Exam 3 - PHSL 1010 with complete solutions

osmoregulation correct answersthe control of solute concentrations(electrolytes) and water balance - excretion or reabsorption metabolic waste kidney filters correct answersco2 - generated from oxidative phos nitrogenous waste - break down of proteins and deamination of AA (ammonia, add ion to make urea which can be filtered out in urine) kidney as a solid organ correct answershuge numbers of tiny tubules, capillaries that are mashed together to give appearance of a solid organ actually a tubule organ cortex of kidney correct answersouter portion of kidney, contains large numbers of renal corpuscles - filtration (glomerulus and bowman's capsule) medulla of kidney correct answersinner portion of kidney, composed of collecting tubules that empty into the renal pelvis glomerulus correct answersA ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney. just filtration (blood to lumen) bowman's capsule correct answerscup-shaped strucutre of the nephron of a kidney which encloses the glomerulus and which filtration takes place. functional unit of the kidney correct answersnephron series of continuous tubules