Functions
Structure
Nephrons
Reabsorption
Secretion
100
Temporarily stores urine.
What is the bladder?
100
One at each end of the ureter, opening to the bladder and one at the end of the bladder opening to the urethra
What are sphincters?
100
Receives filtrate from the glomerulus.
What is the Bownan's Capsule?
100
From filtrate to bloodstream.
What is reabsorption?
100
Passively secreted by the electrical attraction to Cl- ions
What are K+ ions?
200
The first place where blood goes through in filtration?
What is the glomerulus?
200
This carries urine form the distal tubule to the renal pelvis.
What is the collecting duct
200
Adds waste from the blood to the filtrate
What is tubular secretion?
200
Active reabsorption of all nutrients.
What is the proximal tubule?
300
Transport urine from the renal pelvis into the bladder.
What is the ureter?
300
This organ's permeability to water and can be controlled by the brain.
What is the distal tubule?
300
Waste that has been filtered out of the blood through the glomerulus and proceeds into the Bowman's capsule of the nephron.
What is filtrate?
300
Na+ ions are actively reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
What happens in the ascending loop of Henle?
400
Tube from which urine exits the body.
What is the urethra?
400
Glomerulus, Bowman's capsule, Proximal tubule, and Distal tubule are located in.
What is the renal cortex?
400
Reabsorption of water and ions from the filtrate.
What is the loop of Henle?
400
Passively reabsorbs negatively charged ions.
What is the distal tubule?
500
Main function is to clean blood and to regulate the volume and composition of body fluids.
What is the excretory system?
500
From aorta to renal artery to glomerulus in nephron then is reabsorbed into the renal vein where it is transported back to the lungs.
What is the pathway of blood through the renal system?
500
Glomerulus, bowman's capsule, proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule and collecting duct
What are the parts of the nephron?
500
Passively reabsorbs water by osmosis.
What are the proximal tubule, the descending loop of Henle, the distal tubule and the collecting duct?
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