Excretory Products and Their Elimination NCERT Solutions

The chapter discusses the Human Excretory System, Urine Formation, Function of the Tubules, Mechanism of Filtrate Concentration, Regulation of Kidney Function, Micturition, Role of Other Organs in Excretion, Excretory System Disorders, and other topics. Topics Covered in Excretory Products and Their Elimination are Modes of excretion - ammonotelism, ureotelism, uricotelism; human excretory system - structure and function; urine formation, osmoregulation; regulation of kidney function - renin - angiotensin, atrial natriuretic factor, ADH and diabetes insipidus; role of other organs in excretion; disorders - uremia, renal failure, renal calculi, nephritis; dialysis and artificial kidney, kidney transplant.