Excretory system and Osmoregulation

Question 1

Other name for urinal system

Answer 1

renal system

Question 2

Parts of excretory system

Answer 2

kidneys, ureters, bladder

Question 3

Waste excreted by kidneys (3)

Answer 3

urea, uric acid and creatinine

Question 4

What do the kidneys produce? (3)

Answer 4

Renin, erythropoietin, calcitriol

Question 5

Kidney functioning in influenced by?

Answer 5

ADH, aldosterone, parathyroid hormone, ANP, BNP and angiotensin II

Question 6

The functional unit of the kidney responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.

Answer 6

nephron

Question 7

What is the path of blood to

Answer 7

nephron (glomerulus, renal tubule (Bowman’s capsule, proximal convoluted tubule)), descending and ascending limbs of the loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct.

Question 8

What does the macro physiology of the kidney look like?

Answer 8

cortex with all glomeruli, and a deeper medulla, ureter

Question 9

Part of kidney that releases renin to increase blood pressure when there is low blood pressure, sympathetic nerves fired, macula densa cells sensing low sodium (pressure)

Answer 9

juxtaglomerular apparatus

Question 10

The vasa recta are long, straight capillaries that run parallel to the loops of Henle in the medulla of the kidney.

Answer 10

Vasa recta