Chapter 15

Question 1

These drugs are often referred to water pills because they cause the body to lose excess water and sodium

Answer 1

Diuretics

Question 2

How do diuretics help remove excess water?

Answer 2

Increases the persons urine output by increasing blood flow to kidneys

Question 3

Urine is made from what in the body?

Answer 3

Blood

Question 4

Filtering units of the kidneys (washing machine ) take spit waste products

Answer 4

Nephrons

Question 5

What type of waste products to nephrons take out out of kidney?

Answer 5

Urea and ammonia , extra water, sodium , potassium

Question 6

In a healthy kidney how many milliliters of water enters the nephron tubules each minute?

Answer 6

100 ml

Question 7

Whole blood flows into what?

Answer 7

Capillaries

Question 8

Leaky to water and small particles but do not leak cells, protiens and large particles..

those then go back into the blood and the bad stuff (small particles )goes where?

Answer 8

Capillaries

Nephrons

Question 9

If if water would not enter the nephron to Bealls we would have a urinal put of how much every hour? What would happen to our body?

Answer 9

6000ml per hour

Dehydration

Question 10

Where sodium goes what follows?

Answer 10

Water

Question 11

Pulling of sodium from the urine pulls water along with it which allows us to make how much urine each minute ?

Answer 11

1mL

Question 12

Most people have a year and how many milliliters each day?

Answer 12

2400 mL or 2.5 quarts