Ch 25 Urinary System

Question 1

What’s the correct order from the formation of the filtrate?, (ending in the renal pelvis)

Answer 1

capsular space, proximal tubule, nephron loop–descending limb, nephron loop–ascending limb, distal tubule, cortical collecting duct, medullary collecting duct, papillary duct, minor calyx, major calyx

Question 2

The blood flow through the kidney is special because

Answer 2

its first capillary beds drain into arterioles