Bio 253 final Exam 195 Questions With Complete Solutions.
Organelles are - Organs of the Urinary system - kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra draw and label a kidney with the following terms: Cortex, Medulla, Pelvis, renal artery, renal vein, ureter, nephron - functional unit of the kidney - nephron 1 million per kidney! What parts make up the nephron? - Renal corpuscle Renal tubule Glomerulus (capillaries that filter the blood plasma) Bowman's capsule (surrounds the glomerulus) Efferent arteriole loop of henle What is the glomerulus made of? - capillaries Function of a nephron - filter blood and produce urine Two nephron types - juxtamedullary and cortical juxtamedullary nephrons - -Long nephron loops deeply invade medulla -Ascending limbs have thick and thin segments -Important in production of concentrated urine-found at the boundary of the cortex and medulla cortical nephrons - -85% of all nephrons -short nephron loops -efferent arterioles branch into peritubular capillaries around PCT and DCT How is urine made in the kidney? - 1.)Reabsorption - moving substances with tubule into the blood. 2.)filtration - occurs in the glomerulus or renal corpuscle 3.)secretion 4.)filtration driving force for filtration - hydrostatic pressure or BP What fluid comes out of the glomerulus? - filtrate What is filtrate? - mostly water, electrolytes, nutrients, and waste products. Glucose is normal in filtrate. -similar to blood plasma Reabsorption in the Nephron Loop - Only water is absorbed in the descending limb. Na+ chloride is absorbed in the ascending limb (no water).
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