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Urinary System121220
Urinary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cuboidal cells with dense microvilli and large mitochondria | Proximal Convoluted Tubule |
| Functions in reabsorption and secretion | Proximal Convoluted Tubule |
| Confined to the cortex | Proximal Convoluted Tubule |
| Thin segment usually in this limb | Descending Limb of Loop of Henle |
| Simple squamos epithelium | Descending Limb of loop of henle |
| Freely permeable to water | Descending Limb of loop of henle |
| Cuboidal to columnar cells | Thick segment of ascending limb |
| Cuboidal cells with very few microvilli | Distal Convoluted Tubule |
| Functions more in secretion than reabsorption | Distal Convoluted Tubule |
| Confined to cortex | Distal Convoluted Tubule |
| Receive filtrate from many nephrons | collecting duct |
| Fuse together to deliver urine through papillae into minor calyces | collecting ducts |
| intercalated cells and principal cells | collecting duct |
| cuboidal cells with microvilli | Intercalated cells |
| function in maintaing the acid base balance ofthe body | intercalated cells |
| cuboidal cells without microvilli | principal cells |
| help maintain the body's water and salt balance | Principal Cells |
| long loops of henle deeply invade the medulla | juxtamedullary nephrons |
| important in the production of concentrated urine | juxtamedullary nephrons |
| extensive thin segments | juxtamedullary nephrons |