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| maintaining salt and water balance in the blood and cells |
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| The kidneys do osmoregulation. What is osmoregulation? |
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| removal of metabolic wastes from the body |
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| What metabolic waste forms from the digestion of proteins and nucleic acids? |
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| The liver converts ammonia into ________ |
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| What are some of the ions found in blood that are regulated by the kidneys? |
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| They regulate the H+ concentration in the blood. |
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| How can the kidneys affect blood pH? |
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| They regulate blood volume and blood volume has a direct effect on b.p. |
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| How can the kidneys affect blood pressure? |
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| IF blood volume goes up, then blood pressure goes ____________ |
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| Name the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder. |
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| Name the tube that extends from the bladder to the outside. |
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| What gland sits directly above the kidney? |
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| Adipose tissue for cushioning the kidney from a physical trauma. |
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| What's the only protective structure surrounding the kidney? |
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| What is the outer portion of the kidney? |
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| What is the center region of the kidney? |
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| calyces (major and minor) |
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| What are the large collecting tubes that drain the urine to the pelvis? |
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| What are the triangular. darker regions in the medulla called? |
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| About what % of the body's blood supply is in the kidneys? |
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| How many nephrons are in one kidney? |
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| What is the functional unit of the kidney? |
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| What's the name of the capillary "ball" inside Bowman's capsule? |
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| What's another name for Bowman's capsule? |
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| What's the name of the blood vessel that brings blood to the glomerulus? |
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| What's the blood vessel that takes blood away from the glomerulus? |
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| To create a filtration pressure inside the glomerulus to push the small molecules out of the capillaries. |
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| Why is the afferent arteriole bigger than the efferent arteriole? |
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| What's the name of the tiny holes in the glomerulus? |
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| size (only small molecules pass through) |
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| The glomerulus filters substances based on ___________ |
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| Large blood components like RBC's, WBC's, hormones, antibodies, clotting factors |
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| What is missing from the filtrate in Bowman's capsule? |
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| salts, vitamins, sugars, amino acids, urea, water, fatty acids, |
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| What small molecules could be found in the filtrate after glomerular filtration? |
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| The first stage in the process of urine formation is ____________ |
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