Compare adaptations for osmoregulation in freshwater fishes, marine bony fishes, sharks, marine mammals, and terrestrial vertebrates.

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: Why do vertebrates possess a complex excretory system?

A: Vertebrates have a more complex excretory system as compared to simple or higher invertebrates.…

Q: Observe the network of capillaries, known as the vasa recta, that surrounds the nephron. What is the…

A: Vasa recta are the series of blood vessels in the blood supply of the kidney that enter the renal…

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: Unlike an earthworm’s metanephridia,a mammalian nephron(A) is intimately associated with a…

A: An earthworm is a terrestrial annelid. Annelids are segmental organisms due to the presence of…

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: 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: Name two types of nephrons found in human kidney.

A: In humans, the chief osmoregulatory organ is the kidney. The nephron is the kidney’s functional unit…

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: What adaptations in aquatic birds and mammals help meet the challenges of osmoregulation and…

A: The maintenance of salt and water concentration across the membranes of the body is known as…

Q: Draw a vertebrate nephron and label the parts, then indicate the process of urine formation is…

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Q: Describe how the glomerulus, proximal convoluted tubule, and collecting tubule of the nephron…

A: Nephron is the functional filtration unit of the kidney. It is microscopic in nature. Nephron has…

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 difference between osmoconformers and osmoregulators.

A: Marine organisms can be defined as the type of organisms that live in the sea or ocean. Marine…

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: Write brief note on Effect of temperature or water scarcity and the adaptations of animals.

A: Temperature is the most important physical or abiotic parameter which affects the metabolism of the…

Q: Explain how the nephron of the kidney removes waste while retaining the essential components of the…

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional unit of kidney. It has two major parts. They are renal…

Q: Explain how osmoregulation in humans is an example of homeostasis.

A: Homeostasis is an organism's physiological capacity to maintain a constant internal environment in…

Q: In a short essay (100–150 words), compare how membrane structures in the loop of Henle and…

A: The excretory framework is a uninvolved natural framework that eliminates abundance, pointless…

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: Mention the function of the following(a) Ureters in frog(b) Malpighian tubules(c) Body wall in…

A: (i) The urinary system in frogs consists of kidneys as the primary organs. Ureters are the narrow…

Q: Give a short note on effect of temperature or water scarcity and the adaptations of animals.

A: An adaptation is referred as physical and behavioural change in an organism with respect to its…

Q: Describe countercurrent exchange in the gills of fish.  How does it increase the effectiveness of…

A: Fish gills are organs that allow fish to breathe underwater. Most fish exchange gases like oxygen…

Q: Outline how the orientation of nephrons relative to each otherimparts gross structure to the kidneys…

A: The nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is responsible for…

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: 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: 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: hat is role of skin, lungs and intestine in the process of excretion in man?

A: Excretion is the process of eliminating the metabolic wastes and excess water from the body of an…

Q: Correctly classify the following statements regarding the osmotic adaptations of freshwater and…

A: Answer: FRESHWATER FISHES = These fishes living in fresh water , and their blood and solute content…

Q: Compare the positions of the kidneys in the fetal pig with those in the human.

A: Kidneys are organs concerned with the excretion function. They are two bean-shaped organs in the…

Q: escribe a drop of blood thro

A: Either side of the spine pair of bean-shaped organs called kidneys. The function of the kidney is to…

Q: Describe the role of nephrons

A: Answer:  NEPHRONS  = It is the basic structural and functional unit of kidney which is used to carry…

Q: Compare the excretory systems of a flatworm and an annelid worm. How are they similar? How are they…

A: Animal kingdom is a kingdom which comprises of Eukaryotic , heterotrophic organism . It comprises of…

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

A: To differentiate Excretory system of shark and frog

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: Why do vertebrates possess a complex excretory system? provide scientific explanations

A: Vertebrate also referred to as Craniata, is any animal belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata, the…

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.…