Human Anatomy & Physiology

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ISBN: 9780805382952

Author: Erin C. Amerman

Publisher: PEARSON

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Human Anatomy & Physiology

Ch. 24.1 - What are the organs of the urinary system?Ch. 24.1 - 2. What are the basic functions of the kidneys? Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 24.2 - 2. What are the three regions of the kidney, and...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 3QC Ch. 24.2 - Trace the sequence of blood flow through the...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 5QC Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 6QC Ch. 24.2 - Trace the pathway filtrate takes through the...Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1QC

Ch. 24.3 - 2. How do tubular reabsorption and tubular...Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 2QC Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 3QC Ch. 24.4 - 4. What is the GFR? Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 5QC Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 6QC Ch. 24.4 - 7. How does tubuloglomerular feedback affect the...Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 8QC Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 9QC Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 10QC Ch. 24.4 - How does the sympathetic nervous system affect the...Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 2QC Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 3QC Ch. 24.5 - What is obligatory water reabsorption?Ch. 24.5 - How do the permeabilities of the two limbs of the...Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 6QC Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 7QC Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 8QC Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 2QC Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 3QC Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 4QC Ch. 24.6 - 5. What three factors allow the kidney to produce...Ch. 24.6 - 6. How is concentrated urine produced? Ch. 24.8 - 1. What is the normal composition of urine? Ch. 24.8 - Prob. 2QC Ch. 24.8 - 3. What is renal clearance, and what is it used...Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 24.9 - 2. What are the functions of the ureters and...Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 3QC Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 4QC Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 5QC Ch. 24 - What are the four main organs of the urinary...Ch. 24 - 2. Which of the following is not a physiological...Ch. 24 - Mark the following statements as true or false. If...Ch. 24 - Prob. 4CYR Ch. 24 - Prob. 5CYR Ch. 24 - Which of the following substances would pass...Ch. 24 - 7. Fill in the blanks: Glomerular hydrostatic...Ch. 24 - Fill in the blanks for the following statements:...Ch. 24 - Which of the following is false about the GFR? a....Ch. 24 - The route by which substances are reabsorbed by...Ch. 24 - 11. Mark the following statements as true or...Ch. 24 - Dilute urine is produced when decreased levels of...Ch. 24 - Prob. 13CYR Ch. 24 - Prob. 14CYR Ch. 24 - Prob. 15CYR Ch. 24 - 16. The GFR may be estimated by measuring the rate...Ch. 24 - Prob. 17CYR Ch. 24 - Prob. 1CYU Ch. 24 - Prob. 2CYU Ch. 24 - Prob. 3CYU Ch. 24 - Why must the kidneys establish a concentration...Ch. 24 - 1. Drugs that treat hypertension, or high blood...Ch. 24 - Prob. 2AYKA Ch. 24 - 3. Deana is a 4-year-old girl with a rare genetic...Ch. 24 - 4. Explain how each of the drugs in question 1...Ch. 24 - 5. What might it mean if you found a high...

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