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100 Cards in this Set
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The kidney filters how much liters of blood daily?
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200 liters
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Provides a temporary storage reservoir for urine?
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urinary bladder
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transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
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ureters
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transports urine from the bladder to out of the body
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urethra
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the kidneys lie in which region?
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superior lumbar region
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which kidney is lower due to the liver overcrowding?
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the right kidney
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the lateral surface of the kidney is? the medial surface is?
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convex, concave
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the renal hilus leads to the renal?
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sinus
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fibrous capsule that prevents kidney infection
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renal capsule
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fatty mass that cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the body wall
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adipose capsule
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fatty mass that cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the body wall
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renal fascia
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Approx. how much systematic cardiac output flows through the kidneys each minute
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one-fourth or 1200 ml
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85% of nephrons, located in the cortex
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cortical nephrons
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Are located at the cortex-medulla junction
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Juxtamedullary nephrons
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are involved in the production of concentrated urine
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Juxtamedullary nephrons
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Blood pressure in the glomerulus is high because:
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*Arterioles are high-resistance vessels
*afferent arterioles have larger diameters than efferent arterioles |
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long, straight efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons
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vasa recta
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Afferent and efferent arterioles offer high resistance to
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blood flow
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Blood pressure declines from _ to _ in renal veins
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95 mm Hg in renal arteries to 8 mm Hg
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Resistance in afferent arterioles protects
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glomeruli from fluctuations in systemic blood pressure
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Resistance in efferent arterioles reinforces? and reduces?
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*high glomerular pressure
*hydrostatic pressure in peritubular capillaries |
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Filter that lies between the blood and the interior of the glomerular capsule
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filtration membrane
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A drop in filtration pressure stimulates
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)
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sympathetic activation produces powerful vasoconstriction of?
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afferent arterioles
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what substance is commonly used to measure GFR?
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inulin
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The kidneys filter the body’s entire plasma volume, how many times a day?
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60 times each day
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the filtrate contains all plasma components except
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protein
(slide 41) |
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The filtrate looses what 3 things to become urine
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water, nutrients and essential ions
(slide 41) |
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Urine formation and adjustment of blood composition involves three major processes
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Glomerular filtration
Tubular reabsorption Secretion (slide 41) |
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The glomerulus is more efficient than other capillary beds because Its filtration membrane is? Glomerular blood pressure? It has a higher net?
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more permeable, more higher, filtration pressure
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In glomerular filtration Plasma proteins are not filtered and are used to maintain?
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oncotic pressure of the blood
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net filtration pressure is the pressure responsible for?
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filtration formation
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glomerular filtration rate is the total amount of?
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of filtrate formed per minute by the kidneys
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GFR is directly proportional to the?
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NFP
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Changes in GFR normally result from changes in?
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Glomerular blood pressure
(slide 44) |
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If the GFR is too high Needed substances cannot be ?
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reabsorbed quickly enough and are lost in the urine
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If the GFR is too low Everything is?
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reabsorbed, including wastes that are normally disposed of
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mechanisms of GFR control main role is to?
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maintain constant GFR
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Three mechanisms control the GFR?
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-Renal autoregulation (intrinsic system)
-Neural controls -Hormonal mechanism (the renin-angiotensin system) |
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autoregulation entails 2 type of controls which are?
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-myogenic: responds to changes in pressure in the renal blood vessels
-Flow-dependent tubuloglomerular feedback:senses changes in the juxtaglomerular apparatus |
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When the sympathetic nervous system is at rest Renal blood vessels are maximally? and Autoregulation mechanisms?
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dilated, prevail
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Under stress Norepinephrine is released by the? Epinephrine is released by the? Afferent arterioles?
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sympathetic nervous system, adrenal medulla, constrict and filtration is inhibited
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The sympathetic nervous system also stimulates what mechanism?
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renin-angiotensin mechanism
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RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN MECHANISM is triggered when the?
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JG cells release renin
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Renin acts on angiotensinogen to release?
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angiotensin I,
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Angiotensin II causes mean arterial pressure to? Stimulates the adrenal cortex to release? As a result, both systemic and glomerular hydrostatic pressure?
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rise, aldosterone, rise
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Renin release is triggered by reduced stretch of the?
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granular JG cells
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Nitric oxide is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) produced by the?
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vasodilator, vascular endothelium
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Adenosine is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) of renal vasculature.
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vasoconstrictor
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Endothelin is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) secreted by?
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vasoconstrictor, renal tubules
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Na+ enters the tubule cells at the?
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luminal membrane
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A transport maximum (Tm) Reflects the number of carriers in the?
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renal tubules available
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When the carriers are saturated, excess of that substance?
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excreted
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Substances are not reabsorbed if they?
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-Lack carriers
-Are not lipid soluble -Are too large to pass through membrane pores |
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Urea, creatinine, and uric acid are the most important?
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nonreabsorbed substances
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Substances reabsorbed in PCT include
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-Sodium, all nutrients, cations, anions, and water
-Urea and lipid-soluble solutes -Small proteins |
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Loop of Henle reabsorbs:
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-H2O, Na+, Cl-, K+ in the descending limb
-Ca2+, Mg2+, and Na+ in the ascending limb |
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DCT absorbs
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Ca2+, Na+, H+, K+, and water
HCO3- and Cl- |
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Collecting duct absorbs
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Water and urea
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Countercurrent exchange system
Contributes to production of? |
concentrated urine
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The longer the loop (in Countercurrent Exchange System), the greater the?
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concentration gradient
(slide 66) |
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atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) reduces blood Na+ which:
Decreases? and lowers? |
blood volume, blood pressure
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ANP lowers blood Na+ by:
Acting directly on? Counteracting the effects of? Indirectly stimulating an increase in GFR reducing? |
-medullary ducts to inhibit Na+ reabsorption
-angiotensin II -H20 reabsorption |
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Tubular secretion is important for:
Disposing of substances not already in? Eliminating undesirable substances such as? Ridding the body of excess? Controlling blood? |
the filtrate, urea and uric acid, potassium ions, pH
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Osmolality The number of solute particles dissolved in?
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1L of water
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Body fluids are measured in?
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milliosmols (mOsm)
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The kidneys keep the solute load of body fluids constant at about?
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300 mOsm
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The solute concentration in the loop of Henle ranges from?
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300 mOsm to 1200 mOsm
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Dissipation of the medullary osmotic gradient is prevented because the blood in the vasa recta equilibrates with the?
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interstitial fluid
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The descending loop of Henle:
Is relatively impermeable to? Is permeable to? |
solutes
water |
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The ascending loop of Henle:
Is permeable to? Is impermeable to? |
solutes
water |
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Collecting ducts in the deep medullary regions are permeable to?
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urea
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The vasa recta is a countercurrent exchanger that Maintains the?
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osmotic gradient
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Filtrate is diluted in the?
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ascending loop of Henle
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Dilute urine is created by allowing this filtrate to continue into the?
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renal pelvis
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dilute urine will happen as long as antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is not being?
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secreted
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during dilution of urine Collecting ducts remain impermeable to? no further water reabsorption occurs
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water
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during dilution of urine, Urine osmolality can be as low as?
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50 mOsm
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in the formation of concentrated urine, Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) inhibits?
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diuresis
excessive urine production |
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In the presence of ADH, 99% of the water in filtrate is?
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reabsorbed
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ADH-dependent water reabsorption is called
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facultative water reabsorption
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ADH is the signal to produce
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concentrated urine
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Chemicals that enhance the urinary output include Any substance that is not?
Substances that exceed the ability of the? Substances that inhibit? |
reabsorbed
- renal tubules to reabsorb it -Na+ reabsorption |
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Osmotic diuretics include:
High glucose levels – carries water out with the glucose Alcohol – inhibits the release of? Caffeine and most diuretic drugs – inhibit? Lasix and Diuril – inhibit? |
ADH
-sodium ion reabsorption -Na+-associated symporters |
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renal clearance is?
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The volume of plasma that is cleared of a particular substance in a given time
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Cloudy urine may indicate?
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infection of the urinary tract
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Fresh urine is has what type of smell?
Standing urine develops an? |
slightly aromatic
-ammonia odor |
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pH of urine?
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Slightly acidic (pH 6) with a range of 4.5 to 8.0
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Specific gravity of urine
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Ranges from 1.001 to 1.035
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urine is made up of how much urine & solutes?
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95%, 5%
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what are the Nitrogenous wastes?
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urea, uric acid, and creatinine
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Slender tubes that convey urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
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ureters
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Ureters enter the base of the bladder through the?
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posterior wall
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Ureters actively propel urine to the bladder via response to?
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smooth muscle stretch
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Micturition (Voiding or Urination) is?
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The act of emptying the bladder
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expansion of bladder walls initiates spinal reflexes that:
Stimulate contraction of the? Inhibit the? |
-external urethral sphincter
-detrusor muscle and internal sphincter (temporarily) |
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Voiding (emptying) reflexes Stimulate the? Inhibit the?
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-detrusor muscle to contract
-internal and external sphincters |
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Urodilatin Inhibits?
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sodium and water reabsorption
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Vitamin D is Necessary for the absorption of?
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calcium and phosphate
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Erythropoietin is Released when?
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decreased oxygen to the kidney
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