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A) insulin B) ADH C) aldosterone D) glucagon 2
A) cloaca B) renal pelvis C) Bowman's capsule D) loop of Henle 3
A) drinking sea water B) pumping Na+ into the blood C) excreting massive amounts of water D) reabsorbing urea 4
A) rectum B) midgut C) intestine D) foregut 5
A) a protonephridium B) an ananephridium C) a metanephridium D) a telonephridium 6
A) insects B) fish C) birds D) all of the above E) none of the above 7
A) gain water from the environment B) gain salts from the environment C) both of the above D) none of the above 8
A) a shark B) a human C) all vertebrates are osmoconformers D) no vertebrates are osmoconformers 9
A) positive B) negative C) they are both very common D) they are both extremely rare 10
A) flame cells B) contractile vacuoles C) collecting ducts D) nephrons E) Malpighian tubules 11
A) plasma proteins B) glucose and amino acids C) water D) urea E) all of the above are likely to be found in the glomerular filtrate 12
A) loop of Henle B) collecting duct C) glomerulus D) liver E) urinary bladder 13
A) loop of Henle B) collecting duct C) nephron D) urethra E) ureter 14
A) collecting duct B) loop of Henle C) glomerulus D) proximal convoluted tubule E) distal convoluted tubule 15
A) the glomerulus B) the proximal convoluted tubule C) the distal convoluted tubule D) the loop of Henle E) the collecting duct 16
A) ammonia B) uric acid C) urea D) all of the above E) no nitrogenous waste product 17
A) ammonia B) uric acid C) nitrate D) N2 E) urea 18
A) salt glands in their heads B) kidneys C) general body surface (skin) D) all of the above E) none of the above; marine reptiles don't eliminate excess salts 19
A) sea turtle B) bird C) human D) camel E) sponge 20
A) the same concentration B) 4 times as concentrated C) 14 times as concentrated D) 22 times as concentrated E) 38 times as concentrated 21
A) 2 B) 20 C) about 200 D) about 20,000 E) about 2 million 22
A) glomeruli B) proximal convoluted tubules C) loops of Henle D) Bowman's capsules E) Malpighian tubules 23
A) collecting duct B) ascending limb C) glomerulus D) descending limb E) Bowman's capsule 24
A) cortex B) medulla C) pelvis D) artery E) bladder 25
A) ADH makes the collecting duct more permeable to water. B) Guano contains high concentrations of urea. C) Aldosterone is produced by the hypothalamus in response to high levels of sodium ions in the blood. D) Uric acid is the most soluble of the nitrogenous waste products. E) all of the above 26
A) glucose B) water C) NaCl D) proteins E) potassium ions 27
A) echinoderms. B) fish. C) insects. D) annelids. E) flatworms. 28
A) birds. B) bony fish. C) adult amphibians. D) land snails. E) insects. 29
A) proximal convoluted tubules B) descending limb of the loop of Henle C) ascending limb of the loop of Henle D) distal convoluted tubules E) collecting tubules 30
A) uterine tube. B) urethra. C) ureter. D) renal tubule. E) vasa recta. 31
A) Glomerular hydrostatic pressure and filtration are directly related to systemic blood pressure. B) In the proximal tubules, glucose and amino acids actively move out of the glomerular filtrate by sodium cotransport. C) Filtrate in the descending limb of Henle has the highest osmolality. D) Both ADH and aldosterone attempt to decrease urine output. E) A person with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus will have a higher than normal solute concentration in the urine. 32
A) True B) False 33
A) True B) False 34
A) True B) False 35
A) True B) False
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