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The nasal cavity is divided by the nasal septum into right and left_________?
fossae
The intrinsic laryngeal muscles regulate speech by rotating________?
the arytenoid cartilages
The largest air passages that engage in gas exchange with the blood are the _____________?
respiratory bronchioles
Respiratory arrest would most likely result from a tumor of the____?
medulla oblongata
Which of these values would normally be the highest?
tidal volume
inspiratory reserve volume
expiratory reserve volume
vital capacity
residual volume
vital capacity
According to ______, the warming of air as it is inhaled helps to inflate the lungs.
Charles's Law
The duration of an inspiration is set by the _______.
pneumotaxic center
The superior opening into the larynx is guarded by a tissue flap called the_____
epiglottis
Within each lung, the airway forms a branching complex called the_____
Bronchial tree
The great alveolar cells secrete a phospholipid-protein mixture called
pulmonary surfactant
Intrapulmonary pressure must be ______than the atmospheric pressure for inspiration to occur
lower
_____ disorders reduce the flow of air through the airway
obstructive
Some inhaled air does not participate in gas exchange because it fills the ______of the respiratory tract
anatomic dead space
Inspiration is caused by the firing of I neurons in the ______ of the medulla oblongata
inspiratory center
The lungs contain (More/Less) respiratory bronchioles than terminal bronchioles?
more
Obstruction of the _______ results in a reduced FEV
bronchial tree
The phrenic nerve fire during (expiration/inspiration) and exert a braking action on the diaphragm
both inspiration and expiration
When volume increases, pressure ____
decreases
In an average 500 mL tidal volume, how much reaches the alveoli?
350 mL
Micturition occurs when the_____ contracts?
detrusor muscle
the compact ball of capillaries in a nephron is called the ______
glomerulus
what is the most abundant nitrogenous waste in the blood?
urea
which of these lies closet to the renal cortex?
the renal pelvis
the parietal peritoneum
the renal fascia
the renal capsule
the adipose capsule
renal capsule
Most sodium is reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate by
the proximal convoluted tubule
a glomerulus and glomerular capsule make up one
renal corpuscle
the kidney has more
-arcuate arteries
-collecting ducts
-afferent arterioles
-medullary pyramids
-minor calyces
afferent arterioles
the renal clearance of amino acids is normally_____
zero
beavers have relatively little need to conserve w ater and could therefore be expected to have shorter _______ than humans
nephron loops
increased ADH secretion should cause the urine to have a higher _____
specific gravity
the _______ is an automatic reflex activated by pressure in the urinary bladder
micturition reflex
_______________ is the ability of a nephron to adjust its GFR independently of external nervous or homornal influences
renal autoregulation
the two ureters and the urethra form the boundaries of a smooth area called the _____ on the floor of the urinary bladder
trigone
the __________ is a group of epithelial cells of the distal convoluted tubule that monitors the flow or composition of the tubular fluid
macula densa
to enter the capsular space, filtrate must pass between p edicels of the ________ cells that form the visceral layer of the glomerular capsule
podocytes
glycosuria occurs if the rate of glomerular filtration of glucose exceeds the _______________ of the proximal convoluted tubule
transport maximum
ADH is a hormone that regulates the amount of water....
reabsorbed by the collecting duct
the ____________ is under involuntary control and relaxes during the micturition reflex.
internal urethral sphincter
very little protein is found in the __________ because it is negatively charged and is repelled by the basement membrane of the glomerulus
glomeruluar filtrate
blood flows through the _________ just before entering the interlobular arteries
arcuate arteries
the kidney has (more/less) distal convoluted tubules than collecting ducts
more
If all other conditions remain the same, constriction of the afferent arteriole reduces the __________
glomeruluar filtration rate
angiotensin II reduces
urine output
a sodium deficiency (hyponatremia) could cause
glycosuria
micturition depends on contraction of the __________
detrusor muscle
parathyroid hormone and angiotensin II regulate the
proximal convuluted tubule (PCT)
Urine contains (more/less) urea and chloride than sodium
more
a substantial amount of tubular fluid is reabsorbed by the _____ route, passing through leaky tight junctions.
paracellular
_________ does not occur in diabetes insipidus as it does in DM
glycosuria
urine can be as dilute as
50 mOsm/L