Biology, Eighth Edition (Raven)Chapter 50:
Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary SystemLearning OutcomesChapter 50
- Understand why homeostasis is a vital function of the human body.
- Differentiate between positive and negative feedback loops. Give examples of each.
- Pick one example of a negative homeostatic regulating process and explain how this system maintains physiological normalcy.
- Compare osmoconformer and osmoregulator water balance.
- Compare the excretory systems of flatworms, earthworms, and insects.
- Describe the structure of a typical vertebrate nephron, the process of filtration and indicate which regions are associated with reabsorption or secretion.
- Compare the efficiency of water reabsorption in freshwater, bony marine, and cartilaginous fishes; amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
- Describe the internal structure of a typical mammalian kidney.
- Understand the process of filtration in the human kidney especially as it relates to the materials that enter and leave proximal tubule and the loop of Henle.
- Compare the osmotic condition of the renal cortex to the renal medulla and understand how it affects reabsorption of water.
- Discuss hypothalamic and adrenal regulation of kidney function
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