Class 11 Biology - Chapter Excretory products and their Elimination NCERT Solutions | What is meant by the term osmoregulation
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Question 8
What is meant by the term osmoregulation?
Answer
Osmoregulation is a homeostatic mechanism that regulates the optimum concentration of water and salts in the tissues and body fluids. It maintains the internal environment of the body by water and ionic concentration.
More Questions From Class 11 Biology - Chapter Excretory products and their Elimination
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Describe the role of liver, lungs and skin in excretion.
- Q:- Explain the autoregulatory mechanism of GFR.
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- Q:- Name the following:
(a) A chordate animal having flame cells as excretory structures
(b) Cortical portions projecting between the medullary pyramids in the human kidney
(c) A loop of capillary running parallel to the Henles loop. - Q:- What is the significance of juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) in kidney function?
- Q:- Terrestrial animals are generally either ureotelic or uricotelic, not ammonotelic, why?
- Q:- Fill in the gaps:
(a) Ascending limb of Henles loop is ____________to water whereas the descending limb is___________to it.
(b) Reabsorption of water from distal parts of the tubules is facilitated by hormone____________.
(c) Dialysis fluid contains all the constituents as in plasma except ________.
(d) A healthy adult human excretes (on an average) _______ gm of urea/day. - Q:- Match the items of column I with those of column II:
Column I Column II
(a) Ammonotelism (i) Birds
(b) Bowmans capsule (ii) Water reabsorption
(c) Micturition (iii) Bony fish
(d) Uricotelism (iv) Urinary bladder
(e) ADH (v) Renal tubule - Q:- Explain micturition.
- Q:- Define Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
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