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A minimum of about ______ L of urine per day is required to eliminate the wastes from the body.
0.5
The average daily urine volume is normally ______ liters.
1-2
Put the following structures in order. The first one should be closest to the nephron and the last one should be closest to the urinary bladder.
1. collecting duct 2. papillary duct 3. minor calyx 4. major calyx 5. renal pelvis
Each kidney usually contains ______ major calyces.
2-3
Approximately x% of the water in the tubular fluid is reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule.
65
If the MAP decreases below ______ mm Hg, no further arteriole dilation can bring a decrease in glomerular blood pressure.
80
Renal autoregulation is effective in maintaining a normal glomerular blood pressure only if the systemic mean arterial pressure remains between ______ and ______ mm Hg.
80: 180
The amount of Na+ reabsorbed from the tubular fluid can vary from ______ to ______%.
98; 100
When we consume more proteins and wheat, the pH of the urine becomes more ______.
ACIDIC
Urine volume can be several liters per day if there is a decrease in the release of ______.
ADH
With the release of the hormone called ____________, urine volume can be as little as about 0.5 L/day and generally appears noticeably darker yellow in color.
ADH
______ and ______ are secreted in response to low blood volume or low solute concentration in the tubular fluid within the kidney.
ADH; aldosterone
Water is reabsorbed through specific water transporter proteins called .
AQUAPORINS
The hormone ________________________ is released from the atria in response to distension of these chambers.
Atrial natriuretic peptide
With a diet high in fruits and vegetables, urine tends to become more ______.
BASIC
True or false: ADH causes the PCT to increase water reabsorption from the tubular fluid.
F
True or false: Aldosterone increases the number of Na+ pumps and channels and thus decreases both Na+ and water reabsorption.
FALSE
Which will increase due to an increased net filtration pressure in the kidney?
GFR substances in urine
The external urethral sphincter is ______ to the internal urethral sphincter.
INERIOR
An increased volume of urine is generally ______ in color.
LIGHTER
The spongy urethra is the ______ part of the male urethra and is located in the ______.
LONGEST, PENIS
The middle muscularis of the ureter consists of an inner _______________layer and an outer circular layer.
LONGITUDINAL
The ______ urethra is the shortest segment of the male urethra.
MEMBRANOUS
The layer that lines the urinary bladder lumen is called the .
MUCOSA
Many substances have regulated reabsorption. One substance plays a pivotal role in the reabsorption of these other substances. Choose this substance from the list below.
NA+
The constricted ______ of the urinary bladder is connected to the urethra.
NECK
Aldosterone stimulates the protein synthesis of ______ and ______.
Na+ channels; Na+/K+ pumps
The macula densa cells continuously monitor ______ in the tubular fluid.
NaCl concentration
cortical nephrons
Nephrons located almost entirely in the renal cortex. These nephrons have a reduced loop of Henle.
The female urethra has ______ function(s) and is about ______ centimeters long.
ONE, 4
The movement of water out of the proximal convoluted tubule follows Na+ by osmosis and is referred to as ______________________________.
Obligatory water reabsorption
Na+ can be reabsorbed along the entire length of the nephron tubule with the majority being reabsorbed in the ______.
PCT
The ______ is composed of a simple cuboidal epithelium with tall, apical microvilli for maximum surface area and reabsorption capacity.
PCT
When viewed under the microscope, the lumen of the ______ looks fuzzy due to the brush border formed by the microvilli.
PCT
The female urethra opens to the outside of the body at the external urethral orifice located in the female ______.
PERINEUM
Which part of the male urethra is immediately inferior to the urinary bladder?
PROSTATIC
The male urethra is partitioned into three segments. Which are these segments?
PROSTATIC SPONGY MEMBRANOUS
The maximum plasma concentration of a substance that can be carried in the blood without eventually appearing in the urine is called the .
RENAL THRESHOLD
The maximum plasma concentration of a substance that can be carried in the blood without eventually appearing in the urine is called the ______.
RENAL THRESHOLD
The external urethral sphincter is formed by ______ muscle and is under ______ control.
SKELETAL, VOLUNTARY
The male urethra has two functions. Which are they?
SPERM AND URINE PASAGE
The corpus spongiosum surrounds the urethra in the male penis.
SPONGY
The pain from the ureter, as might be felt from a kidney stone, is referred to as the ______.
T11-L2 dermatomes
The mucosa is formed by ___________epithelium that accommodates the shape changes that occur with distension.
TRASNITIONAL
The mucosa of the ureter is formed from ______ epithelium.
TRASNITIONAL
The female urethra is lined by ______ epithelium near its junction with the bladder.
TRASNITONAL
The kidneys are retroperitoneal. Which description below describes what this means?
The kidneys are posterior to the peritoneum.
The structure that originates at the neck of the urinary bladder and conducts urine to the exterior of the body is the______________ .
URETHRA
The ureters originate at the renal pelvis and extend to the_____________ .
URINARY BLADDER
The urethra and ureters are components of the ______.
URINARY TRACT
The term used for the normal smell of fresh urine is ________.
URINOID
The color of urine ranges from almost clear to dark yellow, depending on the concentration of pigment from _____________ .
UROBILIN
Tubular secretion, the movement of solutes out of the blood into the tubular fluid, usually occurs by ______.
active transport
Conditions of extreme dehydration result in the subsequent high concentration of ______ in the blood.
adh
When the urine is extremely dilute and appears a light pale color, a decrease in the release of ____________ is evident.
adh
The external layer of the ureter wall is the .
adventitia
Which form the wall of the urinary bladder?
adventitia submucosa mucosa muscularis
Blood enters the glomerulus by the _____ arteriole.
afferent
Renal autoregulation maintains GFR by altering the size of the ______ arteriole.
afferent
The juxtaglomerular cells are modified smooth muscle cells of the _______arteriole located near the renal corpuscle.
afferent
The wider diameter of the_________arteriole allows the blood to enter the glomerulus under high pressure which helps filter the plasma and solutes out of the glomerulus.
afferent
The sympathetic axons extend to which blood vessels of the kidney?
afferent arteriole efferent arteriole juxtaglomerular apparatus
One of the factors that cause materials to be filtered from the glomerulus is that the ______ arteriole is wider in diameter than the ______ arteriole.
afferent, efferent
The ______ arteriole leads to the glomerulus and the ______ arteriole leads away from the glomerulus.
afferent; efferent
As tubular fluid moves through the collecting tubules and ducts, water reabsorption is controlled primarily by ______ and ________ hormones.
aldosterone, adh
The transport maximum for glucose reabsorption is 320 mg per minute. If no more than 300 mg of glucose is passing through the renal tubule every minute, ______.
all of it will be absorbed
Proteins and small peptides are first degraded into______________ , which are then reabsorbed into the blood.
amino acids
Urine may develop an ____________smell if allowed to stand from the breakdown of proteins, and urine may smell fruity due to the presence of ketoacids in a person with X mellitus.
ammonia, diabetes
Most proteins are not freely filtered in the glomerulus. Select the proteins that are freely filtered there.
angiotensin insulin
Most proteins are not freely filtered in the glomerulus. Select the proteins that are freely filtered there.`
angiotensin insulin
Sympathetic stimulation causes the release of renin which will result in the subsequent production of ______ which will result in a(n) ______ in the GFR.
angiotensin II; decrease
Water is reabsorbed through specific water transporter proteins called ________ .
aquaporins
When we are dehydrated, ADH binds to receptors to increase the migration of vesicles containing ______ to the membrane of the principal cells.
aquaporins
Interlobular veins merge to form ______ veins.
arcuate
The ______ arteries are parallel to the base of the medullary pyramid at the junction of the cortex and the medulla.
arcuate
The adventitia of the ureter is formed from __________connective tissue.
areolar/ loose
Renal ___________ is the intrinsic ability of the kidney to maintain constant blood pressure.
autoregulation
Renal _________is the intrinsic ability of the kidney to maintain constant blood pressure.
autoregulation
Renal___________is the intrinsic ability of the kidney to maintain constant blood pressure.
autoregulation
During nephron transcellular transport, a substance must cross two cell membranes. One of which is the ______ membrane that is in contact with the interstitial fluid.
basolateral
the kidneys directly affect the blood volume meaning they directly affect
blood pressure
The hilum of the kidney is where connects to the kidney?
blood vessels ureter nerves
Erythropoietin acts on the ______ to increase erythrocyte production.
bone marrow
Between the visceral and parietal layers of the glomerular capsule is a ______________ .
capsular (bowmans) space
Once the tubular fluid leaves the ______, it is called urine.
collecting duct
When the tubular fluid leaves the distal convoluted tubules, it must travel through a series of small ______ that empty into ______.
collecting tubules; collecting ducts
Blood ________________pressure opposes filtration because it tends to pull or draw fluids into the glomerulus from the capsular space.
colloid osmotic
Extensions of the cortex, called renal _________ , project into the medulla and subdivide the medulla into renal ___________ .
columns, pyramids
The kidney has a ______ border called the hilum.
concave medial
What do juxtamedullary nephrons do?
concentrate urine
A renal lobe consists of a medullary pyramid and the adjacent renal columns as well as the renal ______.
cortex
The wide base of a renal pyramid lies next to the ______.
cortex
The nephron loop originates in the ______ and descends down into the ______ and then ascends back into the ______.
cortex, medulla, cortex
The ________nephrons make up approximately 85% of the nephrons in a human kidney.
cortical
Which type of nephron has relatively short nephron loops that barely extend into the medulla?
cortical
types of nephrons
cortical nephrons and juxtamedullary nephrons
what do cortical nephrons do
create urine with osmolarity similar to blood
The epithelial cells of the collecting tubules are ______ but are ______ cells in the collecting ducts near the renal papilla.
cuboidal; columnar
As the net filtration pressure decreases, the GFR _________.
decreases
Sympathetic stimulation can result in a(n) ______ in GFR through vasoconstriction.
decreases
Sympathetic stimulation can result in a decrease in GFR by ______ the surface area of the glomerulus.
decreasing
A specific gravity value of urine above 1.020 indicates relative ______.
dehydration
The submucosa of the urinary bladder is formed by ______ connective tissue.
dense irregular
Each nephron loop has two limbs, a(n) _______limb that extends from the cortex to the medulla and a(n)_________ limb that returns back into the renal cortex.
descending, ascending
the muscularis of the bladder consists of three layers of the smooth muscle collectively called the_____________ muscle.
detrusor
The internal urethral sphincter is a circular thickening of the ______ and is controlled by the ______.
detrusor muscle; ANS
Glomerular filtration is influenced by changing the ______.
diameter of the afferent arteriole
The ascending limb of the nephron loop returns to the renal cortex and terminates at the _______ tubule.
distal convoluted
The ______ epithelial lining cells are smaller and have only sparse, short, apical microvilli.
distal convoluted tubule
Energy from Na+ moving_____________ its concentration gradient into the ______________ cell is used to move glucose against its concentration gradient into the same cell.
down, tubule
Blood leaves the glomerulus by way of the _____arteriole.
efferent
When blood leaves the glomerulus, it enters the ________ arteriole.
efferent
When blood leaves the glomerulus, it enters the _______arteriole.
efferent
The ______ allows plasma and its dissolved substances to be filtered while restricting the passage of large structures, such as formed elements.
endothelium of glomerulus
The ______ is fenestrated.
endothelium of glomerulus
If blood oxygen levels are reduced, cells in the kidney secrete a hormone called ______.
erythropoietin (EPO)
Besides removing waste products from the bloodstream, the urinary system performs many other functions, including which of the following?
erythroprotein production acid base balance urine storage
Tubular reabsorption in response to ADH is referred to as ______.
facultative water reabsorption
True or false: A human kidney is divided into 20 renal lobes.
false
True or false: In tubular reabsorption, all needed solutes and most water that formed the filtrate are reabsorbed into the nephron.
false
True or false: The DCT is lined with simple cuboidal epithelium but the cells are larger than those of the PCT and the microvilli are denser.
false
True or false: The glomerular filtration rate is expressed as volume per unit time (usually 1 hour).
false
True or false: The main function of the urinary system is to remove oxygen from the bloodstream.
false
True or false: The trigone moves as the urinary bladder fills and functions as a funnel to direct the stored urine into the urethra.
fasle
The _____________ is composed of dense irregular connective tissue that covers the outside of the kidney.
fibrous capsule
The capsular space receives the ________, which is then modified to form urine.
filtrate
When the blood plasma moves out of the glomerulus and into the glomerular capsule, it is now called ______.
filtrate
The pedicels are separated by thin spaces called _______slits, which allow materials from the plasma to pass into the capsular space.
filtration
The process by which water and some dissolved solutes in the blood plasma passively move out of the glomerulus and into the capsular space of the renal corpuscle is called _________.
filtration
Which of the following happens first?
filtration
Which of the following are the processes by which urine is formed?
filtration tubular secretion tubular reabsorption
Which are the most accurate descriptions of the structures that make up the filtration membrane?
filtration slits glomerular endothelium
The ______ is defined as the rate at which the volume of filtrate is formed.
glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
The ______ is designed to be "leaky" to allow some plasma and solutes to be filtered.
glomerulus
The renal corpuscle has a thick tangle of capillaries called the ______.
glomerulus
The renal corpuscle has an epithelial capsule surrounding the ______ called the glomerular capsule.
glomerulus
The renal corpuscle is composed of which of the following?
glomerulus glomerular capsule
Some substances are not normal components of urine because they are completely reabsorbed. Choose the substances that satisfy this requirement under healthy conditions.
glucose amino acids filtered plasma proteins lactate
One component of the juxtaglomerular apparatus is which of the following?
granular cells
The average specific gravity of urine is slightly ______ than the specific gravity of water.
higher
The kidneys control blood volume with help from .
hormones
A specific gravity value of urine below 1.010 indicates relative ____________.
hydration
The kidneys aid in acid-base balance by altering the rate of reabsorption of which of the following?
hydrogen bicarbonate
Filtrate is produced due to the difference between ___________pressure of the blood in the glomerulus and the opposing pressures of the osmotic blood pressure and fluid pressure in the capsular space.
hydrostatic
Aldosterone results in the ______ reabsorption of Na+ and therefore also ______.
increased, water
An increase in systemic blood pressure causes a(n) ______ in the volume of blood that enters the afferent arteriole.
increasen
As net filtration pressure increases, the GFR ______.
increases
An increased glomerular hydrostatic blood pressure will lead to a(n)______ in net filtration pressure and a(n) ______ in GFR.
increases, increases
Atrial natriuretic peptide ______ GFR to eliminate fluid when there is a(n) ______ in blood volume and/or blood pressure.
increases, increases
Water reabsorption regulated by ADH near the end of the tubule is ____________of Na+ reabsorption.
independent
The right kidney is ______ to the left kidney.
inferior
The segmental arteries branch to form the ______ arteries that travel through the renal columns.
interlobar
The arcuate arteries give off branches called ______ arteries that project peripherally into the cortex.
interlobular
The peritubular capillaries and vasa recta drain into the smallest of veins called the ______ veins.
interlobular
The interlobular veins are parallel and travel alongside the ______.
interlobular arteries
The sphincter that is the involuntary, superior sphincter surrounding the neck of the urinary bladder is the ____________________sphincter.
internal urethral
Tubular reabsorption moves substances ______ the blood.
into
Only about 15% of our nephrons are _______nephrons.
juxtamedullary
There are two types of nephrons, cortical nephrons, and __________nephrons.
juxtamedullary
Which type of nephron has a renal corpuscle that lies close to the corticomedullary junction with a long nephron loop that extends deep into the medulla?
juxtamedullary
Which type of nephron plays the more important role in establishing a salt concentration gradient?
juxtamedullary
In the thick segment of the nephron loop ascending limb, approximately 10% to 20% of the ______ in the tubular fluid is reabsorbed
k+
Within the trigone region of the urinary bladder, the mucosa is smooth, thick, and ______ rugae.
lack
When looking at the distal convoluted tubule under the microscope the lumen appears ______ than the proximal convoluted tubule.
less fuzzy
Na+ concentration is relatively __________inside the tubule cell and relatively______________ within both the tubule lumen and interstitial fluid.
low, high
During nephron transcellular transport, a substance must cross two cell membranes. One of which is the ______ membrane that is in contact with the tubular fluid.
luminal
The________________ is a group of modified epithelial cells in the distal convoluted tubule that touch the granular or juxtaglomerular cells.
macula densa
Which is a component of the juxtaglomerular apparatus?
macula densa
The fibrous or renal capsule has which of the following function(s)?
maintains the kidneys shape protects it from trauma protects it from pathogens
The renal ______ tends to be a darker shade than the renal ______.
medulla, cortex
Several ______ calyces merge to form larger spaces called ______ calyces.
minor, major
The layer that lines the urinary bladder lumen is called the ___________ .
mucosa
The submucosa of the urinary bladder lies immediately external to the ______.
mucosa
Place the four tunics that form the wall of the urinary bladder in order from innermost, next to the urine in the lumen, to outermost.
mucosa submucosa muscularis adventitia
The layer of the ureter called the ____________consists of 2 layers of smooth muscle.
muscularis
The wall of the ureter is composed of a series of tunics. Which are these tunics?
muscularis mucosa adventitia
Renal autoregulation functions by two mechanisms, the ____________ mechanism, and the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism.
myogenic
Renal autoregulation functions by two mechanisms, the _____________mechanism, and the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism.
myogenic
Which of the following substances have regulated reabsorption?
na+ ca2+ water K+
In the ____loop, only about 10% of the remaining water in the tubular fluid is reabsorbed.
nephron
The functional filtration unit in a kidney is the ______.
nephron
Approximately 10 to 20% of the K+ in the tubular fluid is reabsorbed in the ______.
nephron loop ascending limb
The difference between the hydrostatic pressure of the blood in the glomerulus and the opposing pressures of the osmotic blood pressure and fluid pressure in the capsular space is termed the ____________pressure.
net filtration
In the kidneys, water movement occurs by ______
osmosis
The apex of the renal pyramid is called the renal ____________and it projects toward the renal sinus.
papilla
The process in which substances pass between the epithelial cells of the kidney tubular wall is called ______________transport.
paracellular
The process in which substances pass between the epithelial cells of the kidney tubular wall is called _______transport.
paracellular
The glomerular capsule has two layers, a visceral layer, and a _______ layer.
parietal
Kidneys are ______ protected by the rib cage.
partially
In the ______, 60 to 80% of the potassium in the tubular fluid is reabsorbed.
pct
Podocytes are octopus-like cells that have long foot-like processes called ________.
pedicels
The filtration slits between the ________permit the ready passage of filtered material into the capsule space.
pedicels
The podocytes have long processes called _______ or feet that wrap around the glomerular capillaries.
pedicels
The major calyces merge to form a large funnel-shaped renal ______.
pelvis
The anterior surface of the kidneys is covered with ______ and the posterior surface lies directly against the posterior abdominal wall.
peritoneum
The ______ are associated with the convoluted tubules and primarily reside in the cortex of the kidney.
peritubular capillaries
Blood colloid osmotic pressure is due to the _____________it contains.
plasma solutes
Which substances are not filtered through the kidneys?
platelets leukocytes erythrocytes
Filtration slits of the filtration membrane are formed by ______
podocytes
Filtration slits of the filtration membrane are formed by ______.
podocytes
The visceral layer of the glomerular capsule is composed of specialized cells called ______.
podocytes
The visceral layer of the glomerular capsule is composed of specialized cells called ________.
podocytes
ADH is released from
posterior pituitary
A substance that is unlike other substances because it is both reabsorbed and secreted is _____________ .
potassium
The kidneys help control the blood's inorganic ion balance. Which of the following ions are controlled primarily by the kidneys?
potassium sodium phosphate calcium
The prostatic urethra extends through the gland.
prostate
Most of the substances that are reabsorbed from the tubular fluid back into the blood are reabsorbed typically from the __________________tubule.
proximal convoluted
The ______ is lined by simple cuboidal epithelium with tall microvilli for maximum reabsorption.
proximal convoluted tubule
The renal tubule consists of which of the following?
proximal convoluted tubule nephron loop distal convoluted tubule
Which tubules stain more darkly and appear fuzzier in a histological preparation of the renal cortex?
proximal convoluted tubules
Substances are _________when they move from the tubular fluid back into the blood.
reabsorbed
In males, the urinary bladder is anterior to the ___________ and directly superior to the _________gland.
rectum, prostate
A decrease in blood pressure, detected by the afferent arteriole, will result in vasodilation. The glomerular blood pressure and the GFR will respond by ______.
remaining normal
A mechanism that is effective in maintaining a normal glomerular blood pressure only if the systemic mean arterial pressure remains between 80 and 180 mm Hg is called ___________ autoregulation.
renal
Glomerular filtration regulation involves intrinsic control which could best be described as ______.
renal autoregulation
The innermost portion of a kidney is called the ______.
renal medulla
Collecting tubules and collecting ducts project through the ______ toward the ______.
renal medulla; renal papilla
Sympathetic stimulation causes granular cells to release ______.
renin
The granular cells of the JGA, synthesize, store and release ______.
renin
Nephrons, kidney
responsible for the regulation of fluids, solutes, and waste
In the urinary bladder, there are mucosal folds, called _____________ , that allow for even greater distension.
rugae
Glucose is moved into the tubule cell by ______ and then glucose carriers transport glucose out of the tubule cell by ______.
secondary active transport; facilitated diffusion
Blood flows from the renal artery to the ______ arteries in the area of the renal sinus.
segmental
Renal arteries branch directly into ______ arteries.
segmental
______ is a critical adjustment that allows the body to conserve fluid under stressful situations, such as extensive exertion (e.g., running a marathon) or severe hemorrhaging.
severe vasoconstriction
The first part of the descending limb of the nephron loop, also known as the thick descending limb, is lined with ____ epithelium.
simple cuboidal
What type of tissue line the PCT?
simple cuboidal epithelium
Both collecting tubules and collecting ducts are lined by ______.
simple epithelium
The thin segment of the descending limb of the nephron loop is lined with ______________epithelium.
simple squamous
Most proteins are not freely filtered in the glomerulus because of their ______ and ______.
size; negative charge
Granular or juxtaglomerular cells are modified __________cells.
smooth muscle
The nephron tubule keeps the sodium concentrations low in the tubules and high in the tubular lumen and interstitial fluid by the use of __________pumps.
sodium, potassium
The thin part of the ascending limb of the nephron loop is lined with simple _______epithelium and the thick part, is lined with simple cuboidal epithelium
squamous
Direct stimulation by the ______ nervous system decreases GFR by causing vasoconstriction of afferent arterioles.
sympathetic
GFR can be decreased with extensive ______ stimulation.
sympathetic
The ______ division of the nervous system sends increased nerve signals to the kidneys during exercise or during an emergency.
sympathetic
______ nerves extend from the spinal cord to the blood vessels of the kidney.
sympathetic
The cells of the macula densa are easy to recognize because they are ______ and ______ than the other cells of the DCT.
taller, narrower
The transport maximum for glucose reabsorption is 320 mg per minute. If the tubular fluid level of glucose exceeds 320 mg/min, then ______.
the excess glucose is excreted in urine
The distal convoluted tubule originates in the renal cortex at the end of the ______.
thick ascending limb of the nephron loop
The movement of substances through the epithelial cells of the walls of nephron tubules is called ______ transport.
transcellular
The transport maximum is dependent upon the number of __________in the epithelial cell membrane.
transport proteins
The transport maximum is dependent upon the number of_____________ in the epithelial cell membrane.
transport proteins
Proteins are actually transported instead of reabsorbed because they undergo ______ while being reabsorbed
trasnformational changes
The mucosa is formed by _____________epithelium that accommodates the shape changes that occur with distension.
trasnitional
The ________________is the maximum amount of a substance that can be reabsorbed (or secreted) across the tubule epithelium in a given period of time.
trasnport maximum
The structure that is formed by imaginary lines connecting the two ureter openings and the urethral opening is the ______ of the bladder.
trigone
True or false: Blood components that do not exit the glomerulus as filtrate exit the renal corpuscle through an efferent arteriole.
true
True or false: GFR can be increased with atrial natriuretic peptide stimulation.
true
True or false: If systemic blood pressure is dangerously low, filtration and the elimination of wastes in urine ceases, resulting in the accumulation of toxic metabolic wastes in the blood.
true
True or false: The mucosa of the ureter is distensible (stretchy) and impermeable to the passage of urine.
true
True or false: The three layers of the smooth muscle of the urinary bladder have such complex orientations that it is difficult to discern individual layers under the microscope.
true
True or false: The tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism acts as a 'backup' mechanism to the myogenic mechanism in response to increased systemic blood pressure.
true
The proximal convoluted tubule attaches to the renal corpuscle at the ______ pole.
tubular
When substances in the filtrate move back into the blood it is called ______.
tubular reasborption
Some substances that were not initially filtered in the glomerulus, but must be eliminated from the blood, become a component of urine through ______________.
tubular secretion
______ is the active transport of solutes out of the blood into the tubular fluid.
tubular secretion
Urine flows from the renal papilla through the calyces into the renal pelvis and then directly into the ___________ .
ureter
"Loin-to-groin" pain typically means ______.
ureter and/or kidney discomfort
Ureters enter the posterolateral wall of the urinary bladder through the ____________openings
ureteral
The urinary tract consists of _______________, urinary bladder, and urethra.
ureters
The tube that extends from the urinary bladder to the urethral opening is the ______.
urethral
The membranous urethra extends through the ______.
urogenital diaphragm
In females, the urinary bladder is anteroinferior to the________ and directly anterior to the vagina.
uterus
The ______ are associated with the nephron loop and primarily reside in the medulla of the kidney.
vasa recta
Water moves from the descending limb of the nephron loop into the _________________when it is reabsorbed.
vasa recta
The renal corpuscle has two poles. The afferent and efferent arterioles are found at the ______ pole.
vascular
The tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism will respond by increasing ______ even further If the myogenic mechanism is not sufficient to maintain normal glomerular blood pressure due to increased systemic BP.
vasoconstriction
Severe ______ of the afferent arteriole contributes to a(n) ______ in GFR and a decrease in urine production.
vasoconstriction; decrease
Sympathetic stimulation will result in ______ of the afferent arteriole which will greatly ______ glomerular blood pressure and GFR.
vasoconstriction; decreases
An increase in systemic BP will result in ______, which will result in the glomerular blood pressure ______.
vasoconstriction; remaining normal
A decrease in blood entering the afferent arteriole will result in ______.
vasodilation
The glomerular capsule has two layers. One layer, the ______ layer, lies directly over the glomerulus.
visceral
Specific gravity is the density of a substance compared to the density of ______.
water
During urine formation, which substances escape into the filtrate?
water glucose amino acids ions
