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What is true of urea?

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Samantha Stewart

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Samantha Stewart
Samantha Stewart, Philanthropist, Post Graduate, Corpus Christi

Answered Feb 18, 2021

The correct answer to this question is that "urea is the primary nitrogenous waste product of humans." Just like other mammals, humans are considered the primary producers of urea. In fact, humans can be referred to as ureteric animals.

The reason is that they produce urea as their primary nitrogenous waste product. Urea is the main component of urine and is used in the body of animals for the metabolism of compounds that contain nitrogen. It is important to note that apart from humans, there are other animals that produce urea in their urine.

Examples of these animals are amphibians, fish, etc. Although urea is used to excrete nitrogen-containing compounds, it is also used to ensure the reabsorption of critical ions and water from the urine being excreted. This helps prevent the loss of water in the body, and this mechanism is controlled by a hormone known as an anti-diuretic hormone.

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L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes
L. Hawkes, Teacher, Memphis

Answered Feb 18, 2021

Urea is known to be the nitrogenous waste product of humans. This is its definition when you are looking for what urea is in biology. A lot of people are not aware that urea can also be used as a fertilizer. This is also an effective feed supplement. Some would even use urea as one of the materials that will be used in order to create different types of plastic and drugs. It is particularly used to create melamine−methanal.

Urea is one of the most important things that will be used for the improvement of the metabolism of living things. If you think that the uses of urea stop here, you are mistaken as this can also be effective in reducing pollution that comes from vehicles.

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Robert Hazlewood

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Robert Hazlewood, Senior Executive, MBA, Louisville

Answered Feb 16, 2021

There are many things that can be true about urea, as there are many characteristics of it that a person studying biology would learn. One of the things to know about urea is that it is an organic compound. The first time urea was discovered was in 1773. The chemist, Jean Rouelle, discovered it in the urine.

Urea is a normal part of humans, and it can be found in the blood tissues and the blood of humans. Along with that, urea can also be produced in the liver. In the liver, ammonia is turned into urea. It changes the high toxicity of ammonia to the low toxicity of urea.

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E. Dixon

E. Dixon

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

The correct answer to this question is that urea is the primary nitrogenous waste product of humans. Urea is a compound that is organic. It was first discovered in 1773, and it was found in urine. The chemist Jean Rouelle, who was French, was the person who discovered urea.

This compound can go by many other names, including Carbamide. It also has two chemical names. When referring to urea in organic chemistry, it will go by the name Carbonyl Diamide. When using the term in organic chemistry, it will be known by the name of Diaminomethanal. Urea can be found in many tissues of a human's body.

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J. Shatner

J. Shatner

J. Shatner
J. Shatner, Content writer, Boston

Answered Feb 12, 2021

The urea is a nitrogenous compound containing a carbonyl group attached to two amine groups with osmotic diuretic activity. It is a carbonyl group with two c-bound amine groups. It is one carbon compound, and it comes from carbonic acid.

It is odorless, colorless, extremely soluble in water, and almost nontoxic. When it is dissolved in liquid, it does not have an alkaline property or an acidic property. The urea is produced in the liver through the urea cycle from ammonia and manufactures protein metabolism.

The urea management raises blood plasma osmolality, causing the enhanced flow of water from tissues, including the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and eye, into the interstitial fluid and plasma, which decreases strain in these tissues and improves outflow.

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ncannatella

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Answered May 20, 2019

The primary nitrogenous waste product of humans
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