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) Reabsorption

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

(C) Ascending limb of (iii) Conditional 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 - Reabsorption of water Henle’s loop only PCT - Reabsorption of ions, water organic nutrients Ascending limb of - Reabsorption of salts Henle’s loop only. DCT - Conditional reabsorption of sodium ions and water