Chapter 44 Lecture 1 Quiz Hints

Know the basic function of the excretory system and why it exists.

Discuss the different ways in which nitrogenous wastes are removed from different animal groups .
•Make sure you know all three ways and an example animal group of each.
•Be able to explain why each group uses a different strategy.

What is the difference between the liver and the kidney? Be able to explain why people sometimes get confused between these two organs and their function.

Be able to explain the three step process in excretion. What does each step do?

Be able to label the different parts of the human excretory system (see the labeled illustration at the end of the lecture.)

Be able to label all parts of the excretory system in a cross section of the kidney beginning with Bowman’s Capsule and ending with the Collecting Duct. And tell what each part does.

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

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?

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?

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

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

What is ADH and what does it do? How does it do this?

What does drinking coffee or alcohol do to ADH? What does this result in?