UNITEK LVN DEMENTIA AND LOSSES EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+

UNITEK LVN DEMENTIA AND LOSSES
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+

⩥ Renal system (kidneys).
Answer: Filters blood
Balance solute and water transport
Excrete metabolic waste
Conserves nutrients
Regulates acids and bases


⩥ Gluconeogenesis.
Answer: Synthesis of glucose from amino acids


⩥ Nephron.
Answer: Functional unit of the kidney
Urine forming unit of kidney


⩥ Nephron is made up of.
Answer: A glomerulus, proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule, and
collecting duct.

, ⩥ Superficial cortical nephron.
Answer: Most abundant of all nephrons (85%)


⩥ Midcortical nephrons.
Answer: Have short or long loops


⩥ juxtamedullary nephron.
Answer: Nephrons with well-developed loops of Henle that extend
deeply into the renal medulla. Important in the processes of
concentrating urine and secreting resin.


⩥ renal corpuscle.
Answer: the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at
the expanded end of a nephron. Also contain Mesangial cells.


⩥ Bowman's capsule.
Answer: cuplike structure that encases the glomerulus; collects filtrate
from the blood.


⩥ Bowman space.
Answer: Circular space inside Bowman's capsule. Between visceral and
parietal epithelium.