Exam 30: Homeostasis: Osmotic Regulation, Excretion, and Temperature Regulation

Urine production by the kidney is continuous,and the storage structure is the ______ ______.

An animal having a body temperature that is determined solely by the temperature of the environment is said to be

Terrestrial animals can replace water losses by getting some liquid from their food,drinking water,and by

The ancestral kidney of vertebrates is the __________,a name that means "first kidney."

In freshwater fish,water that enter the gills osmotically is pumped out by the ___________.

Why is glucose found in glomerular filtrate but NOT in the urine?

The area of a nephron that constitutes a countercurrent multiplier system is called the ______ ___ _____.

In many modern animals,the ancient archinephric duct became

The capacity of most ectotherms to adjust their metabolic rates to the prevailing temperature such that the intensity of metabolism remains mostly unchanged is called

Animals having a variable body temperature are said to be _____________.

Insects and spiders have a unique excretory system consisting of ____________ tubules.

An increased amount of ADH leads to

Animals that are restricted to living in a narrow salinity range are

In the evolution of bony fish,

The flow of arterial blood downward alongside the ascending venous blood in the leg of the arctic wolf illustrates the concept of

In Amoeba and Paramecium,water balance is achieved by a tiny,spherical organ called the ______ ______.

A large mammal,such as an eland,can cool itself physiologically in a hot,arid environment when the environmental temperature exceeds the body temperature by

Replacement of needed salt or disposal of excess salt against the gradient requires

Blood pressure in the capillaries forces a protein-free filtrate out of the

The only vertebrate endotherms to have body temperatures higher than those of mammals are _________.