Final- homework

Question 1

wastes removed from the body by the kidneys include

Answer 1

ammonia, creatinine, bilirubin, all of these choices

Question 2

a role of the kidney’s renal capsule and adipose tissue is to

Answer 2

protect the kidney

Question 3

which is not part of a nephron

Answer 3

glomerular capsule

Question 4

filteration occurs in the nephron when the

Answer 4

glomerular blood pressure is greater than the blood colloid osmotic pressure

Question 5

filtration occurs in the nephron when

Answer 5

glomerular blood pressure is greater than the blood colloid osmotic and capsule pressure

Question 6

solutes taht are normally reabsorbed include ______ , and solutes that are normally secreted include ___________-

Answer 6

glucose and amino acids, H+, and creatinine

Question 7

the hormones that increases Na+ reabsorption and K+ secretion is

Answer 7

aldosterone

Question 8

which is not considered normal characterisitic of urine

Answer 8

PH of 3.5

Question 9

micturition will not occur if

Answer 9

the stretch receptors in the bladder are inactive

Question 10

the act of expelling urine from the bladder into the urethra is called

Answer 10

micturition

Question 11

which hormone is responsible for stimulating increase tubular reabsorption of water

Answer 11

ADH

Question 12

how does the scrotum protect the testes

Answer 12

by separating the testes from each other by a septum

Question 13

in order, the principal events of spermatogensis are:

Answer 13

differentiation of a primary spermatocyte from a spermatogonium; production of haploid secondary spermatocytes in meiosis I; separation of chromatids to form spermatids in meiosis II; development of a single sperm cell through spermiogenesis

Question 14

how does the scrotum protect the testes?

Answer 14

by seperating the testes from each other by a septum

Question 15

which male repoductive hormone and its function are mismatched?

Answer 15

LH: stimulates the anterior pituitary to release FSH

Question 16

trace the course of sperm through the sytem of ducts from the seminiferous tubules through the urethra

Answer 16

seminiferous tubules, ductus epididymis, ductus deferens, ejaculatory ducts, urethra

Question 17

semen contains

Answer 17

( all of these)

a. alkaline secretions from the seminal vesicles
b. protein- digesting enzymes from the prostate gland
c. mucus secretions from the bulbourethral glands

Question 18

which statement is not true concerning oogenesis

Answer 18

The secondary oocyte completes its development into an ovum shortly after ovulation occurs.

Question 19

about 60% of the volume of semen is secreted by the

Answer 19

seminal vesicles

Question 20

During childbirth, this portion of the uterus assumes an active role in pushing the fetus through the birth canal.

Answer 20

myometrium

Question 21

An example of an accessory gland of the male reproductive system is the

Answer 21

prostate gland