25. The Urinary System

How do the kidneys respond to excess water in the body?

Where does blood flow immediately after it leaves the glomerulus in the renal corpuscle?

How do the kidneys regulate blood volume and blood pressure?

Which of the following statements about glomerular filtration is correct?

How much blood is filtered by the kidneys per minute in an average adult?

Which of the following statements about filtrate in the renal system is incorrect?

The composition of glomerular filtrate is most like that of which body fluid?

In glomerular filtration, substances move from the ______ into the ______.

The kidneys regulate body water content and which of the following?

Which of the following is an excretion function of the kidney?

How does filtration occur during the formation of urine in the kidneys?

ADH targets which region of the renal tubule?

Which of the following is the correct path through the renal tubule?

What is the term for the overall pressure that drives filtration at the glomerulus?

The main force(s) opposing glomerular filtration is (are) __________.