25. The Urinary System

What is the functional unit of the kidney?

What is the name of the structure where all the nephrons finally empty their urine?

One collecting duct receives tubular fluid from which of the following structures in the nephron?

Which part of the nephron is primarily responsible for the reabsorption of water and solutes from the filtrate?

Which structure in the nephron collects urine from the distal convoluted tubule?

Which part of the nephron is influenced by hormones to absorb sodium and water?

Which are the two major components of a nephron?

Which part of a nephron extends from the renal cortex into the renal medulla?

Which of the following is not associated with the renal corpuscle?

What are the two main parts of the nephron?

Which type of nephron has relatively short nephron loops that barely extend into the medulla?

Which of the following statements is true about cortical nephrons?

Where in the nephron does most solute reabsorption occur?

Which of the following structures are components of a nephron?

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of flow through the nephron?