Learning Activity # 11 - Chapter 17


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  1. Starting with the glomerular capsule, trace the flow of blood filtrate to the collecting tubules of the kidneys.


  2. Starting with the afferent arteriole, trace the flow of blood through a nephron.


  3. Starting with collecting tubules, trace the flow of urine out of the kidneys to the urinary bladder.


  4. Describe the structure of a kidney. Include the following terms in your description: medulla, cortex, renal pyramid, renal column, calyx, and renal pelvis.


  5. What does urine normally contain when it leaves the kidney?


  6. What is normally found in glomerular filtrate?


  7. What is a renal corpuscle?


  8. What are the functions of the kidneys?


  9. What is the detrusor muscle?


  10. What are the three phases of urine formation? Describe the events of each phase.


  11. What is normally filtered during urine formation?


  12. What is normally reabsorbed during urine formation?


  13. What is normally secreted during urine formation?


  14. Define micturition and incontinence.


  15. The renal artery branches into what after it enters the kidney?


  16. Define nephron.


  17. What is the location of the kidneys?


  18. How is urination controlled?


  19. Trace the flow of blood through the kidneys starting with the renal artery and ending with the peritubular capillaries.