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DAT Biology Urinary System

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glomerulus
In a nephron, the _____ filters the water and dissolved substances from the plasma.
glomerular capsule
In the nephron, the _____ receives the filtrate from the glomerulus.
renal corpuscle
The glomerulus and the glomerular capsule form the _____.
reabsorption of water by osmosis
The descending limb of the nephron loop is responsible for the _____.
reabsorption of water by osmosis
In the nephron, the collection duct is responsible for the _____.
ascending limb of nephron loop
In the nephron, the _____ functions in the reabsorption of sodium, chloride, and potassium ions by active transport.
simple squamous
What type of epithelial tissue is found in the glomerular capsule?
simple cuboidal
What type of epithelial tissue is found in the PCT, the nephron loop, the DCT, and the collecting ducts?
left heart, aorta
Blood going to the kidney came from the _____ via the _____.
right heart, inferior vena cava
Blood leaving the kidney returns to the _____ via the _____.
left heart, abdominal aorta, renal artery, interlobar artery, arcuate artery, cortical radiate artery, afferent arteriole, glomerular capillaries, efferent arteriole, peritubular capillary or vasa recta, cortical radiate vein, arcuate vein, interlobar vein, renal vein, inferior vena cava, right heart
List the 16 steps of blood flow into and out of the kidney.
afferent arteriole, glomerular capillaries, efferent arteriole, peritubular capillary
List the 4 parts of the renal portal system.
size
Substances are removed from the blood based on their _____.
glomerulus, glomerular capsule, proximal convoluted tubule, nephron loop descending limb, nephron loop ascending limb, distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct, minor calyx, major calyx, renal pelvis, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra
List the 13 steps involved in urine formation and excretion (flow of filtrate).
juxtaglomerular cells, macula densa
What two structures form the juxtaglomerular apparatus?
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