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Important Questions on Excretory Products and Their Elimination

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Match List I and List II

  List I   List II
A Taenia I Nephridia
B Paramoecium II Contractile vacuole
C Periplaneta III Flame cells
D Pheretima IV Uricose gland

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

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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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In Hydra, waste material of food digestion and nitrogenous waste material are removed from:
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The enteronephric nephridia of earthworm are concerned with

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What are the excretory organs present in (i) earthworm, (ii) centipede, (iii) prawn, (iv) flatworm, respectively?
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In Hydra, waste material of food digestion and the nitrogenous waste material is removed from 
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Match column I with II and select the correct option from the codes given below.
  Column I   Column II
(a) Nephridia (i) Crustaceans
(b) Malpighian tubules (ii) Annelids
(c) Antennal gland or Green glands (iii) Insects
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Which of the following is an incorrect match of the organism with its corresponding excretory structure?
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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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Select the correct option representing the excretory organs present in (i) earthworm, (ii) centipede, (iii) prawn,  (iv) flatworm.
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Loss of water from body occurs by all of the following except
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When a fresh water protozoan possessing a contractile vacuole, is placed in a glass containing marine water, the vacuole will