Urinary System Flashcards
The volume of glomerular filtrate formed each day is?
200 litres
What does the bowman’s capsule surround?
Glomerulus
What is not a function of the urinary system?
Production of urea
Fluid in the nephron reaches the loop of Henley after reaching?
Bowmans capsule and proximal convolated tubule
The inner zone of the kidney is called the?
Renal medulla
The volume of urine excreted each day is approximately?
1 litre
The enzyme produced in the kidney which is important in blood pressure regulation is?
Renin
What order do the three processes involved in urine formation occur?
Glomerular filtration, tubular selective reabsorption, tubular secretion
Urine collects within the main chamber of the kidney called the?
Renal pelvis
During tubular secretion what happens
Substances are secreted from the blood into the filtrate
