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Study the diagram given below and then answer the questions that follow :(i) Name the region in the kidney where the above structure is present ?(ii) Name the parts labelled 1 , 2, 3 and 4.(iii) Name the stages involved in the formation of urine.(iv) What is the technical term given to the process occurring in 2 and 3 ? Briefly describe the process

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(i) Renal cortex

(ii) 1- Afferent arteriole

2- Glomerulus

3- Bowman's capsule

4-Efferent arteriole

(iii) Ultrafiltration, reabsorption and tubular secretion.

(iv) Ultrafiltration: In it, blood entering the glomerulus under great pressure is filtrated. The liquid part of the blood filters through the walls of glomerular capillaries and Bowman's caprsule and enters into the nephron where it is called the glomerular filtrate.



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