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Ornithine an amino acid is found:

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Important Questions on Excretory Products and Their Elimination

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Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below:
 
  Column – I   Column – II (Part
  Function   Part of Excretory System)
a. Ultrafiltration i. Henle’s loop
b. Concentration of urine ii. Ureter
c. Transport of urine iii. Urinary bladder
d. Storage of urine iv. Malpighian corpuscle
    v. Proximal convoluted tubule
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The major nitrogenous excretory product in mammals is:
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The body cells in cockroach discharge their nitrogenous waste in the haemolymph mainly in the form of :
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Which of the following factors is responsible for the formation of concentrated urine?
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The major excretory product of birds is:
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Nitrogenous waste is excreted in the form of pellet or paste by:
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Aquatic reptiles are:
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Uric acid is the excretory waste of
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What is true of urea biosynthesis?
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In man, the urea is mainly produced in
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Formation of urea takes place in the _______
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The characteristic that is shared by urea, uric acid and ammonia is/are

I. They are nitrogenous wastes.

II. They all need very large amount of water for excretion.

III. They are all equally toxic.

IV. They are equally present in the kidneys.
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Which of the following are uricotelic animals?
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In ornithine cycle urea is synthesised when CO2 and NH3 combines with
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Uricotelism is a method of conserving
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The ornithine cycle removes two waste products from the blood in liver. These products are
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Freshwater bony fishes maintain water balance by:

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Urea is preferred to ammonium sulphate as a nitrogenous fertilizer because
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The principal nitrogenous excretory compound in humans is synthesized :
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Which one of the following is likely to accumulate in a dangerous proportion in the blood of a person whose kidney is not working properly