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Total Marks : 142 Max. Time : 60 min.
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Very Short Answer Questions (2 Mark each)
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1. Mention any one of the chief nitrogenous wastes produced by animals.
2. Mention the most toxic form of nitrogenous waste that requires large amount of water for its
elimination.
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3. Name the least toxic nitrogenous waste that can be removed with minimum loss of water.
4. Name the excretory structures that are present in annelids like earthworm.
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5. Name the excretory structures that are present in flatworms, rotifers and Amphioxus.
6. What is the advantage of excreting nitrogenous waste in the form of uric acid?
7. Mention an example for uricotelic animal.
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8. Define uricotelism
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9. Where exactly the kidneys are located in the abdominal cavity of humans?
10. What is hilum in the kidneys?
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26. Eventhough180 litres of filtrate is formed per day by the kidneys, only 1.5 litres of urine is released.
Why?
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27. What is tubular secretion?
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28. Which part of the kidney tubule has brush bordered epithelium?
29. Name the part of nephron where maximum amount of essential substances are absorbed from the
filtrate.
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30. Name the hormone which controls the concentration of sodium in the body. Give the osmolarity of
31. Name the part of nephron where maximum amount of essential substances are absorbed from the
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filtrate.
32. The filtrate gets concentrated as it moves down in the descending limb of Henle’s loop. Why?
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33. The concentrated filtrate gets diluted as it moves in the ascending limb of Henle’s loop. Why?
34. Mention a substance that is returned to the interstitium from the tubular part of nephron to Maintain
concentration gradient
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38. Atrial Natriuretic factor (ANF) decreases glomerular filtration rate. Why?
39. Name the hormone secreted by the neurohypophysis that helps in the reabsorption of water in the
kidney tubules.
40. Mention the vasoconstrictor (hormone) that promotes the secretion of aldosterone.
41. Name the hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex which regulates kidney function.
42. Name the enzyme released by juxta glomerular apparatus.
43. Mention the role of renin in kidney function.
44. Name the hormone secreted by heart muscles that regulates kidney function.
45. Atrial Natriuretic factor (ANF) decreases glomerular filtration rate. Why?
46. Name the hormone secreted by the neurohypophysis that helps in the reabsorption of water in the
kidney tubules.
47. Mention the vasoconstrictor (hormone) that promotes the secretion of aldosterone.
48. Name the hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex which regulates kidney function.
49. What is the pH of urine?
50. Define micturition?
51. What is micturition reflex?
52. What do glycosuria and ketonuria indicate?
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53. What is glycosuria?
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54. What is ketonuria?
55. What is the primary function of sweat?
56. How do lungs help in excretion?
71. The mechanism of concentration of filtrate is also known as counter-current mechanism. Justify the
statement.
72. What is micturition?
73. Write the function of enzyme' renin' produced by kidney,
74. Name the excretory product of (i) Reptiles (ii) Prawns
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