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Urinary System test5
Question | Answer |
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the glomerulus is a unique high- pressure capillary bed because the ___arteriole feeding is larger in diameter then the ___arteriole draining bed | Afferent...efferent |
glomerular filtrateis very similar to__, but it has fewer proteins. | blood plasma |
Mechanisms of tubular reabsorption include___&__. | diffusion......active transportion |
As an aid for the reabsorption process, the cells of the proximal convoluted tubule have dense__on their luminal surface, which increase the surface area dramatically. | microvilli |
other that reabsorption, an important tubule function is ___, which is important for ridding the body of substances not already in the filtrate. | secreation |
Blood composition depends on__,__,&___. | Diet, cellular metabolism and urine output |
In a days time, 180 liters of blood plasma are filtered into the kidney tubules, but only about ___liters of urine are actually produced. | 1-1.8 |
Urochrome | ___is responsible for normal yellow color of urine. |
the three major nitrogenous wastes found in the blood, which must be disposed of, are___,__,&___ | urea, uric acid, and creatinine |
the kidneys are the final "judges" of how much water is to be lost from the body.when water loss via vaporization from the ___or___from the skin is excessive urin output___. | lungs or evaporation of perspiration....decreases |