Chapter 30.4 The Excretory System

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The Excretory system
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Questão 1

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The excretory system includes the skin, lungs, liver and kidneys and excretes metabolic wastes from the body.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 2

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What are the parts of the excretory system?
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  • The skin, lungs and kidneys
  • The kidneys, stomach and lungs
  • The skin, lungs, liver and kidneys

Questão 3

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What is the role of the skin in excretion?
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  • Excretes excess water
  • Excretes salt
  • Excretes a small amount of urea in sweat
  • All of the above

Questão 4

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The lungs excrete carbon dioxide and small amounts of water vapor.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 5

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The liver converts potentially dangerous nitrogen wastes, a product of protein breakdown , into less toxic urea.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 6

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The kidneys are a pair of fist sized organs located on either side of the spinal column near the lower back.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 7

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The kidneys produce and excrete a waste product known as urine.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 8

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These transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
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  • Bladder
  • Ureters
  • Urethra

Questão 9

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The urinary bladder is where the urine is stored
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  • True
  • False

Questão 10

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Urine is released through the urethra.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 11

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A waste laden blood enters the kidney through the renal artery, the kidney removes urea, excess water and minerals and other waste products
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  • True
  • False

Questão 12

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Nephrons are the individual processing units in the kidneys that do most of the work
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  • True
  • False

Questão 13

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Blood purification in the kidneys is a complex process and involves
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  • Filtration
  • Filtration and reabsorption

Questão 14

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Filtration is the passing of a liquid or a gas through a filter to remove wastes.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 15

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A glomerulus is..
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  • A small but dense network of capillaries or very small blood vessels encases in the upper end of each nephron
  • Bowman's capsule
  • Nephron

Questão 16

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Bowman's capsule is a hollo, cup shaped structure that encases the glomerulus
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  • True
  • False

Questão 17

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The material that is filtered from the blood is called
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  • Nephron
  • Glomerulus
  • Bowman's capsule
  • Filtrate

Questão 18

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Nearly all the material that moves into Bowman's capsule makes its way back into the blood.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 19

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The process by which water and dissolved substances are taken back into the blood is called
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  • Filtration
  • Reabsorption

Questão 20

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The kidneys first throw away everything and then takes back only what the body needs.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 21

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A section of the nephron tubule is called the loop of Henle and its job is to conserve water
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  • True
  • False

Questão 22

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The waste material now called urine that remains in the tubule is emptied into a collecting duct and from there the urine flows to the ureter of each kidney.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 23

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The ureters carry urine to the urinary bladder for storage until the urine leaves the body through the urethra.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 24

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The kidneys play an important role in maintaining homeostasis.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 25

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The kidneys
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  • Respond directly to the composition of the blood
  • Are influenced by the endocrine system
  • None of the above
  • All of the above

Questão 26

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Problems with the kidneys include
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  • Kidney stones
  • Kidney damage
  • Kidney failure
  • All of the above

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