Unit Four- Urine Formation

Question 1

what are the 4 steps of urine formation

Answer 1

1. glomerular filtration
2. tubular reabsorption
   3.Tubular secretion
3. water reabsorption

Question 2

what happens in glomerular filtration

Answer 2

-water and solutes filtered out of blood into bowman’s capsule

Question 3

what happens in tubular reabsorption

Answer 3

useful substances from filtrate reabsorbed into blood

Question 4

what happens in tubular secretion

Answer 4

waste removed from blood into filtrate

Question 5

what happens in water reabsorption

Answer 5

water from filtrate is reabsorbed into blood