Urinary System

Question 1

Name some functions of the kidneys

Answer 1

-regulating water volume, ion salt concentrations and PH levels
-influences red blood cell production and blood pressure

Question 3

The liver converts ammonia from amino acids into what?

Answer 3

Urea

Question 4

What are the 3 distinct layers of the kidney?

Answer 4

-Renal Cortex
-Renal Medulla
-Renal Pelvis

Question 5

What is the outermost layer of the kidney?

Answer 5

Renal Cortex

Question 6

What part of the kidney is a set of cone shaped masses of tissue that secrete urine into tiny sac-like tubules

Answer 6

Renal Medulla

Question 7

The part of the kidney that is a funnel shaped tube surrounded by smooth muscle that uses PERISTALSIS to move urine out of the kidney and into the bladder

Answer 7

Renal Pelvis

Question 8

The kidneys deal with so much of your blood that at any given moment they hold over how much percent of your total blood volume?

Answer 8

20%

Question 9

Oxygenated blood enters the kidneys through what structure?

Answer 9

Large Renal Arteries

Question 10

The kidney filters about how many liters of blood every day?

Answer 10

120L to 140L

Question 11

What are the tiny branches where the actual filtering begins called?

Answer 11

Nephrons