Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 14

14. Which one of the following is a matching pair?

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(a) Tears-excretion of salts

(b) Sweat-thermoregulation

(c) Saliva-tasting food

(d) Sebum-sex attraction

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Answer : b

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(b) Sweat regulates body temperature. Sweating also called perspiration or sometimes transpiration is the production and evaporation of a fluid, consisting primarily of water as well as a smaller amount of sodium chloride the main constituent of “table salt”, that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.