(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Biology

Name the following: 

The part of kidney tubules where the term urine is first used for the fluid in it.

Name the following: 

The vein in which urea concentration is maximum 

Given below is a set of five terms. Rewrite the terms in their correct order so as to be in logical sequence. 

Afferent arteriole, renal vein, secondary capillary network, glomerulus, efferent arteriole.

Given below is a set of five terms. Rewrite the terms in their correct order so as to be in logical sequence. 

Renal artery, urethra, ureter, kidney, urinary bladder.

One of the following sets of body parts or substances or processed, pick out the one item which overall includes the remaining foir.

Skin, liver, lungs, kidneys, excretion.

Write down the functional activity of the following parts, 

Henle's loop ……………… 

Write down the functional activity of the following parts, 

Renal artery ……………… 

Why is it necessary to maintain a normal osmotic concentration of the blood? 

If you donate one kidney to a needy patient, would it cause any harm to you? Give reason. 

In summer the urine is slightly thicker than in winter explain the reason. 

Differentiate between the following pairs of terms: 

Bowman’s capsule and malpighian capsule. 

Differentiate between the following pairs of term : 

Renal cortex and renal medulla 

Differentiate between the following pairs of term : 

Renal pelvis and renal papilla 

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.

Define the following term: 

Micturition

Define the following term : 

Renal pelvis 

Define the following term: 

Osmoregulation

Differentiate between following pair with reference to the aspect in bracket.

sympathetic nervous system and para – sympathetic nervous system (overall effect on body)

What is dialysis? Under what condition is it carried out? 

Look at the figure given bellow, it is a section of human kidney as seen from the front.  

Is it a longitudinal section or a cross-section?