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प्रश्न
If you donate one kidney to a needy patient, would it cause any harm to you? Give reason.
उत्तर
If one kidney is donated to a needy patient, the other kidney alone is sufficient for removing wastes or excretion. Thus, the donor can live a normal life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State whether the following statement is true or false:
Some organisms store wastes in body parts.
What are the methods used by plants to get rid of their waste products?
Where is urine carried through ureters?
The excretory unit in the human excretory system is called:
Differentiate between
excretion and transpiration
Fill in the blanks in the following passage to make it a meaningful description.
In a nephron, the ______ flows through the ______ under great pressure. The reason for this great pressure is that the ______ (outgoing) ______ is narrower than the ______ (incoming). This high pressure causes the ______ part of the blood to filter out from the ______ into the ______ capsule.
The following diagram represents a mammalian kidney tubule (nephron) and its blood supply.
Parts indicated by the guidelines 1to 8 are as follows:
1. Afferent arteriole from renal artery
2. Efferent arteriole
3. Bowman's capsule
4. Glomerulus
5. Proximal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
6. Distal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
7. Collecting tubule
8. U-shaped loop of Henle
Study the diagram and answer the question that follow:
Which structure contains the lowest concentration of urea?
Given below is a highly simplified diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the question that follow:
Mention two functions of the kidney.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
______ supplies blood to kidney.
The main nitrogenous waste formed in the human body:
