Kidneys and homeostasis test questions - WJEC

1

What is the name of the artery that carries blood to the kidney?

2

What is filtered out of the blood to form urine?

3

Urine leaves the body through which tube?

4

Each kidney contains a million nephrons. Where exactly in the kidney are the nephrons found?

5

Which of these substances is filtered out of the blood during ultrafiltration?

6

Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) is released by which part of the body?

7

If the blood plasma contains too little water, what will happen to the secretion of ADH into the blood stream?

8

Normal urine does not contain glucose. Detecting glucose in the urine is a symptom of which disease?

9

In a dialysis machine, why is it important that the blood and dialysis fluid move in opposite directions along the partially permeable membrane?

10

If a patient has a kidney transplant, what type of drugs are they required to take for the rest of their lives?