Urine Formation

Question 1

oliguria

Answer 1

abnormaly low output

between 100ml to 400ml a day

Question 2

active transport

Answer 2

movement of molecules across cell membrain

lower concentration to a region of higher concentration

Question 3

passive transport

Answer 3

movement of molecular substance across cell membrains
no need for energy input
dose not require input of cellular energy

Question 4

nitrogen waste products

Answer 4

are poorly reabsorbed if at all

Question 5

3 nitrogen waist products

Answer 5

urea
uric acid
creatinine

Question 6

urea

Answer 6

formed by liver
end product of protein breakdown
amino acids used to produce energy

Question 7

uric acid

Answer 7

realesed when nuclic acids are metabolized

Question 8

creatinine

Answer 8

associated with creatine metabolism in muscle tissue

Question 9

glomerular filtration is

Answer 9

a non selective, passive process in which fluid passes from blood into the glomerular capsule, part of the renal tubule

Question 10

what is the fluid called once in capsule

Answer 10

filtrate

Question 11

flitrate is

Answer 11

blood plasma without blood proteins

Question 12

anuria is

Answer 12

not enough urine production ( less than 100ml day)

Question 13

tubular reabsorbtion begins?

Answer 13

as soon as filtrate enters the proximal convoluterd tubule

Question 14

tubule cells are called — and they?

Answer 14

transporters

take up needed substances from filtrate and pass them out

Question 15

most absorption occurs in the

Answer 15

proximal convoluted tubles