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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct
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WLHS/A&P/Oppelt Name______________________
Reading Guide: Chapter 15 – Urinary System (pages 512-535)
1. What is the primary function of the urinary system? _____________________
____________________________________________________________
2. What are 3 additional functions of the urinary system?
a. ______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________
Kidneys
3. Describe the location of retroperitoneal________________________________________________
4. a. What organ sits on top of the kidneys? ___________ b. Do these organs have any function in the
urinary system? ___________
5. In the diagram to the right, identify the following structures:
Renal pyramid
Ureter
Renal Pelvis
Major calyx
Minor calyx
Renal column
Renal cortex
6. In the space below, summarize the pathway of blood starting and ending at the heart.
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7. What structure produces urine? __________________________
8. What are the 3 regions that make up the collecting tubule?
______________________ ______________________ _______________________
9. a) What is the relationship between the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE and the EFFERENT ARTERIOLE?
b) Structurally, how are the efferent arterioles different from the afferent arterioles? Why the
difference? (what is the physiological significance/effect of this difference?)
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY: There are 3 processes which take place in the NEPHRON to allow urine to form as a liquid waste
product of the human body. These three processes are (1) glomerular filtration; (2) tubular reabsorption; and (3) tubular
secretion. The following questions ask you to identify significant events that take place during each of these three
processes.
10. Glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation. What circumstance allows water and dissolved
substances to be easily filtered out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman’s capsule?
11. What force is mainly responsible for allowing the movement of substances through the glomerular
capillary wall and into the Bowman’s capsule?
12. What is the composition of the glomerular filtrate?
13. Describe the significant event that occurs during the second step of urine formation called tubular
reabsorption.
14. Where does most of the process of tubular reabsorption occur in the nephron?
15. Name specific substances that are reabsorbed through:
� active transport:
� passive transport:
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16. The third step in the process of urine formation is tubular secretion. What specifically takes place
during tubular secretion?
17. a. In a 24 hour period, how many liters of blood plasma do the kidneys filter? ___________________
b. How many liters of urine are produced during that time period? _________________________
18. What pigment causes our urine to be yellow in appearance? ___________________
19. a. What types of things change the color of our urine? ____________________________________
b. What types of things change the odor of our urine? _____________________________________
20. What can change the specific gravity of urine? __________________________________________
21. What solutes are normally found in urine?
Ureters, Urninary Bladder, and Urethra
22. Describe the function of ureters.
23. What is another name for renal calculi? _________________________
24. How many openings does the bladder have? _________
25. How does the function of the urethra differ in men and women?
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
26. a. In healthy people, about how much does water make up their body weight? _____________________
b. Why does this percentage vary in men and women?
27. Describe the “thirst mechanism”.
28. What is the impact of the hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone) on urine volume?
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29. Define the following terms:
a. electrolyte: ________________________________________________________________
b. alkalosis: __________________________________________________________________
c. acidosis: __________________________________________________________________
d. micturition: ________________________________________________________________
e. incontinence: _______________________________________________________________
f. aldosterone: _______________________________________________________________
30. Complete the following chart which describes the pathway of filtrate within a nephron:
Location Process(es) occurring here;
passive or active?
Substances being
transported
Urine becoming more or
less concentrated?
glomerulus / glomerular
capsule
proximal tubule
descending limb of loop of
Henle
ascending limb of loop of
Henle
distal tubule
collecting duct