Chapter 44 Quiz 19 pts KEY

1. Identify the following items

1 pt each

a. kidney

b. renal artery and vein

c. ureter

d. urinary bladder

e. urethra

2. Identify the following items

1 pt each

a. Bowman’s Capsule

b. Glomerulus

c. Proximal Convoluted Tubule

d. Distal Convoluted Tubule

e. Loop of Henle

f. Collecting Duct

3. What is the function of the liver?

1 pt It converts nasty chemicals into

harmless chemicals

and/or

It converts ammonia to urea.

4. What is the function of the kidney?

1 pt It removes waste products from

the circulatory system

5. What is the name of the solution in the kidney tubules?

1 pt Filtrate

6. What is the name of the process in which material from the kidney tubule is moved back (through active and passive transport) into the circulatory system is called?

1 pt reabsorption

7. What is the name of the process in which material from the circulatory system

is moved back (through active and passive transport) into the kidney tubule?

1 pt Secretion

8. a. The measurement of the concentration of solutes in solution in the kidney is called?

1 pt Osmolarity or mosm/l

b. What happens to this measurement as one goes from the renal cortex to the renal medulla? Please give some basic numbers.

2 pts It gets greater (from 300 mosm/l to 1200 mosm/l)