Bowman's capsule is related to which among the following life processes?

Bowman's capsule is related to which among the following life processes? Correct Answer Excretion

The correct answer is Excretion.

Concept-

  • The biological process involved in the removal of harmful metabolic wastes from the body is called excretion.
  • Animals accumulate ammonia, urea, uric acid, carbon dioxide, water, and ions like Na+, K+, Cl, phosphate, sulfate, etc., either by metabolic activities or by other means like excess ingestion.
  • These substances have to be removed totally or partially. The mechanisms of elimination of these substances with special emphasis on common nitrogenous wastes.
  • Ammonia, urea, and uric acid are the major forms of nitrogenous wastes excreted by animals. 

Explanation-

Additional InformationDigestion

  • Biomacro molecules in food cannot be utilized by our body in their original form.
  • They have to be broken down and converted into simple substances in the digestive system.
  • This process of conversion of complex food substances to simple absorbable forms is called digestion and is carried out by our digestive system by mechanical and biochemical methods.

Respiration

  • This process of exchange of O2 from the atmosphere with CO2 produced by the cells is called breathing, commonly known as respiration.

Blood Circulation

  • The Human circulatory system, also called the blood vascular system consists of a muscular chambered heart, a network of closed branching blood vessels and blood, the fluid which is circulated.

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