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IMPORTANT TERMS
AMMONOTELLIC:

 It is the most toxic form of nitrogenous waste, it requires large amount of water for
it elimination
 The organism that excrete ammonia are known as AMMONOTELLIC.
 The process of elimination of ammonia is known as AMMONOTELISM

Eg: bony fish, aquatic animal

UREOTELISM:

 The process of excreating urea is called ureotellism.


 Animals which do not live in high abundance of water convert ammonia produced
in the

Body into urea in the liver &release into the blood .

URICOTELLISM:

 The process of excreating uric acid is called is called URICOTELLISM.


Eg:reptiles,bird

HUMAN EXCRETORY SYSTEM


 KIDNEY
 This are reddish brown bean shaped structure situated between the
levels of last thoracic & third lumber vertebrae
 This are close to the dorsal inner wall of the abdominal cavity
 Each kidney of an adult human measures 10-12 cm in length 5-7 cm
in width 2-3 in thickness
 Average weight of a kidney is 120 -170 gm
 Kidney are mesosodermal in origin develop from mesodermal
nephrostomes/mesomeares
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 The kidney retroperitonial i.e are located below the diaphragm on the
 Eft and right side
 The outer surface of each kidney is convex inner concave surface has
a knot called hilum.
 Three layers cover the kidneys i.e renal fascia,adipose layer,renal
capsules.
 Thr ls of a mammalian kidney show an outer cortex and inner medulla
 The ureter is expanded as a funnel shaped cavity called pelvis.
 The free of pelvis has number of cup like cavities are called
major&minor calix.
 Medulla projects into the calix as conical process called renal
pyramid/medullary pyramid.
 The tip of pyramid re callled renal papillia.
 The cortex splits in between medullary pyramids as renal called
column of batini.

STRUCTURE OF NEPHRON

MALPHIGiAN CORPUSCLES

 Glomerulus along with bowmans capsule is called malphigian capsule


 It filter out large solutes from the blood and delivers small solutes from the blood
and small solutes to the renal tubule for modification

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