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Excretory System and Kidneys

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The Bowman's capsule, a part of the kidney is the site of

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Filtration of blood constituents

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Re-absorption of water and glucose

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Formation of ammonia

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Formation of urea

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Solution

The correct option is A Filtration of blood constituents
The Bowman' capsule is the part of the nephron in the human kidney. Bowman's capsule carries out the function of ultra-filtration by allowing the water molecules and small molecules of other substances to pass through its selectively permeable wall and forms the glomerular filtrate.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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