What do you mean by glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?

Important Questions on Excretory Products and their Elimination

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 11

Why is the diameter of efferent arteriole of a nephron smaller than that of afferent arteriole? (State functional significance)

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 12

What is podocyte? Mention its location and function. 

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 13

What is renal tubule? Mention its main parts. 

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 14

Name different types of cells present in the renal tubule. 

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 15

Why Malpighian corpuscle is known as ultrafiltering organ? 

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 16

Mention the name of main physiological processes for the formation of urine in the kidney. 

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 17

What do you know about glomerular filtrate?

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A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY CLASS 11>Chapter 17 - Excretory Products and their Elimination>EXERCISE>Q 18

How much blood or plasma flows through both the kidneys of our body per minute?