PrepBharat

1. A malpighian corpuscle is
a) Another name for nephron
b) An excretory structure of insects
c) Combined name for glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule
d) None of the above

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2.Blood vessel leading to glomerulus is called
a) Renal artery
b) Renal vein
c) Efferent arteriole
d) Afferent arteriole

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3.Blood vessel draining the glomerulus in a mammalian nephron is called
a) Afferent arteriole and is narrower than the vessel entering it.
b) Efferent venule and is narrower than the vessel entering it.
c) Efferent arteriole and is narrower than the vessel entering it.
d) Renal artery and is wider than the vessel entering it.

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4. In mammalian kidneys, the Bowman’s capsules or Malpighian corpuscles occur in
a) Cortex
b) Medulla
c) Pelvis
d) All of these

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5. In a glomerulus
a) Afferent arteriole is thicker than efferent arteriole.
b) Afferent capillaries are thicker than efferent capillaries.
c) Afferent capillaries are thinner than efferent capillaries.
d) Afferent arteriole is thinner than efferent arteriole.

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6. Which one of these is not a part of uriniferous tubule?
a) Loop of Henle
b) Collecting duct
c) Bowman’s capsule
d) Distal convoluted tubule

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7. Bowman’s capsule is lined by
a) Ciliated epithelium
b) Squamous epithelium
c) Cuboidal epithelium
d) Cuboidal and columnar epithelium

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8. Brush border is a characteristic of
a) Neck of nephron
b) Collecting tube
c) Proximal convoluted tubule
d) All of these

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9. Filtration of blood occurs in
a) Loop of Henle
b) Bowman’s capsule
c) Lungs
d) Renal papillae

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10. The glomerular filtrate, i.e., the liquid collected in the cavity of Bowman’s capsule is
a) Blood minus proteins
b) Blood minus proteins and corpuscles
c) Water
d) Urine

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