Btec Level 3 Applied Science Urinary
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Excretion - ANSWER✔✔Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from
the body
Osmoreregulation - ANSWER✔✔the control of solute concentrations by
regulating salt and water in the body
ureter - ANSWER✔✔tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
bladder - ANSWER✔✔stores urine prior to removal
renal artery - ANSWER✔✔blood vessel that carries blood to the kidney
renal vein - ANSWER✔✔blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney
what happens in the Bowmans capsule? - ANSWER✔✔- water and dissolved
materials are forced out of the glomerulus by blood pressure (ultrafiltration)
- small molecules and ions are forced out of the capillaries in the glomerulus and
but large molecules are left behind in the capillaries
- the walls of capillaries in glomerulus are very porous
what happens at the proximal convoluted tubule and why? - ANSWER✔✔-
selective reabsorption of glucose
- glucose is an important energy source that the body cannot afford to lose
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