BIO1306 Ch 44 Quiz – Flashcards
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You just received a freshwater aquarium as a gift and decide to add more fish. When you get to the pet store, you find that the most beautiful fish are saltwater animals, but you decide to buy them anyway. What will happen when you put your expensive saltwater fish in your freshwater aquarium?
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The cells of the fish will take up too much water, and the fish will die.
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Terrestrial animals are _____.
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osmoregulators that must obtain water from the environment
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Urine formed by a kidney collects in the _____ before being drained from the kidney by the _____ and transported to the _____.
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Urine formed by a kidney collects in the renal pelvis before being drained from the kidney by the ureter and transported to the urinary bladder.
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Filtrate is formed as fluid is forced through the walls of the glomerulus and, initially, collects in the structure indicated by the letter
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B. *see image
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The _____ are the major blood vessels transporting blood to the kidneys.
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The "renal arteries" are the major blood vessels transporting blood to the kidneys.
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The outer part of the kidney is the _____.
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The outer part of the kidney is the "cortex."
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Under the influence of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), _____ is produced.
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Under the influence of ADH more concentrated urine is produced and the body conserves water.
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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) makes the _____ permeable to water.
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Making the collecting duct permeable to water results in the reabsorption of water.
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Aldosterone is _____.
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a steroid hormone that reduces the amount of fluid excreted in the urine. This adrenal steroid increases the amount of sodium ion reabsorption by the nephron, which draws more water back from the nephron.
