Urinary 2

In each kidney there are millions of tiny filtering units responsible for cleaning the blood, what are they?

• Alveoli

• Villi

• Nephrons

• Cilia

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

In addition to water, the principal components of urine are

• amino acids and fatty acids
• urea and salts
• ammonia and bile
• hydrochloric acid and bases

What drives the resabsorption of sodium in the proximal tubule?

• passive diffusion

• primary active transport

• osmosis

• secondary active transport

Glucose should not be found in the urine because:

• glucose is not filtered

• glucose is degraded in the nephron

• all nutrients are reabsorbed in the proximal tubule

• glucose is not found in blood

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

ADH increases

• obligatory water reabsorption

• sodium secretion

• sodium reabsorption

• increased aquaporins

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The countercurrent exchanger involves what vessel?

• afferent arteriole

• efferent arteriole

• glomerulus

• vasa recta

The thin descending limb of the loop of Henle is

• permeable to ions but not water

• permeable to water but not ions

• permeable to ions and water

• impermeable to ions and water

Which would you recommend for a patient experiencing hypertension?

• ADH agonist

• Aldosterone agonist

• ANP antagonist

• Ang-II antagonist

How would liver disease (decreased albumin production) affect glomerular filtration rate?

• Increase

• decrease

• no change

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Cells in the distal tubule under the influence of ADH/aldosterone are called

• principal cells

• chief cells

• podocytes

• intercalated cells

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3