Urinary

Question 1

processes that remove wastes and excess materials from the body

Answer 1

Excretion

Question 2

excretes food wastes

Answer 2

Digestive system

Question 3

excretes CO2, H20

Answer 3

Respiratory system(lungs)

Question 4

excretes water, salt

Answer 4

Integumentary system (skin):

Question 5

excretes nitrogenous wastes (e.g., urea), excess solutes, and water

Answer 5

Urinary system (kidneys)

Question 6

To maintain homeostasis in water balance

Answer 6

Water intake = water output

Question 7

What’s the water input

Answer 7

Drink, food, metabolism

Question 8

Whats the water output

Answer 8

Urine, lungs, skin, feces

Question 9

Protein metabolism produces wastes

Answer 9

nitrogenous

Question 10

Kidney structures

Answer 10

cortex: outer layer of kidney,

medulla: inner region of kidney,

renal pelvis: hollow space in center of kidney where urine collects

Question 11

tubes with smooth muscle that transport urine from kidneys to bladder

Answer 11

Ureters

Question 12

has smooth muscle;
lined with epithelial cells

stores urine (600–1,000 ml)

Answer 12

Urinary Bladder

Question 13

carries urine from bladder to outside of body

Answer 13

Urethra

Question 14

functional units of the kidney

Answer 14

Nephrons

Question 15

Role of nephrons

Answer 15

remove approximately 180 liters of fluid from the blood daily,

return most of it wastes to the blood.

Question 16

nephron structure

Answer 16

Glomerular capsule

Renal Tubules

Question 17

supplies blood to the kidney.

Answer 17

Renal artery

Question 18

collects filtered blood from kidneys.

Answer 18

Renal vein

Question 19

Blood vessels associated with tubules:

Answer 19

Arterioles

Capillaries

Glomerulus

Peritubular

Question 20

moves some water and solutes from blood into tubules. (1st formation of urine)

Answer 20

Glomerular Filtration

Question 21

Tubular reabsorption: returns a lot of fluid and useful solutes to the blood. (2nd formation of urine)

Answer 21

Tubular reabsorption:

Question 22

adds some solutes and wastes from the blood to the tubules – for excretion. (3rd formation of urine)

Answer 22

Tubular secretion