EXAM 4 Flashcards
If you add ONE molecule of citric acid to a cell, and then let the cell metabolize it as we discussed in class, under ideal conditions, how many total molecules of ATP will be produced?
12
If you add ONE molecule of pyruvic acid to a cell, and then let the cell metabolize it as we discussed in class, how many molecules of carbon dioxide will be produced?
3
If you add ONE molecule of pyruvic acid to a cell, and then let the cell metabolize it as we discussed in class, how many molecules of FADH2 will be produced?
1
If you add ONE molecule of acetylCoA to a cell, and then let the cell metabolize it as we discussed in class, how many molecules of NADH will be produced?
3
Renal functions
- Excrete and remove wastes
2. Regulation of blood volume and solute concentration
Function of the kidneys
- Performs excretory functions
2. produce urine
Urinary tract function
Performs elimination
The urinary tract contains _____, _____, and _____.
- Ureters
- Bladder
- Urethra
Blood–>_______—->_______ ____ —>Urine
- Filtrate
2. Tubular Fluid
The Kidney filters ___% of total cardiac output.
25%
Blood is delivered to the cortex of kidney and filtered in the _________.
glomerulus
The kidney separates ________ and _______.
- wastes
2. nutrients
Renal tubule reabsorbs ______, and adjusts the ___ level of water.
- nutrients
2. pH
The kidney delivers wastes through ______ as urine and the urine is collected centrally to the pelvis and sent to the ______.
- medulla
2. ureters
The _______ is knot of capillaries in the kidney that filtrates fluid and solute.
glomerulus
Blood enters the glomerulus through the _______ ______. The filtrate exits to the ______. The remaining blood exits to the _____ ______.
- afferent arteriole
- capsule
- efferent arteriole
The first structure in the renal tubule is the ________ ______.
glomerular capsule ( or Bowman’s capsule)
The functional unit of the kidney is the tube-like structure called the _______.
nephron
The nephron adjusts _____ composition, reabsorbs useful things such as _____, ____, and ______. It also secretes unuseful things not already in the ______. After the filtrate goes through the nephron the final result is _____.
- filtrate
- water, nutrients, and ions
- filtrate
- urine
Once fluid enters the nephron it is called _______.
filtrate
Name the four structures of the Nephron
1, Glomerular (bowman’s) capsule
- Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
- Loop of Henle (Nephron Loop)
- Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
TRUE OR FALSE
Filtration membrane is semipermeable
TRUE
Net filtration pressure favors fluid diffusing from the ______ to the _______ _____. Then blood fluids and solutes are forced ____. The proteins and RBSc cannot _______ the capillary (creates osmotic pull back).
- capillary
- Glomerular capsule
- out
- leave
The amount of filtrate produced is called the _____ _____ ___.
glomerular filtration rate GFR