BIOD 152 Module 5 Exam (Kidney)- Portage Learning 2021

Kidney Overview Notice: To optimize your learning in this course, we advise that you complete the labs and modules as indicated in the BIOD 152 Lab Schedule. The urinary system is composed of a pair of kidneys, each with one ureter which leads to the urinary bladder from which the urethra carries wastes as urine from the body. The ureters and urethra are tubes which transport the urine from kidney to bladder and bladder to the outside the body respectively. The bladder is a urine storage container. The kidneys serve many functions among which are: fluid homeostasis, filtration of wastes and homeostasis of blood volume and chemical makeup. Kidney Anatomy An adult kidney is bean-shaped, about the size of a can of soup and weighs about 5 ounces. The right kidney (because of the liver's location just above it) lies slightly lower than the left and both are protected by the rib cage since they are located in the lumbar region between the T-12 and L-