Frank solutions for Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE chapter 8 - Excretory System [Latest edition]

Label the diagram given below :

Name the following:
Animals which excrete ammonia.

Name the following:
Animals which eliminate urea.

Name the following:
 Animals which excrete uric acid.

Name the following:
Organ which produces urea.

Name the following:
Functional unit of kidney.

Name the following:
Organ which stores urine.

Name the following:
Organ where ultrafiltration occurs.

Choose the odd one out in the following series:
Proximal convoluted duct, loop of Henle, vein.

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Kidney, ureter, heart

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Urea, uric acid, haemoglobin.

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Glomerulus, alveoli, bronchi.

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Renal fat, renal capsule, nerve.

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Column of Bertini, minora calyces, brain.

Given below is a diagram of a human kidney, cut open longitudinally. Answer the following: 

(i) Give definition of excretion.
(ii) Name the unit of kidney.
(iii) Why does the cortex of kidney show dotted appearance?
(iv) List the functions of the kidney. 

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Composition of extracellular fluid is regulated by ___________

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Uric acid is excreted by _______________

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Presence of RBCs in urine is called _____________

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A condition of failure of kidney to form urea is called ____________

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What happens if one kidney is removed from the body of human being?

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Orinithin cycle operates in ________

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Physiologically urea is produced by the action of an enzyme ______________

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Vitamin excreted through urine in mammals is ______________

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Excess proteins are converted into urea in ____________

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The smallest functional unit of the kidney is ____________

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Narrow apex of pyramid in kidney is called ___________