urinary system

Question 1

what functions to kidneys have

Answer 1

adjustment of blood pressure
regulation of water and electrolyte concentration
waste, drug and toxin removal

Question 2

what does ureters do

Answer 2

transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Question 3

what does the bladder do

Answer 3

stores urine and expels it

Question 4

What is urethra and what does it do

Answer 4

tube extending from the base of the bladder to the exterior of the body which allows urine to pass out of the body

Question 5

what do nephrons do

Answer 5

filter blood and produce urine

Question 6

what are the nephron processes

Answer 6

glomerular filtration
reabsorption
secretion

Question 7

what is glomerular filtration

Answer 7

Movements of fluids and solutes

Question 8

what is reabsorbtion the process of

Answer 8

the process of filtered substances moving back into the blood from the filtrate

Question 9

what are the main organs of the urinary system

Answer 9

Kidneys and bladder

Question 10

what is the main working organ of the urinary system

Answer 10

Kidneys

Question 11

Where are kidneys found

Answer 11

high up in the back of the abdominal cavity and protected by lower ribs and diaphragm

Question 12

what tissues are kidneys surrounded by

Answer 12

fibrous connective tissue
adipose (fat) tissue

Question 13

How many neurons are in each kidney

Answer 13

1 million

Question 14

what is the outmost section of the kidney called

Answer 14

renal cortex

Question 15

where are the nephrons located in the kidney

Answer 15

renal cortex

Question 16

what is the inner most layer of the kidney

Answer 16

the calyces

Question 17

what does the medulla do in the kidney

Answer 17

collects ducts that help maintain the body’s salt and water balance

Question 18

what is the role of the nephron

Answer 18

To filter the blood so that the waste products and water can be excreted as urine

Question 19

what are the two parts of nephron’s

Answer 19

Renal corpuscle
rental tubule

Question 20

what does the renal corpuscle do

Answer 20

filters the blood

Question 21

what does the renal tubule do

Answer 21

reabsorbs good stuff back into the blood

Question 22

what is glomerular filtration

Answer 22

it is the movement of fluid and solutes from the blood through a wall of the glomerular capillaries into the glomerular

Question 23

what is glomerular filtration

Answer 23

it is the movement of fluid and solutes from the blood through a wall of the glomerular capillaries into the glomerular

Question 24

what is reabsorbtion

Answer 24

the process of some filtered substances moving back into the blood from the filter are in the tubules

Question 25

what is secretion

Answer 25

the movement of substances from the blood into the filtrate to excrete harmful products (opposite of reabsorbtion)

Question 26

what are the commonly secreted substances

Answer 26

potassium
hydrogen
urea