PHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Terms in this set (25)
What is the main
function of the urinary
system?
What is the filtering
unit of the kidney
nephron?
What are the tubules
of the nephron,
proximal to distal?
T/ F the afferent artery
goes away from the
glomerulus?
______stimulation causes
the muscles in
the walls of both
afferent and efferent
arterioles to constrict
What are
juxtaglomerular cells
and what do they do?
T/F it is common to
find blood cells and
proteins in the healthy
kidney nephron?
65% reabsorption occurs
in which tubule
What is the second
largest absorption
tubule and how much
does it absorb?
Aldosterone helps with
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ANSWERS
Terms in this set (25)
What is the main
function of the urinary
system?
What is the filtering
unit of the kidney
nephron?
What are the tubules
of the nephron,
proximal to distal?
T/ F the afferent artery
goes away from the
glomerulus?
______stimulation causes
the muscles in
the walls of both
afferent and efferent
arterioles to constrict
What are
juxtaglomerular cells
and what do they do?
T/F it is common to
find blood cells and
proteins in the healthy
kidney nephron?
65% reabsorption occurs
in which tubule
What is the second
largest absorption
tubule and how much
does it absorb?
Aldosterone helps with
https://quizlet.com/107974000/physiology-questions-and-answers- 1/
flash-cards/ 3
