NEETZoologyExcretory Products and their Elimination
An adult human excretes on an average ______ litres of urine per day
Options
- A1 to 1.5
- B2 to 2.5
- C2.5 to 3
- D3 to 3.5
Correct answer
A. 1 to 1.5
Step-by-step solution
A comparison of the volume of the filtrate formed per day 180 litres per day with that of the urine released 1.5 litres per day , suggests that nearly 99 per cent of the filtrate has to be reabsorbed by the renal tubules. This process is called reabsorption. The tubular epithelial cells in different segments of nephron perform this either by active or passive mechanisms