Biology
Name the following :
(i) The tube arising from the notch of the kidney on the median side and connecting behind with the urinary bladder.
(ii) The tube that passes the urine to the outside of the body.
(iii) The inner lighter coloured region of the kidney.
(iv) Knot-like mass of blood capillary inside Bowman's capsule.
(v) The structural and functional unit of the kidney.
(vi) The blood vessel which :
- enters malpighian capsule
- leaves malpighian capsule
Excretory System
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(i) Ureter
(ii) Urethra
(iii) Medulla
(iv) Glomerulus
(v) Nephron
(vi) (a) Afferent arteriole (b) Efferent arteriole
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