Excretory Organs in Different Animals

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Excretory Organs in Different Animals: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Excretory Organs and Excretory Organs of Protozoans and Invertebrates

Important Questions on Excretory Organs in Different Animals

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The enteronephric nephridia of earthworm are concerned with

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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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Select the total number of excretory organs present in various animals from the following.

Protonephridia, SA node, Nephridia, Hepatic caeca, Atrium, Malpighian tubules, Green glands, Kidney, Pons, Ommatidia, Parapodia.

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Coxal glands are excretory organs in

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Malpighian tubules are the excretory organs in

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The excretory and osmoregulatory structure in cockroach is

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Different types of excretory structures and animals are given below. Match them appropriately and mark the correct answer from among those given below:

Excretory structure/organ Animal
A. Protonephridia i. Prawn
B. Nephridia ii. Cockroach
C. Malpighian tubules iii. Earthworm
D. Green gland or Antennal gland iv. Flatworms

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Match the excretory organs listed under column I with the animals given under column II. Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the two columns

Columns I (Excretory organs) Columns II (Animals)
A. Nephridia p. Hydra
B. Malpighian tubules q. Leech
C. Protonephridia r. Shark
D. Kidneys s.  Flat worms
    t. Cockroach

 

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Malpighian tubules remove excretory products from

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Excretory system of Ascaris lumbricoides is made up of

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In rabbit and humans, the kidney is

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Consider the following statements.
A Flame cells are excretory structures in flatworms.
B. Green glands are excretory organs in annelids.
C. Columns of Bertini are the conical projections of the renal pelvis into the renal medulla between the renal pyramids.

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What are the excretory organs present in (i) earthworm, (ii) centipede, (iii) prawn, (iv) flatworm, respectively?

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Excretory salts in sea gulls are excreted through

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Match the organisms with their excretory organs:

 

  Organism   Excretory organ
a. Earthworm p. Protonephridia
b. Cockroach q. Green glands
c. Rotifers r. Nephridia
d. Prawn s. Malpighian tubule

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'Contractile vacuole' play important role in excretion in

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Which of the following excretory organs is found in crustraceans?

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The contractile vacuole is an important site for excretion and it is absent in