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.
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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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(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
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- Q:- Define Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
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