homeostasis

Question 1

urine regulates what of body fluids (3)

Answer 1

volume
composition
pH
by removing waste & excess substances from blood/excreting in urine

Question 2

intergumentary

Answer 2

kidneys convert vit D precursor made in skin into active form - CALCITRIOL

Question 3

skeletal

Answer 3

kidneys help adjust blood levels of calcium & phosphate - needed for building bones

Question 4

muscular

Answer 4

help adjust blood calcium levels - needed for contraction

Question 5

nervous system

Answer 5

kidneys can perform GUCONEOGENISIS to provide glucose for neurons - esp during fasting/starvation

Question 6

endocrine

Answer 6

kidneys produce CALCITRIOL - active vit D, & release ERYTHROPOIETIN - stimulates RBC production

Question 7

CV

Answer 7

kidneys can alter BV/BP by adjusting water resorption via release of RENIN
some of bilirubin from RBC breakdown is converted to urobilin - extorted in urine

Question 8

lymphatic system

Answer 8

adjustment of water volume affects volume of interstitial fluid/lymph
urine flushes microbes out of urethra

Question 9

respiratory

Answer 9

lungs & kidneys help adjust pH of body flyids

Question 10

Digestive

Answer 10

calcitriol increases absorption of dietary calcium

Question 11

reproductive

Answer 11

in males urethrta is passageway for urine and semen