ICSE Class X Biology 2020 Solved Papers

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The figure given below shows a part of a nephron.
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Why is fluid X not called urine? Justify your answer.
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Fluid X is glomerular filtrate.
It cannot be called urine because it contains many usable substances like water, glucose, sodium ions, chloride ions etc. which have to reabsorbed by blood capillaries of the nephron, after which only it can be called urine.
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