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This quiz contains 10 questions from a mix of 1 subtopics.
Which of the following carries urine from the kidney to the bladder?
renal pelvis
urethra
ureter
nephron
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Where does the initial filtration of blood occur in the nephron?
loop of Henle
proximal convoluted tubule
collecting duct
Bowman's capsule
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What creates the high solute gradient in the renal medulla?
loop of Henle
collecting duct
proximal convoluted tubule
distal convoluted tubule
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What is the term for the material filtered from blood as it passes through a nephron?
urine
plasma
excrement
filtrate
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Which part of the nephron contains microvilli on the epithelial cells in its walls?
collecting duct
Bowman’s capsule
proximal convoluted tubule
loop of Henle
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What carries blood away from the glomerulus?
efferent arteriole
vena cava
renal vein
afferent arteriole
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What process is responsible for the movement of fluid from blood in the glomerulus into the Bowman’s capsule?
filtration
active transport
co-transport
ultrafiltration
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From where are salts and water reabsorbed back into the blood?
Bowman's capsule
collecting duct
glomerulus
proximal and distal convoluted tubules and loop of Henle
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The ________ collects urine draining from multiple nephrons before it passes to the bladder.
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List the key structures that filtrate passes through in order within a nephron.
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