The Kidney's (worksheet)

Question 1

excretion?

Answer 1

the process of ridding the body of chemical waste

Question 2

urea?

Answer 2

a nitrogen-containing waste produced from protein breakdown

Question 3

kidneys?

Answer 3

one or two organs located in the lower back of humans.

Question 4

urine?

Answer 4

a liquid waste produced by the kidneys.

Question 5

ureters?

Answer 5

tubes leading from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Question 6

urethera?

Answer 6

th etube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body

Question 7

nephrons?

Answer 7

microscopic units in the kidneys that filter the blood.

Question 8

glomerulus?

Answer 8

a ball of capillaries in the nephrons.

Question 9

Bowman’s Capsule?

Answer 9

a double walled structure surrounding the glomerulus.

Question 10

proximal tubule?

Answer 10

part of the nephron closest to Bowman’s capsule.

Question 11

Henle’s loop?

Answer 11

a u-shaped structure in the nephron.

Question 12

Distal Tubule?

Answer 12

connects to a large tube called a collecting tubule.

Question 13

cortes?

Answer 13

the outer protion of the kidney.

Question 14

medulla?

Answer 14

the central portion of the kidney.

Question 15

glomerular filtrate?

Answer 15

the fluid tha taccumulates in Bowman’s capsule.

Question 16

antidiuretic hormone?

Answer 16

regulates the reabsorption of water.

Question 17

diuresis?

Answer 17

the production of large volumes of urine.

Question 18

hemodialysis?

Answer 18

artificial filtering of the blood.

Question 19

What is the function of the golmerulus and the bowman’s capsule?

Answer 19

glomerulus-bed of capillaries located within the bowman’s capsule that delivers blood to the nephron to be filtered out

Question 20

What is the function of the loop of henle?

Answer 20

reabsorption of water

Question 21

compare the processes of the distal tubule adn the proximal tubule?

Answer 21

proximal-nutrients are resabsorbed into the blood.

distal- waste products are secreted back into the tubule

Question 22

trace the floow of blood through the nephron

Answer 22

artery–>arteriole–>caillary–>venule–>vein

Question 23

trace the flow of filtrate through the nephron t

Answer 23

glomerulus–>bowman’s capsule–>proximal tubule–>loop of henle–>distal tubule–>collecting duc

Question 24

during secretion in the kidney, substances move from what to what?

Answer 24

blood to filtrate

Question 25

Organs involved in the excretion process include?

Answer 25

kidneys & lungs

Question 26

What tube carries urin outside teh body from the bladder?

Answer 26

urethra

Question 27

what seperates the proximal and distal tubles?

Answer 27

loop of henle