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Excretory Products and their Elimination — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYExcretory Products and their Elimination2 Marks
Question
State the importance of counter current systems in renal functioning.
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Answer

Counter current mechanism has been evolved in higher vertebrates (birds and mammals including man) to excrete hypertonic urine (urine is more concentrated than blood) for conserving body water so necessary for land life.

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