Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 17

17. Match the following parts of a nephron with their function :

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(A) Descending limb of Henle’s loop (i) Water reabsorption

(B) Proximal convoluted tubule reabsorbs salts only (ii) Reabsorption of water only

(C) Ascending limb of (iii) Active Henle’s loop reabsorption of sodium ions and water

(D) Distal convoluted (iv) Reabsorption tubule of ions, water and organic nutrients

Select the correct option from the following :

(a) (A)-(iv), (B)-(i), (C)-(iii), (D)-(ii)

(b) (A)-(i), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iv)

(c) (A)-(ii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(i), (D)-(iii)

(d) (A)-(i), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iii)

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Answer : c

Hints & Solutions

(c) Descending limb of Henle’s loop - Reabsorption of water only PCT - Reabsorption of ions, water and organic nutrients Ascending limb of the loop of Henle - Reabsorption of salts Henle’s loop only. DCT - Countercurrent multiplication of sodium ions and water