Answer: Downward pressure of the liver
Question: Identify the organelle that stores calcium ions in muscle, makes lipids, and detoxifies substances in the liver and kidneys.
Answer Choices:
Lysosomes
Golgi apparatus
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Peroxisome
Answer: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Question: What does colloid osmotic pressure help in determining the osmotic pressure of the plasma? a. Proteins b. Potassium c. Hydrogen ion d. Chloride e. Sodium
Answer: a. Proteins
Question: Facultative water reabsorption:
Answer: Is always in the collecting duct
Question: A major advantage of the renal tubular excretory method of research is that:
Answer: A person’s excretion can be controlled
Question: In which region of the nephron will Reabsorption play an important role?
Answer: Distal convoluted tubule (Correct)
Question: Select the order in which filtrate moves through the following components. (10) Loop of Henle (20) Distal convoluted tubule (30) Glomerulus (40) Bowman’s capsule
Answer: c. 3, 4, 1, 2
Question: A decline in extracellular potassium levels can result in ____. a. Cells to become more excitable b. More action potentials to be generated c. Hypopolarization of cell membranes d. Increased permeability of cell membranes e. Hyperpolarization of cell membranes
Answer: e. Hyperpolarization of cell membranes
Question: Autoimmunity is not found within the kidneys.
Answer: Blood filtered by the glomerulus
Question: What receptors are affected by changes in the osmolality of extracellular fluid? a. Osmoreceptors b. Baroreceptors c. Proprioceptors d. Nociceptors e. Chemoreceptors
Answer: a. Osmoreceptors
Question: Which tube has three different sections of the nephron?
Answer: Renal tubule
Question: The ____ cells are located near the GFR status.
Answer: Macula densa
Question: Which of the following best describes sarcolemma at rest?
Answer Choices:
The intracellular environment is negatively charged.
The intracellular environment has more positively charged sodium.
The extracellular environment is negatively charged.
It has a voltage of about +75 mV.
It depends on the muscle fiber absorbing potassium ions from the ECF.
Answer: The intracellular environment is negatively charged.
Question: Examples of macronutrients are…
Answer Choices:
Water, Nitrogen, Potassium
Gase, Trace, Some
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
Cobalt, Zinc, Molybdenum
Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
Question: Where is the majority of our water reabsorbed into the blood? a. Ascending loop of Henle b. Collecting duct c. Proximal convoluted tubule d. Distal convoluted tubule e. Descending loop of Henle
Answer: c. Proximal convoluted tubule
Question: Normally how much filtrate would be expected to flow to Macula Densa’s afferent aspect for:
Answer: 0.5 liters/minute
Question: Which of the following two minerals are needed in large quantities when bones are growing?
Answer Choices:
calcium and chlorine
magnesium and sulfur
calcium and phosphorous
manganese and sulfur
potassium and phosphorous
Answer: calcium and phosphorous
Question: Transfer molecules like albumin:
Answer: Do not and cannot cross the capillaries to filtrate
Question: Urine in females is expelled from the body via the:
Answer: Urethra
Question: What is the predominant intracellular cation? a. Chloride b. Sodium c. Potassium d. Magnesium e. Calcium
Answer: c. Potassium