Ch. 44 - Osmoregulation and Excretion

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Ch. 44 - Osmoregulation and Excretion

Problema 3

Capitolo 44, Problema 3

Which of the following animals generally has the lowest volume of urine production?
a. Vampire bat
b. Salmon in fresh water
c. Marine bony fish
d. Freshwater flatworm

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Understand the concept of osmoregulation, which is the process by which animals control the concentration of water and salts in their bodies to maintain homeostasis.

Consider the environment in which each animal lives, as this affects their osmoregulatory strategies. Marine animals often face different challenges compared to freshwater animals.

Marine bony fish live in a saltwater environment, where the concentration of salt is higher outside their bodies than inside. To prevent dehydration, they drink seawater and excrete the excess salts through their gills and produce very little urine.

Freshwater animals, like salmon in fresh water and freshwater flatworms, live in environments where the concentration of water is higher outside their bodies. They tend to excrete large amounts of dilute urine to get rid of excess water.

Vampire bats, which feed on blood, have a diet that influences their water balance differently, but they are not typically associated with minimal urine production compared to marine bony fish.

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Osmoregulation

Osmoregulation is the process by which animals maintain the balance of water and salts in their bodies to ensure proper cellular function. Marine bony fish, for example, live in a high-salinity environment and must excrete excess salts while conserving water, leading to low urine production. Understanding osmoregulation helps explain how different animals adapt to their environments.

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Unlike an earthworm's metanephridia, a mammalian nephron

a. Is intimately associated with a capillary network.

b. Functions in both osmoregulation and excretion.

c. Receives filtrate from blood instead of coelomic fluid.

d. Has a transport epithelium.

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African lungfish, which are often found in small stagnant pools of fresh water, produce urea as a nitrogenous waste. What is the advantage of this adaptation?

a. Urea takes less energy to synthesize than ammonia.

b. Small stagnant pools do not provide enough water to dilute ammonia, which is toxic.

c. Urea forms an insoluble precipitate.

d. Urea makes lungfish tissue hypoosmotic to the pool.

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Which process in the nephron is least selective?

a. Filtration

b. Reabsorption

c. Active transport