Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 36

36. The principal nitrogenous excretory compound in humans is synthesised [2010]

(a) in kidneys but eliminated mostly through liver

(b) in kidneys as well as eliminated by kidneys

(c) in liver and also eliminated by the same through bile

(d) in the liver, but eliminated mostly through kidneys

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Answer : d

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(d) The principal nitrogenous excretory compound in humans is urea. It is synthesized in the mitrochondrial matrix and cytosol of liver cells and eliminated through kidneys.