Regulation
What hormone controls the amount of water in your urine?
ADH
What structure carries oxygen rich blood to the kidney?
renal artery
What part of the nephron makes filtrate?
Bowman's capsule
Reabsorption in the collecting duct involves the reabsorption of what?
Na+
What is the term used to describe the movement of water?
osmosis
What does your body secrete when the pH in the blood is too basic? (Higher than 7)
H+
what structure filters the blood?
nephron
In the proximal tubule, does it filtrate or reabsorb?
reabsorb
What does the descending loop of henle do?
reabsorb water
Where in the kidney (not the nephron) does water get reabsorbed?
medulla
Your body reabsorbs Na+. Does your body get more or less water after absorbing Na+
More
What structure does your renal pelvis give urine to?
ureter
Where is about 65% of water from the filtrate reabsorbed?
Proximal tubule
what does the ascending loop of henle do?
actively absorb Na+
Does the Bowmans capsule reabsorb or filtrate?
Filtrate
When there is low blood pressure aldosterone is released. What does aldosterone tell your body to absorb?
Na+
How long is the male AND female urethra?
Male: 20 cm
Female: 4 cm
What macromolecule usually doesn't pass through filtration?
protein
Where does the active absorption of glucose happen?
Proximal tubule
What is Mrs. Fehr's puppy's name?
Freya