MLS 222 Patho Lab Urinalysis Exam questions with correct answers

nephron - Answer the functional unit of the kidney; has blood vessels and elongated tubules glomerulus - Answer the only place of the urinary tract that filters blood; blood pressure pushes plasma through the capillary walls into the Bowman's capsule loop of Henle - Answer section of the nephron tubule that is responsible for conserving water and minimizing the volume of the filtrate distal tubule - Answer this uses active transport to move nutrients out of concentrated urine aldosterone - Answer this reabsorbs sodium and secrete potassium in the distal tubule and regulates pH by secreting hydrogen collecting duct - Answer The portion of the nephron where water reabsorption is regulated via antidiuretic hormone (ADH); water leaves the tube via osmosis filtration, reabsorption, secretion - Answer What are the three processes of urine formation? filtration - Answer -1st phase of urine formation -this step filters out toxins via the Bowman's capsule into the proximal tubule reabsorption - Answer -2nd phase of urine formation