Exam 17: The Urinary System: Filtration and Fluid Balance

Describe how filtration is regulated.

What are the three processes necessary for the formation of urine?

There is no cure for PKD except kidney ________.

Which of the following statements is untrue of the kidneys?

Acute renal failure is a rapid decrease in kidney function, as measured by blood urea and ________ levels, that develops over minutes or days.

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ___________ system is a series of chemical reactions that regulate blood pressure.

Substances are moved through a filter by differences in ________ across the filter.

There are no __________________ veins in the kidney.

Which part of the renal tubular system reabsorbs or secretes the most substances?

Ischemia of the kidneys (as well as any other organ) is tissue injury from too little ________ to the tissues.

List and explain three hormones which can regulate kidney function.

________ uremic syndrome is a disorder caused by an infection with the bacteria E.Coli , typically from undercooked meat.

Which of the following structures drains into the collecting ducts?

The ascending nephron loop is permeable only to _________________.

________ is the inability to control urination.

________ is scarring of the glomerulus.

Which steroid is secreted by the adrenal cortex to increase reabsorption of sodium ions?

Without functioning kidneys, fluid and ion ___________ would kill you in a matter of days.

Copious, dilute urine is a symptom of ________.

____________ means to crush stones.