Final Exam Review

_______ is balancing of water gain and loss with the environment

• osmoregulation

• osmoconformers

• hypo osmotic environment

marine invertebrates are _________

• osmoregulators

• osmoconformers

• hypoosmotic environment

osmoregulators _____ energy to maintain osmotic gradients?

• expend

• require

Transport epithelia specialized movment of _______

• solvent

• solute

• water

• blood

Filtration

• adding nonessential solutes and wastes to the filtrate

• reclaiming valuable solutes

• filtering of body fluids

• processed filtrate containg nitrogenous wastes is released from the body

Reabsorption

• reclaiming valuable solutes

• filtering body fluids

• adding nonessential solutes and wastes to the filtrate

• processed filtrate containing nitrogenous wastes is released from the body

Secretion

• filtering body fluids

• reclaiming valuable solutes

• processed filtrate containing nitrogenous wastes is released from the body

• adding nonessential solutes and wastes to the filtrate

excretion

• filtering of body fluids

• processed filtrate containing nitrogenous wastes is released from the body

• adding non essential solutes and wastes to the filtrate

• reclaiming valuable solutes

True or false: protonephridium are dead-end tubules that branch throughout the body

• true

• false

true or false: malpighian tubules remoe nitrogenous wastes from hemolymph (like in insects)

• true

• false