Exam 32: Homeostasis and Endocrine Signaling

If a person loses a large amount of water in a short period of time, he or she may die from dehydration. ADH can help reduce water loss through its interaction with its target cells in the

The transfer of fluid from the glomerulus to Bowman's capsule

Ammonia is likely to be the primary nitrogenous waste in living conditions that include

In a lactating mammal, the two hormones that promote milk synthesis and milk release, respectively, are

ADH and RAAS work together in maintaining osmoregulatory homeostasis through which of the following ways?

Low selectivity of solute movement is a characteristic of

The body's reaction to PTH (parathyroid hormone), a reduction in plasma levels of calcium, can be opposed by

In a positive-feedback system where hormone A alters the amount of protein X,

The body's automatic tendency to maintain a constant and optimal internal environment is termed

The reason that the steroid hormone aldosterone affects only a small number of cells in the body is that

Which process in the nephron is least selective?

Which of the following pairs of organisms excrete nitrogenous wastes in the form of uric acid?

Materials are returned to the blood from the filtrate by which of the following processes?

The body tissue that consists largely of material located outside of cells is

With its abundance of collagenous fibers, cartilage is an example of

If ATP production in a human kidney was suddenly halted, urine production would

The primary nitrogenous waste excreted by birds is

The absorptive epithelia in the gut are considered "polarized" because

Figure 32.1 -The thin horizontal arrows in Figure 32.1 show that

In a typical nerve cell, the nucleus is found in the