Ch. 19A

Question 1

1) Which of the following do the kidneys not regulate;

Answer 1

1)Extracellular fluid, volume,blood pressure ,blood salt levels, pH waste and foreign substance

Question 2

2) Where in the kidneys is urine produced?

Answer 2

2)nephrons

Question 3

3) What is the name of the process of producing urine?

Answer 3

3)urination

Question 4

5) What is the name of the process of releasing urine from the body?

Answer 4

5)micturation

Question 5

6) Where are most of the nephrons in a kidney found?

Answer 5

6)cortex

Question 6

7) Where are most of the collecting ducts in a kidney found?

Answer 6

7)medulla

Question 7

8) What blood vessels bring blood into the glomerulus?

Answer 7

8)afferent arterioles

Question 8

9) In what structure is filtrate produced?

Answer 8

9)glomerulus/ bowman capsule

Question 9

10) What blood vessels move blood away from the glomerulus?

Answer 9

10)efferent artieroles

Question 10

11) What happens in the peritubular capillaries?

Answer 10

11)reabsorption and capillaries active secretion

Question 11

12) The majority of all reabsorbed water is removed from the filtrate in the;

Answer 11

12)proximal tubules

Question 12

13) What two things are reabsorbed in the Loop of Henle?

Answer 12

13)salt and water

Question 13

14) If the body produces 10 liters of filtrate in a given time period, how much of that original 10 liters is reabsorbed by the LOH?

Answer 13

14)90%= 1L

Question 14

15) What happens in the distal tubules?

Answer 14

15)salt and water balance

Question 15

17) Water is reabsorbed from the urine in the urinary bladder; True (A) or False (B)

Answer 15

17)F

Question 16

18) Less than 1/10th of all filtrate produced in the kidneys is lost as urine normally; True (A) or False (B)

Answer 16

18)T

Question 17

20) How is filtrate different from plasma?

Answer 17

20)missing large plasma protien

Question 18

21) What two components of blood never enter Bowman’s capsule?

Answer 18

21)form elements and plasma protien

Question 19

23) What pushes the filtrate out of the blood and into the Bowman’s capsule?

Answer 19

23)hydrostaric BP

Question 20

24) What causes some filtrate to immediately move back into the blood?

Answer 20

24)colloidal osmatic pressure

Question 21

25) If 10 liters of blood passes through the kidneys during a given time period, how much of the blood volume is initially lost as filtrate?

Answer 21

25)20%-2L

Question 22

26) All of your blood plasma is filtered many times per day, normally; True (A) or False (B)

Answer 22

26)T

Question 23

27) If your blood pressure dips slightly, your filtration rate will dip accordingly; True (A) or False (B)

Answer 23

27)F

Question 24

28) GFR stands for;

Answer 24

28)Glomerular filteration rate

Question 25

29) What two processes in the blood vessels help keep GFR constant under a variety of blood pressures?

Answer 25

29)vasocontriction

Vaso dialtion