25. The Urinary System

Which function do the kidneys provide to help maintain homeostasis in the body?

Which two substances are most commonly used to determine a patient's glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?

Urination depends on which of the following processes?

How does antidiuretic hormone (ADH) decrease the loss of water through the kidneys?

Filtrate flow through the renal tubule increases when glomerular filtration rate:

Which of the following occurs during the processing of filtrate in the proximal and distal tubules of the nephron?

Which of the following is a primary factor that directly influences the rate of glomerular filtration in the kidneys?

The afferent arteriole contains cells called ____________ that secrete the enzyme renin.

Which of the following correctly lists the sequence of renal tubule segments through which filtrate flows after leaving the glomerular capsule?

In renal physiology, which of the following substances typically escape into the filtrate during the process of glomerular filtration?

What are the two primary mechanisms by which the kidneys help maintain blood pH?

An obstruction in the glomerulus would most directly affect the flow of blood into which of the following structures?

During the postoliguric phase of acute tubular necrosis, what is the primary effect on the renal tubules?

During reabsorption in the nephron, water moves from the descending limb of the nephron loop into which structure?

Most drugs are excreted through the ______ and ______.