Exam 17: The Urinary System: Filtration and Fluid Balance

What is the most common cause of prolonged vasoconstriction in the kidney?

The process by which most of the material in the nephron moves back into the blood is called ________.

The urge to urinate is caused by skeletal muscle contraction.

Glomerular filtrate is chemically most similar to ________.

All of the ___________________ in glomerular filtrate is typically reabsorbed and won't be in urine.

Substances that are reabsorbed or secreted in the ascending loop include ________.

________(ADH) is made by the hypothalamus and secreted from the posterior pituitary when blood pressure decreases or blood ionic concentration increases.

The ________________are striped areas of the renal medulla.

The ureter is the tubing that transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.

Frequent urination without pain or infection is a symptom of ________.

Renal failure is also known as ________ disease, kidney disease, or kidney failure.

The ____________ is the functional unit of the kidney.

________ is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane.

More than 40 gallons of blood are filtered every 24 hours.

The outermost layer of the kidney is called the ________.