Kidneys and The Nephrons

Question 1

Outer part of kidney?

Answer 1

Cortex

Question 2

Inner part of kidney?

Answer 2

Medulla

Question 3

Artery that supplies kidney?

Answer 3

Renal Artery

Question 4

Blood vessel that leaves kidney?

Answer 4

Renal Vein

Question 5

Waste products empty out of kidney via the?

Answer 5

Ureter

Question 6

Structure inside kidney?

Answer 6

Nephrons

Question 7

Outer part of Glomerulus?

Answer 7

Bowmans Capsule

Question 8

Blood enters glomerulus via the?

Answer 8

Renal Artery

Question 9

Blood leaves the glomerulus via the?

Answer 9

Renal vein

Question 10

What is not able to enter the Bowmans capsule?

Answer 10

Red Blood Cells and Protein

Question 11

Urea enters the what when it leaves the glomerulus?

Answer 11

Bowmans Capsule

Question 12

What can pass through into the Bowmans capsule?

Answer 12

Urea, Salts, Glucose and water

Question 13

What is the movement of materials from the glomerulus to the Bowmans capsule known as?

Answer 13

Ultrafiltration

Question 14

Active transport allows what?

Answer 14

Useful materials to transport to the blood capillary from the nephron

Question 15

What can be reabsorbed from the nephron into the blood capillary?

Answer 15

Glucose Salts and Water

Question 16

What is left within the nephron?

Answer 16

Urea, excess salts and water

Question 17

When can glucose be present in urine?

Answer 17

Underlying medical condition

Question 18

Process of taking back materials needed is known as?

Answer 18

Selective Reabsorption

Question 19

Tubule that comes before the loop of henle is known as the?

Answer 19

Proximal Convoluted Tubulue

Question 20

Tubule that comes after the Loop of Henle?

Answer 20

Distal Convoluted Tubule

Question 21

What happens in the ascending limb of the Loop of Henle?

Answer 21

Materials rise up

Question 22

What happens in the descending limb of the Loop of Henle?

Answer 22

Materials fall down

Question 23

What happens at the collecting duct of the nephron?

Answer 23

Material from tubule enters and goes down until exiting kidney through ureter to then exit the body

Question 24

What happens at the glomerulus?

Answer 24

Dirty blood enters and materials are separated via glomerulus, filtrate contains waste and some good materials which enters tubule.

Question 25

Where does filtrate waste travel too?

Answer 25

It exits to body via the urine

Question 26

Where does clean blood travel to?

Answer 26

Out of kidneys via the renal vein and back into circulation

Question 27

Is the descending limb of the Loop of Henle permeable to water?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

Is the ascending limb of the Loop of Henle permeable to water?

Answer 28

No, this is impermeable and contains sodium pumps meaning the filtrate becomes less concentrated

Question 29

What happens at the Loop of Henle?

Answer 29

The filtrate becomes concentrated in the Loop of Henle as water, sodium ions and chloride ions are reabsorbed.

Question 30

If a patient had low blood pressure, what would this mean with the functioning of the kidneys?

Answer 30

There would not be enough pressure to force water and molecules through the glomerulus wall to filter as this only works at high pressure which would not be available if the patient had a low blood pressure reading.