excretory system

Question 1

excretion

Answer 1

removal of waste compounds from the boy produced during metabolism of cells

Question 2

deamination

Answer 2

proteins broken down into amino acids

Question 3

site of deamination

Answer 3

liver

Question 4

kidney functions

Answer 4

• regulate water content of blood
• ultrafiltration
• help control blood pressure

Question 5

ultrafiltration

Answer 5

removal of small molecules, water, and ions from the blood in the glomerulus of the kidney at high pressure

Question 6

osmoregulation

Answer 6

homeostatic regulation of the osmotic pressure of body fluids

Question 7

glomerulus

Answer 7

group of capillaries at the beginning at a kidney nephron where ultrafiltration takes place

Question 8

function of loop of henle and their capillary loops

Answer 8

create and maintain an osmotic gradient in the medulla of the kidney

Question 9

role of vasa recta in loop of henle

Answer 9

deliver oxygen and remove CO2 from the metabolically active cells of the loop of henle

Question 10

effect of ADH on kidneys

Answer 10

causes luminal membrane of collecting duct to become more permeable to water

Question 11

what releases ADH

Answer 11

posterior pituitary gland