the renal system

Question 1

what are the 2 main function of the renal system?

Answer 1

excretion and osmoreregulation

Question 2

what is excretion?

Answer 2

removal of waste from the body

Question 3

what is osmoreregulation?

Answer 3

maintains water in the body

Question 4

what is urea?

Answer 4

formed in the liver to remove excess nitrogen

Question 5

what is the ureter?

Answer 5

tube that travels from the kidney to the bladder

Question 6

what is made in the kidneys?

Answer 6

urine

Question 7

what are nephrons and what do they do?

Answer 7

U shaped tubes that surround capillaries
they connect ducts which take urine to ureter

Question 8

what are 5 functions of the kidney?

Answer 8

filtration of blood
removal of waste products
process of urine production
reabsorption
role of osmoreregulation

Question 9

what does the proximal convoluted tube (PCT) do?

Answer 9

reabsorption of substances needed by the body happens

Question 10

what happens in the removal of waste products?

Answer 10

affected arteriolar ranges into glomerulus which is in the bowman’s capsule.
there is high pressure in the glomerulus so blood is forced through the capillaries known as ultrafiltration