a long, partially coiled renal tubule.
In option A typhlosole is an intestinal fold for absorption but contractile vacuole is meant for osmoregulation. In option C antennae of cockroach are sensory but clitellum of earth worm forms cocoon. In option D tube feet of starfish are meant for locomotion and not related to other structures mentioned which have a role in digestion of food.
'Green Gland' is the excretory organ of
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Prawn
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Butterfly
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Snail
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Earthworm
'Green Gland' is one of the pair of excretory organs in each side of the head region of decapod crustaceans, emptying at the base of the antennae. Prawns have green glands for excretion.
Solenocytes help in
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Excretion
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Respiration
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Photosynthesis
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Circulation
Solenocytes are a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and molluscs.
Ureters act as Wolffian or urinogenital duct in
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Both male and female frog
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Male frog
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Human male
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Human female
Wolffian duct is also called as archinephric duct, is a pair of tubes that carry urine from primitive or embryonic kidneys to the exterior or to a primitive bladder.
Consider the following statements.
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 renal pelvis into renal medulla between the renal pyramids.
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I and II are correct.
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II and III are incorrect.
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I and III are correct.
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I, II and III are correct.
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I, II and III are incorrect.
Various animals of animal kingdom presents a variety of excretory structures. In most of the invertebrates, these structures are simple tubular forms. Protonephridia or flame cells are the excretory structures in Platyhelminthes (Flatworms, e.g., Planaria), rotifers, some annelids and the cephalochordate Amphioxus. Protonephridia are primarily concerned with ionic and fluid volume regulation, i.e., osmoregulation. Nephridia are the tubular excretory structures of earthworms and other annelids. Nephridia help to remove nitrogenous wastes and maintain a fluid and ionic balance. Malpighian tubules are the excretory structures of most of the insects including cockroaches. Malpighian tubules help in the removal of nitrogenous wastes and osmoregulation. Antennal glands or green glands perform the excretory function in crustaceans like prawns. Vertebrates have complex tubular organs called kidneys as primary excretory organ. Towards the centre of the inner concave surface of the kidney is a notch called hilum through which ureter, blood vessels and nerves enter. Inner to the hilum is a broad funnel shaped space called the renal pelvis with projections called calyces. The outer layer of kidney is a tough capsule. Inside the kidney, there are two zones, an outer cortex and an inner medulla. The medulla is divided into a few conical masses (medullary pyramids) projecting into the calyces (sing.: calyx). The cortex extends in between the medullary pyramids as renal columns called Columns of Bertini.
Which of the following is concerned with the formation of urea in rabbit?
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Blood
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Kidney
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Spleen
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Liver
Mammals like humans and rabbit, many terrestrial amphibians and marine fishes mainly excrete urea and are called ureotelic animals. Ammonia produced by metabolism is converted into urea in the liver of these animals and released into the blood, which is filtered and excreted out by the kidneys. Some amount of urea may be retained in the kidney matrix of some of these animals to maintain a desired osmolarity.
Select the wrongly paired one from the following.
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Hepatic caecae - Exretion
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Crop in grasshopper - Temporary storage of food
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Blood of grasshopper - Haemolymph
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Egetion - Removal of undigested food from the body.
Hepatic caecum is found in grasshopper, which secretes enzymes into the stomach here they assist in the digestive process.
The food in the grasshopper, after entering into oesophagus, enters into the crop. here, the masticated food is temporary stored.
The hemolymph is equivalent to blood of grasshopper
Egestion is the process of discharging undigested or waste material from a cell of organ.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.
In the urinogenital organs of rabbit, which one of following part is present in male but not in female?
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Urethra
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Fallopian tube
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Vagina
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Vas deferens
The ductus deferens, also known as the vas deferens, is a tiny muscular tube in the male reproductive system that carries sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
Proboscis gland in Balanoglossus is associated with
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Digestion
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Respiration
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Circulation
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Excretion
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Reproduction
In the substrate eaters like Balanoglossus, the excretory organ is glomerulus or proboscis gland lying in front of the central sinus and projecting into the proboscis coelom.
Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
A. Flame cells are excretory structures in flatworms.
B. Green gland are excretory organs in annelids.
C. Columns of Bertini are the conical projections of renal pelvis into renal medulla between the renal pyramids.
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A and B are correct
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B and C are incorrect
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A and C are correct
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A, B and C are correct
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A, B and C are incorrect
Green glands are excretory organs in crustaceans. The excretory organ in annelids is nephridia. The column of bertini is an extension of renal cortex between the renal pyramids.
Many freshwater animals cannot live for long in sea water and nice versa mainly because of the
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Change in N levels
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Change in the levels of thermal tolerance
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Variations in light intensity
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Osmotic problems
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Spectral quality of solar radiation
In adult Frog, the kidney is
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Pronephros
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Opisthonephros
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Mesonephros
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Metanephros
The metanephric kidneys are a paired compact organ whose functional units are nephrons. The nephrons filter initial urine from the blood, reabsorbing water and nutrients, and secrete wastes, producing the final urine, which is expelled. In adult Frog, The kidney is Metanephros.
Flame cells are excretory organs of
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Prawn
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Planaria
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Silver fish
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Hydra
Planarians are one of the types of flatworms belonging to the class Turbellaria. The excretory organs of planarians are flame cells. The flame cells work like a kidney and remove excretory wastes from the body.
Sea Gulls excrete salts through
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Liver
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Lungs
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Urine
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Nasal gland
Sea gulls are marine birds belonging to the family Laridae. They drink salt water as a result to maintain their osmotic balance they excrete salts through nasal gland or salt gland present in the nostrils and assist kidney in maintaining electrolyte balance.
In Amoeba, $NH _3$ is excreted through
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Food vacuole
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Plasma membrane
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Contractile vacuole
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All of the above
Amoeba is a fresh water unicellular organism. In amoeba the excretory waste is ammonia. The excretory waste present in the cytoplasm is collected by contractile vacuole then this excretory waste i.e NH$ _3$ is excreted through plasma membrane by diffusion.
In Hydra, wastes of food digestion and nitrogenous wastes are removed from
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Mouth and mouth
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Mouth and tentacles
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Body wall and body wall
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Mouth and body wall
Hydra is a freshwater sessile organism belonging to the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. They are found in lakes, pond, and stream. Hydra is ammonotelic i.e they secrete ammonia as chief excretory nitrogenous waste. In hydra specialized excretory organs are absent hence in hydra, wastes of food digestion and nitrogenous wastes are removed from mouth and body wall.
Ciliated funnels found on the ventral side of kidney in Frog are
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Ostia
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Nephrostomes
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Bidders organs
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Corpora adiposa
The excretory system of frog consists of a pair of kidney, ureters, urinary bladder and cloaca. On the ventral surface of the kidney in the frog, there are ciliated funnels present called as nephrostome. The nephrostome is internally lined with cilia, its function is to push water, metabolic wastes and other substances into metanephridium (Kidney).
Xenopus excretes
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Uric acid
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Urea
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Ammonia
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Creatinine
The frogs which are highly aquatic belongs to the genus xenopus. They are usually found in lakes, rivers, swamps. The xenopus excretes ammonia as nitrogenous waste hence ammonotelic.
Urinary bladder is absent in
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Aves
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Reptiles
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Amphibians
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Mammal
Excretory organs of flatworms / Taenia are
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Flame cells
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Nephridia
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Malpighian tubules
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Renette glands
Kidneys are excretory organs in
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All chordates
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Mammals only
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Mammals and amphibians only
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Mammals, reptiles and amphibians only
For many chordates, the urinary system is a critical component of the excretory system. It is made up of organs such as the kidneys and bladder, structures such as a urethra or cloaca, and even arteries such as the aorta. The urinary system is responsible for both creating and excreting urine, which it does to regulate the amount of water and solutes within the body. Amazingly enough, the urinary system also works closely with hormones in your body that signal when you start to become dehydrated or when there is too much fluid in your body.
So, the correct option is 'All chordates'.
Antennary glands of crustaceans are meant for
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Gustatoreception
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Olfactoreception
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Tangoreception
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Excretion
In decapod crustaceans, the excretory organs are known as antennary glands or green glands. These glands are opaque-white, pea seed sized structures, enclosed in the coxa of each second antenna. These glands play an important role in the process of excretion.
Which of the following groups have similar function?
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Typhlosole in Earthworm, intestinal villi in Rat and contractile vacuole in Amoeba
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Nephridia in Earthworm, malpighian tubules in Cockroach and urinary tubules in Rat
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Antennae in Cockroach, tympanum of Frog and clitellum of Earthworm.
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Incisors of Rat, gizzard (proventricules ) of Cockroach and tube feet of Starfish
Earthworms (annelids) have slightly more evolved excretory structures called nephridia. A pair of nephridia is present on each segment of the earthworm. Malpighian tubules are found lining the gut of some species of arthropods, such as the bee. They are usually found in pairs and the number of tubules varies with the species of insect.
Consider the following statements
I. Flame cells are excretory structures in flatworms
II. Green glands are excretory organs in annelids
III. Columns of Bertin are a conical projection of renal pelvis into renal medulla between the renal pyramids.
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II and III incorrect
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I and II correct
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I and III correct
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I, II and III correct
Green glands present in some arthropods help
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Respiration
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Excretion
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Digestion
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Reproduction
Green glands are excretory organs of some arthropods like crustaceans. They are also called antennal glands because these glands are located near the base of larger antennae. Each gland has three parts end sac, labyrinth and bladder. The labyrinth is the proper excretory gland. Hence green glands help in excretion.
Antennal gland functions as excretory organ in
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Planaria
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Prawn
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Earthworm
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Cockroach
Green glands are excretory organs of some arthropods like crustaceans. For example, prawns, crayfishes, lobsters etc. They are also called antennal glands because these glands are located near the base of larger antennae. Each gland has three parts end sac, labyrinth and bladder. The labyrinth is the proper excretory gland. Hence antennal gland functions as the excretory organ in prawn.
Match the pair of items with the category of organs
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Nephridia of earthrowm and malpighian tubules of cockroach - excretory organ
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Wings of honey bee and crow homologous organs
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Nictitating membrane and blind spot in human eye-vestigial ogans
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Thorns of bougainvillea and tendrils of cucurbita - analogous organs.
Earthworms (annelids) have slightly more evolved excretory structures called nephridia. A pair of nephridia is present on each segment of the earthworm. Excretion occurs through a pore called the nephridiopore. Malpighian tubules are found lining the gut of some species of arthropods, such as the bee. They are usually found in pairs and the number of tubules varies with the species of insect.
Which is not an excretory organ of vertebrates?
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Liver
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Lungs
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Hepatopancreas
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Skin
Hepatopancreas is not an excretory organ of vertebrates. It is a glandular excretory organ present in many invertebrates like arthropods and molluscs. It shows functions similar to liver and pancreas of vertebrates.
In which one of the following organisms, its excretory organs are correctly stated
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Cockroach - Malpighian tubules and enteric caeca
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Earthworm - Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
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Frog - Kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium
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Humans - Kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands
Select the correct match of animal, excretory organs and product.
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Salamander- Kidney- urea
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Peacock- Kidney- urea
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Housefly- Renal tubules- uric acid
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Labeo- Nephridial tubes- Ammonia
Salamander belongs to the phylum Chordata and class amphibia. Just like humans, the salamander has two kidneys which excrete urea as the nitrogenous waste product. Two kidneys are extremely important in excreting nitrogenous waste, and the urinary bladder stores waste in the form of urea before it is released into the environment.
When a fresh water protozoan is placed in marine water
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The contractile vacuole disappears
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Contractile vacuole increases in size
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A number of contractile vacuoles appear
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The contractile vacuole remains unchanged.
Excretion in Hydra occurs through
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Flame cells
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Nephridia
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Cnidoblasts
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General body surface
Hydra is sessile and cylindrical in shape belonging to the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. It has no specialized excretory organs hence excretion in hydra occurs by diffusion through the general body surface.
Find the wrongly matched pair of animal and its excretory structure.
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Balanoglossus- Proboscis gland
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Earthworm- Nephridia
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Grasshopper- Malpighian tubules
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Prawn- Flame cells
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Amphioxus- Protonephridia
Green glands are excretory organs of crustaceans. For example, prawn. They are also called antennal glands because these glands are located near the base of larger antennae. Each gland has three parts end sac, labyrinth and bladder. The labyrinth is the proper excretory gland. Hence green glands help in excretion.
Green glands are excretory organs of
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Crustaceans
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Centipedes
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Annelids
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Molluscs
Green glands are excretory organs of crustaceans. They are also called antennal glands because these glands are located near the base of larger antennae. Each gland has three parts end sac, labyrinth and bladder. The labyrinth is the proper excretory gland.
Excretory structures of rotifers are
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Green glands
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Malpighian tubules
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Flame cells
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Gills
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Kidneys
Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals belonging to phylum rotifera. They eat dead bacteria, algae and protozoans. The excretory structures of rotifers are Flame cells. The flame cells function like a kidney, removing nitrogenous waste.
Archinephros occurs in
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Adult hagfish
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Larva of hagfish
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Molluscs
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Anamniotes
In birds, excretion of nitrogenous wastes, mainly as uric acid, is helpful for
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eliminating excess body water
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conserving body water
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eliminating excess body heat
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eliminating excess sugar
Birds excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid in the form of a pellet or paste with a minimum loss of water. Therefore they are called uricotelic animals.
Choose the correct answers from the following given.
Ammonia is excreted by most
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bony fishes
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adult amphibians
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land snails
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insects
(A) The process of excreting ammonia is Ammonotelism. Many bony fishes, aquatic amphibians and aquatic insects are ammonotelic.
Choose the wrong statement.
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In ureotelic organisms, ammonia is not a product metabolism
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In mammals some amount of urea may be retained in the kidney matrix of ureotelics of maintain osmolarity
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In fishes, kidneys do not play any significant role in the removal of ammonium ions
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Urea and uric acid less toxic than ammonia
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
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In cockroaches and prawns excretion of waste material occurs through Malpighian tubules
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In ctenophores, locomotion is mediated by comb plates
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In Fasciola flame cells take part in excretion
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Earthworm are hermaphrodites and yet cross fertilization take place among them
Malpighian tubules are excretory structures in most insects, including cockroaches, but in crustaceans such as prawns, green glands conduct excretory functions, whereas all other statements are true.
Which cutaneous gland of pigeon produces 'pigeon milk'?
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Uropygeal
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Preen
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It is not produced by cutaneous but the crop gland
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None of the above
Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of the crop of parent birds that is regurgitated to young birds. They are found among all pigeons and doves, where they are referred to as pigeon milk. Crop milk is also produced by flamingos and some penguins.
The deep sea organisms having luminous or phosphorescent organ in their integument are
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Amphibians
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Fish
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Mammals
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All of the above
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some bioluminescent bacteria and terrestrial invertebrates such as fireflies.
Dermal scales are present in
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Anura
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Urodela
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Labyrinthodontia
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Gymnophiona
Gymnophiona, also called apoda, is one of the three major extant orders of the class amphibia. Its members are known as caecilians. Their skin is smooth but some species have colourful skins. Inside the skin are calcite scales. Because of these scales, the caecilians were once thought to be related to the fossil Stegocephalia.
Renal gland is the excretory organ of
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Annelida
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Echinodermata
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Crustaceans
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Mollusca
The renal gland is a relatively wide tube opening from a sac (the pericardium) surrounding the heart, at one end, and to the mantle cavity (effectively to the exterior) at the other. The anatomical form of the renal gland varies from one class of molluscs to another.
Marcello Malpighi in 1966 first described
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Nephron
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Glomerulus
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Bowman's capsule
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Pygmalion corpuscles
The Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus together constitute the malpighian corpuscle (pygmalion corpuscle or renal corpuscle). The malphigian corpuscles were first described by Morcello Malpighi in the year 1966.
Urinary bladder is not found in
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Snakes
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Crocodiles
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Birds
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All of the above
Birds and reptiles urinate in a way to conserve their water. Unlike mammals, which excrete waste fluid as urine and solid waste as faeces, birds and reptiles mix both liquid waste and solid waste into the semi-solid paste (nitrogen containing waste) formed from the breakdown of proteins. Hence snakes, crocodiles, birds and most lizards lack a urinary bladder.
In Bright's disease
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Amount of urea in blood increases
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Blood is passed with urine
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Kidney stones are formed
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All of the above
Bright's disease is a classification for nephritis, a kidney condition. Nephritis is caused by inflammation of part of the kidneys, usually either the glomeruli or the spaces in between the renal tubules. Symptoms most commonly associated with Bright's disease are intense pain on either or both sides of the lower back along with a fever and nausea. Cloudy, dark, or bloody urine containing blood plasma proteins is also a hallmark sign of kidney problems.
In which one of the following organisms excretory organs are correctly stated?
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Humans- Kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands
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Earthworm- Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
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Cockroach- Malpighian tubules and enter caeca
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Frog- Kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium
The excretory system of earthworm contains a pair of nephridia in every segment, except for the first three and the last ones. The three types of nephridia are: integumentary, septal, and pharyngeal. The integumentary nephridia lie attached to the inner side of the body wall in all segments except the first two. The septal nephridia are attached to both sides of the septa behind the 15th segment. The pharyngeal nephridia are attached to fourth, fifth and sixth segments.
In which of these animals, antennal gland functions as excretory organs?
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Human being
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Cockroach
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Planaria
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Prawn
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Earthworm
In many higher crustaceans the excretory glands are located in the head. They are called antennal glands or maxillary glands, depending on whether they open at the base of the antennae or at the maxillae.
Chloragogen cells of earthworm are similar to ----- of vertebrate's.
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Liver
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Lung
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Kidney
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Spleen
Chloragogen cells in annelids function similarly to the liver in vertebrates. The cells store glycogen and neutralize toxins, are yellowish in colour due to the presence of yellow granules, called as chloragosomes and are present in coelomic fluid of some annelids.
Which one of the following is the simplest excretory organ?
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Alveolus
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Flame cell
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Nephridium
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Kidney
A flame cell is a specialized excretory cell, found in the simplest freshwater invertebrates, including flatworms, rotifers and nemerteans. These are the simplest animals to have a dedicated excretory system. Flame cells function like a kidney, removing waste materials.
Incomplete loop of Henle is found in
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Frog
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Human
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Bird
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Mammal
The loop of Henle is incompletely developed or absent in many nephrons of the bird kidney. Hence, the concentrating capacity of the bird kidney is considerably less than that of the mammal.
Dense pelage is characteristic of animal inhabiting (heavy hairy body)
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Cold Climate
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Warm climate
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Tropical climate
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Aquatic
The term pelage is used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat. Its principal function is thermoregulation, it maintains a layer of dry air next to the skin and repels water, thus providing thermal insulation.
Which among the following is the correct order of excretory organs in cockroach, earthworm and rabbit respectively?
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Skin, Malpighian tubules and kidney
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Malpighian tubules, nephridia and kidney
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Nephridia, Malpighian tubule and kidney
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Nephridia, kidney and green gland
The excretory organ of cockroach is the Malpighian tubules. It is found at the junction of the midgut and hindgut and are about 150 in number.
Kidney crystals are solid clusters of
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Calcium nitrate and uric acid
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Calcium phosphate and uric acid
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Calcium carbonate and uric acid
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Calcium metabisulfite and uric acid
A kidney stone is a solid cluster made up of tiny crystals.
Kidney of frog is
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Pronephric
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Mesonephric
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Metanephric
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None of the above
Mesonephric kidney- Develop from middle part (mesonephros) of nephrotome plate and remaining part of nephrotome is destroyed. Only Bowman's capsule is found in nephrons, while remaining part is simple tubular, e.g., most of the fishes and adult amphibians.
Well developed digestive system is present in
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Cnidarians, prawns and earthworms
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Grasshoppers, frogs and houseflies
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Amoeba, Hydra and dog
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Sponges, flatworms and earthworms
Porifera (sponges), Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Cnidaria (Hydra) do not have a well-developed digestive system. They have 'blind-sac' body plan, with an opening that serves as both the mouth and the anus, and a gastrovascular cavity where digestion takes place.
When compared to the mammals, birds are less sensitive to temporary deprivation of water, because
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Urea excretion in mammals entails a greater loss of water than that in birds
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Absorption of Water horn the gut is more efficient in birds that in mammals
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The water requirement per unit weight is less in birds than in mammal
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None of these.
Birds and reptiles have uric acid as their nitrogenous waste.
Find the incorrect pairing.
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Nephridia and Leech
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Organ of Bojanus and Snail
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Malpighian tubules and Cockroach
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Kidney and Rat
Nephridia are the invertebrate excretory organ that performs a function similar to the vertebrate kidney. These are small coiled tubes. Leech contains 17 pairs of nephridia arranged segmentally.
Select the option that correctly matches a characteristics feature with the group of three animals.
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Excretion through Malpighian tubules - Limulus, Loligo, Locusta
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Parapodia help in swimmming - Neries, Pheretima, Hirudinaria
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Rasping organ called radula - Pila, Octopus, Sepia
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Comb plates for locomotion - Pleurobrachia, Pennatula, Ctenoplana
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
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Wings of honey bee and crow - Homologous
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Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita - Analogous
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Nephridia of earthworm and malphighian tubules of cockroach - Excretory
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Nictitating membrane and blindspot in human eye - Vestigial
Homologous organs are the organ which has the same origin but performs different functions. Wings of honey bee and crow are the analogous as they perform the same function. Where thorn of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita are the homologous organs. Nictitating membrane is the vestigial organ of the human eye but not the blind spot. Whereas nephridia is the excretory organ of earthworm and malpighian tubule of the cockroach. Thus, the correct answer is option C.