Explain and contrast osmoregulation in freshwater and saltwater fish.

Q: Give the digrammatic representation showing scheme of single circulation in a fish?

A: Fishes have two chambered heart and their heart has only one atrium and one ventricle. The…

Q: Elucidate the fundamental challenges the aquatic vertebrates and terrestrial vertebrates face in…

A: Aquatic Vertebrate is any newly hatched animal with a backbone or spinal column that spends the most…

Q: Compare osmoregulation by (1) sharks versus marine bony fish, and (2) freshwater bony fish and…

A: INTRODUCTION Aquatic insects excrete dilute wastes from their anus directly into water by flushing…

Q: Using  concept of flow-down gradients, explain the movement of glucose in and out of the nephron.

A: Introduction:-The structure that really makes urine in the process of eliminating waste and excess…

Q: Human kidneys return water and small solutes back to blood by way of

A: Tubular reabsorption is the process in which nephron removes water and solutes from tubular fluid…

Q: What is chief nitrogenaus waste product in birds? Give two advantages of this mode of excretion.

A: Excretion is the elimination of these metabolic wastes. The nitrogenous waste can be excreted in…

Q: Define nitrogenous wastes, and list the main types produced in animals.What are some advantages and…

A: The metabolic waste containing excess nitrogen is eliminated out from the body of an organism is…

Q: Describe structure of the nephron. How is the mammalian nephron capable of creating concentrated…

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Q: why would you expect an animal that lives in fresh water to have a well developed excretory system

A: The water balance in the body is maintained by the excretory system. The structure of excretory…

Q: Draw a well labelled diagram of a mammalian kidney tubule(nephron) and its blood supply.

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional units of the kidney. The filtration of blood occurs…

Q: Describe (and label on a diagram) the organs of the mammalian urinary system and give the functions…

A: The mammalian urinary system is an excretory system that removes the waster materials and excess…

Q: Explain how the kidney, plays an important role in the osmoregulation of the human body.

A: To Explain: How the excretory organ kidney plays an important role in the osmoregulation of the…

Q: The mammalian kidney contains an immense network of nephrons that functions to conserve water by…

A: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is used to determine how well the kidneys perform within the body,…

Q: In hydra, what triggers Wnt3 upregulation upon amputation?

A: Hydra is a freshwater organism that belongs to the phylum Cnidaria. It has the ability to regenerate…

Q: Compare and contrast the ways that metabolic wasteproducts enter the excretory systems of…

A: The excretory system is a passive system by which wastes are being removed from the body of an…

Q: Give an explanation about the The organization of the human neurexingenes.

A: Neurexin genes code for neurexin proteins that are responsible for the presynaptic interaction…

Q: Describe the differences in nephron activity based on the structural differences within the tubule…

A: Nephrons are the basic functional unit of kidney which are involved in the process of waste removal…

Q: Why are sharks osmoconformers yet ionoconformers? Explain using concepts on osmoregulation and…

A: Osmoconformers: these are the marine animals with the ability to maintain the osmorality of their…

Q: Explain the role of thr kidneys in maintaining blood volume ,blood ph and osmolality and why this is…

A: Kidneys are paired bean shaped organs used for filtration the blood plasma and excretion.…

Q: Explain the challenge of osmoregulation in marine (i.e., saltwater) environments and describe one…

A: The Osmoregulation process involves the maintenance of water and electrolyte balance throughout the…

Q: Give examples of animals that excrete each of the principal types of nitrogenous wastes.

A: Introduction  Water is crucial for survival for almost all type of species be it animals or plants.…

Q: Explain how insects are capable of secreting concentrated urine without depending on high blood…

A: The insect excretory system is different from the terrestrial animals. Insects have Malpighian…

Q: If a kangaroo rat was to drink excessive alcohol, how would that effect him in terms of…

A: Kangaroo rat is a rodent that is found in the deserts of North America. Kangaroo rats do not have an…

Q: Compare the myogenic response in a nephron and tubuloglomerular feedback.

A: A nephron is the structural and functional unit of kidney. It is involved in regulating water and…

Q: Discuss osmotic balance in freshwater and saltwater fishes.

A: Osmoregulation is the ability to maintain an internal balance of water and salt. Kidney plays an…

Q: Explain the function and structure of nephrons.

A: The kidneys are pair of organs located in the left and right side of the abdomen. The major function…

Q: Explain why the countercurrent flow that occurs in the gillsof fish is much more efficient than…

A: Concurrent flow refers to the flow of oxygen-poor blood and oxygen-rich water in the same direction.…

Q: Comparative analysis of excretion/osmoregulation in selected animals Animal Main Excretory/ Osmo-…

A: Excretion/osmoregulation is a biological system that removes excess electrolytes, toxins, metabolic…

Q: Elucidate the fundamental challenges the aquatic vertebrates and terrestrial vertebrates face in…

A: Terrestrial Vertebrates:  Land-based (land-dwelling) Non-native Vertebrates (animals having a…

Q: in 5 to 10 sentences explain the concepts in regulating body fluids in mammalian excretory system

A: The human excretory system functions to remove waste from the body through the skin as sweat, the…

Q: How a fish that migrate from freshwater to seawater (and/or vice versa) osmoregulate?

A: Introduction Osmoregulation is a process by which an organism maintain a internal balance between…

Q: Elucidate the fundamental challenges the aquatic vertebrates and terrestrial vertebrates face in…

A: Terrestrial vertebrates... like...The human excretory system functions to remove waste from the body…

Q: Draw a labelled diagram of excretory system of "common carp" fish?

A: Common carp fish  : scientists name is cyprinus carpio   It is a freshwater fish & prefer slow…

Q: explain how the circulatory system reabsorbs needed solutes.

A: Circulatory system is an organ system also called as Cardio-vascular system that allows blood to…

Q: In what ways does the nephridium of an earthworm parallel the human nephron in structure and…

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Q: Regarding the function of nephrozoan nephridia, would you expect the final urine of a freshwater…

A: Nephrozoans represent the clade that includes more than a million species divided into protostomes,…

Q: Explain what is meant by the countercurrent multiplier that occurs within the nephron loop.

A: Henle loop or nephron loop, a long U-shaped portion of the tubule that transports urine in each…

Q: Would you expect an ostrich to excrete excess nitrogen as uric acid, urea, or ammonia? Make an…

A: Ammonia is that the waste made by the metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds like proteins and…

Q: Draw & describe the physiological anatomy of nephron. Show how filtration of different substances…

A: Kidney are bean shaped organ and these are located in abdomen and it is thd part of the excetory…

Q: Explain how insects use Malpighian tubules to excrete wastes and maintain osmotic balance

A: The members of phylum arthropod are bilaterally symmetrical, invertebrate. They have an open…

Q: Give differences between shark and frog regarding excretory system?

A: To differentiate Excretory system of shark and frog

Q: Explain how antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin) controls excretion of water in mammalian kidneys.

A: Vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone, is generally secreted by the pituitary gland. It acts on the…

Q: what are the possible pathological consequences of an electrolye imbalance in animals…

A: Following variations can occur under the condition of Electrolyte Imbalances:- Hypocalcemia:…

Q: Compare the osmotic problem and the mechanism of osmotic regula-tion in freshwater and marine bony…

A: Osmoregulation is the cycle of maintenance of salt and water balance (osmotic balance) across…

Q: Describe what happens during the following stages in urine forma-tion in the mammalian nephron:…

A: The urinary system in mammals is composed of paired kidneys and ureters, a urinary bladder, and a…

Q: Kidneys do not play a major role in excretion in ammonotelic animals. Justify.

A: Different animals excrete different type of metabolic waste that has its costs and advantages.…