BIOL 1002 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
Urinary system - ANS Removes metabolic wastes and regulates water, ions, and pH
Kidneys - ANS Organs that filter blood and produce urine
Ureters - ANS Carry urine from kidneys to bladder
Urinary bladder - ANS Stores urine
Urethra - ANS Carries urine out of the body
Nephron - ANS Functional unit of the kidney
Urine - ANS Fluid containing wastes and excess water
Excretion - ANS Removal of metabolic wastes
Osmoregulation - ANS Control of water and ion balance
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, Order of urine flow - ANS Kidney → Ureter → Bladder → Urethra
Filtration - ANS Movement of small molecules from blood into nephron
Reabsorption - ANS Return of useful substances to blood
Secretion - ANS Addition of wastes into filtrate
Glomerulus - ANS Capillary cluster where filtration begins
Bowman's capsule - ANS Collects filtrate from glomerulus
Loop of Henle - ANS Creates concentration gradient for water reabsorption
Collecting duct - ANS Final pathway where urine concentration is adjusted
Filtrate contents - ANS Water, glucose, ions, urea (no large proteins and no red or white
blood cells)
Reabsorption location - ANS Mainly occurs in proximal tubule
Secretion examples - ANS Hydrogen ions, drugs, toxins
Renal cortex - ANS Outer kidney region where filtration occurs
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ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
Urinary system - ANS Removes metabolic wastes and regulates water, ions, and pH
Kidneys - ANS Organs that filter blood and produce urine
Ureters - ANS Carry urine from kidneys to bladder
Urinary bladder - ANS Stores urine
Urethra - ANS Carries urine out of the body
Nephron - ANS Functional unit of the kidney
Urine - ANS Fluid containing wastes and excess water
Excretion - ANS Removal of metabolic wastes
Osmoregulation - ANS Control of water and ion balance
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, Order of urine flow - ANS Kidney → Ureter → Bladder → Urethra
Filtration - ANS Movement of small molecules from blood into nephron
Reabsorption - ANS Return of useful substances to blood
Secretion - ANS Addition of wastes into filtrate
Glomerulus - ANS Capillary cluster where filtration begins
Bowman's capsule - ANS Collects filtrate from glomerulus
Loop of Henle - ANS Creates concentration gradient for water reabsorption
Collecting duct - ANS Final pathway where urine concentration is adjusted
Filtrate contents - ANS Water, glucose, ions, urea (no large proteins and no red or white
blood cells)
Reabsorption location - ANS Mainly occurs in proximal tubule
Secretion examples - ANS Hydrogen ions, drugs, toxins
Renal cortex - ANS Outer kidney region where filtration occurs
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