Questions | Answer |
What is the filtration unit of the kidney? | Nephron |
Urination occurs when? | The bladder contracts and the external urethral sphincter relaxes |
What is NOT true about the kidney's? | The kidney's lie anterior to the parietal peritoneum |
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is released in response to what? | An increase in both serum sodium and osmaolarity |
Which condition results when the body eliminates more water than sodium? | Dehydration |
Which electrolyte imbalance would you expect to observe in a patient with chronic diarrhea? | Hypokalemia |
What is the fluid between cells inside tissue called? | Interstitial fluid |
What is NOT a key role in extracellular sodium? | Blood clotting |
What is the cluster of capillaries in the nephron called? | Glomerulus |
The _______ is the location where blood vessels, nerves, and the ureter enter & leave the kidney | Hilum |
What is the portion of the nephron in charge of making urine? | Renal tubule |
Where is most sodium reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate? | Proximal convoluted tubule |
What substance should never be found in urine? | Glucose |
What does ADH cause? | The distal convoluted tubule to reabsorbe more Na, which leads to water retention and rise in blood pressure |
Many diuretics work by blocking tubular reabsorption of what? | Sodium (Na) |
In women, the ___________ is shorter than it is in men, which contributes to the higher incidence of UTI in women | Urethra |
Unrination occurs when? | The bladder contracts and the external urethral sphincter relaxes |
A triangular-shaped smooth area of the floor of the bladder is called what? | Trigone |
What statement about basal metabolic rate (BMR) is accurate? | A person's size affects his BMR |
Which hormone stimulates the appetite? | Ghrelin |
In the body, what stores the greates amounts of energy in the smalles amount of space? | Fat |
Nonessential amino acids are: | Synthesized by the body |
What statement about water-soluable vitamins is accurate? | They are excreted by the kidney through urine and must be replaced daily |
Sitting on the cold ground causes heat loss through what? | Conduction |
All ingested carbohydrates are first converted to what? | Glucose |