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What are the constituents of normal urine?


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Urine:

  1. Urine is the yellowish colored liquid that is excreted out of the body.
  2. It contains nitrogenous wastes such as ammonia, urea and uric acid which are being eliminated along with water.

Composition of urine: 95% water and 5% other substances.

Organic salts ( g/l )

Inorganic salts ( g/l )

Urea

Uric acid

Creatinine

Others

2.3

0.7

1.5

2.6

Sodium chloride

Ammonia

Potassium chloride

Sulphuric acid

Others

9.0

0.6

2.5

0.3

2.5


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