Kidney

Question 1

2d) Name four of the parts of the kidney

Answer 1

Renal vein
Ureter
Cortex
Major calyx

Question 2

Describe how the kidney carries out it’s function

Answer 2

Blood in the renal artery enters glomerus
Blood at very high pressure so much of plasma forced out
Blood cells and proteins remain in blood as too large (if kidney is working properly)

Question 3

Identify two functions of the kidney

Answer 3

Removal of urea
Regulations of water levels
Reabsorption

Question 4

Analyse the effect diabetes has on daily activities

Answer 4

Checking blood sugar levels
Insulin injections
Risk of infections
strokes
strains on social interactions
daily routines
need to plan events
social barriers

Question 5

Name the waste product which is excreted by the kidneys

Answer 5

Urea

Question 6

Identify the organ which makes the waste product that plays a role in the excretion of waste product from the body

Answer 6

Liver

Question 7

Which process produces waste products

Answer 7

Deamination

Question 8

Explain possible treatments for nephrotic syndrome

Answer 8

Steroids -reduce immune response
Diurects - reduces water retention due to leanage of fluid tissue into body tissues
Kidney implants

Question 9

Which part of the kidney nephron carries out ultrafiltration of blood

Answer 9

Glomerus

Question 10

Which part of the kidney nephron establishes a salt gradient to draw water out of filtrate

Answer 10

loop of henle

Question 11

Which part of the kidney nephron selective reabsorption

Answer 11

Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 12

Which part of the kidney nephron transfers urine to renal pelvis

Answer 12

Colleting duct

Question 13

The kidney contains thousands of nephrons.
Identify and describe two functions of nephrons

Answer 13

1) Osmoregulation - regulates water balance in the body
2) Ultrafiltration - plasma and dissolves products out of blood.

Question 14

Name the blood vessel that carries blood from the body into the kidneys

Answer 14

Renal artery

Question 15

Complete the sentences about the structure and function of the kidney. The kidney has 2 main functions: (1) which maintains the concentration of water and ions in the blood, and (2) which removes metabolic waste from the body. The waste product (3) is formed in the liver and transported in the blood to the kidneys where it forms urine. Urine is carried from each kidney, through a tube called the… to the bladder, where it is stored. The kidneys put substances, such as glucose, back into blood by the process of (4)

Answer 15

1) osmoregulation
2) Excretion
3) Urea
4) Ureter
5) Reabsorbed