excretory system

Question 1

positive feedback

Answer 1

on —> until effect
ex) contractions will keep going until baby is born

Question 2

negative feedback

Answer 2

on/off
ex) contracts will start and then stop; baby will never be born

Question 3

kidney parts

Answer 3

renal artery going in
renal vein going out
renal cortex
nephrons
renal pelvis
renal medulla
ureter going out

Question 4

kidney (nephron) function

Answer 4

filter blood by reabsorbing needed nutrients and producing urine with the leftovers

Question 5

glomerulus

Answer 5

cluster of capillaries inside bowman’s capsule

Question 6

bowman’s capsule

Answer 6

filter blood from glomerular capillaries

Question 7

proximal tubule

Answer 7

first tubule that blood goes through; secretion/reabsorption

Question 8

distal tubule

Answer 8

3rd tubule that blood goes through; secretion/reabsorption

Question 9

loop of henle

Answer 9

2nd tubule that blood goes through; ONLY reabsorption

Question 10

collecting tubule/duct

Answer 10

-no secretion/reabsorption
-no capillaries

collects urine (waste) from nephrons and moves it to renal pelvis and ureters

Question 11

is the glomerulus/capillaries part of the nephron?

Answer 11

no; blood vessels are not part of the nephron

Question 12

filtration

Answer 12

process occurring in nephrons in each kidney when blood, except blood cells and large proteins, diffuse from glomerulus into Bowman’s capsule

Question 13

artery

Answer 13

“away” from heart; into organs

Question 14

vein

Answer 14

“voy” a la corazón, away from organs

Question 15

ureter

Answer 15

tube that transfers urine from kidney to urinary bladder

Question 16

urinary bladder

Answer 16

stores urine until relasd

Question 17

urethra

Answer 17

allows urine to pass out of the body
-sphincter muscles relax to let out urine

Question 18

“renal”

Answer 18

kidney

Question 19

“pulmonary”

Answer 19

lungs