Explanation

Heterotrophs are those organisms that cannot prepare their food from nature 

Hence depend on other organisms that produce food (autotrophs).

Non-green plants cannot make their food due to the absence of chlorophyll in their leaves

Explanation

The spleen is often referred to as the "graveyard of RBCs"

Because it is responsible for filtering and breaking down old, damaged, and worn-out red blood cells (RBCs).

Explanation

• Carbon monoxide (CO) binds strongly with hemoglobin in the blood.
• It forms carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), reducing the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity.
• CO binds to hemoglobin about 200–250 times more strongly than oxygen.
• This can lead to oxygen deficiency (hypoxia) in body tissues.
• Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas.

Last verified on 04-08-2026

Explanation

• Urine is produced in the kidneys by filtering the blood.
• The kidneys remove excess water, salts, and waste products from the blood.
• Urine is formed in tiny filtering units called nephrons.
• After formation, urine passes through the ureters to the urinary bladder.
• The kidneys help maintain the body's fluid and electrolyte balance.

Last verified on 04-08-2026

Explanation

• William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood.
• He was the first physician to completely describe systemic blood circulation.
• Famous book: De Motu Cordis (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood) (1628)
• He is known as the Father of Circulation of Blood.

Additional information:

• Birth: 1578
• Death: 1657

Last verified on 23-06-2026