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7. What is the correct sequence for the renal tubules from start to end.
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8. What is the 1st step of urine formation? _________________________________.
9. What is the composition of glomerular filtrate? How does it differ from the
composition of urine?________________________________________________
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10. What is tubular reabsorption?
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11. What substances are reabsorbed? How are they reabsorbed? Where?
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12. What is tubular secretion?
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13. Give several examples of substances and ions that are secreted back into the renal
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14. How does ADH function in the kidney tubule?
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15. Describe the roles of aldosterone and ADH.
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16. What is the composition of urine?
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17. What factors affect urine formation?
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18. What is urination called?_____________________________________________
19. Ureters are approximately ___________________________ long and are
composed of what three tissue layers?
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20. Urine moves through the ureters by _____________________________________
21. What is the composition of the urinary bladder?
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22. What triggers the urinary reflex? ______________________________________
23. The bladder can hold ___________________________ ml of urine but the urge to
urinate starts when the bladder has about _______________ml of urine and is
uncomfortable when the bladder reaches about ________________________
24. Review urinalysis lab. Why perform urinalysis? What abnormal substances can
be detected and what do each tell you? How are they detected? (This is a good
topic for an essay question.)
25. Review the steps of urine formation and explain what is happening in each step of
the labeled in diagram below. Ex: What is happening in the renal corpuscle?
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