3269523841 | organisms can be | regulators or conformers | 0 | |
3269524700 | regulators | regulate internal environment | 1 | |
3269525200 | conformers | conform to external environment | 2 | |
3269525601 | regulators aka | endotherms | 3 | |
3269525602 | endotherms aka | regulators | 4 | |
3269526053 | conformers aka | ectotherms | 5 | |
3269526054 | ectotherms aka | conformers | 6 | |
3269526680 | regulators maintain relatively constant | internal conditions | 7 | |
3269527218 | conformers allow internal conditions to | change with external conditions | 8 | |
3269527933 | examples of things animals need to coordinate | temperature blood sugar intracellular waste | 9 | |
3269528352 | temperature blood sugar intracellular waste are all things that | animals need to coordinate | 10 | |
3269529304 | temperature blood sugar waste balance intracellular waste are all things that animals need to coordinate in order to maintain | homeostasis | 11 | |
3269530162 | examples of regulation | adjustment of heat exchange evaporative heat loss behavioral responses fur | 12 | |
3270873465 | some animals have behavioral responses like _______________ in order to regulate temperature | hibernation | 13 | |
3269530744 | adjustment of heat exchange evaporative heat loss behavioral responses fur are examples of | regulation | 14 | |
3269539082 | hibernation and fur are examples of | regulation | 15 | |
3269540487 | when organism gets too hot, vessels | constrict | 16 | |
3269540769 | when organism gets too hot, vessels constrict to | keep heat in | 17 | |
3269540770 | when organism gets too hot, ____________ are opened | sweat glands | 18 | |
3269542178 | when organism gets too hot, sweat glands are | opened | 19 | |
3269546621 | animal systems have evolved to support | multicellular life | 20 | |
3269548380 | to support multicellular life, animal systems had to overcome | limitations of diffusion | 21 | |
3269548858 | animals have evolved exchange systems for | distributing nutrients and removing wastes | 22 | |
3269549464 | what exchange system was evolved to distribute nutrients | circulatory system | 23 | |
3269549465 | circulatory system job | distribute nutrients | 24 | |
3269549842 | what exchange system was evolved to remove wastes | excretory system | 25 | |
3269551317 | excretory system job | remove wastes | 26 | |
3269553412 | fish in freshwater have to | excrete a lot of water | 27 | |
3269553413 | fish in freshwater have to excrete a lot of water because they are | hypertonic to environment | 28 | |
3269553821 | what kinds of fish excrete a lot of water | freshwater fish | 29 | |
3269554422 | fish in saltwater have to | conserve water | 30 | |
3269555130 | fish in saltwater have to conserve water, so they | avoid excreting water | 31 | |
3269555855 | fish in saltwater have to conserve water because they are | hypotonic to environment | 32 | |
3269556568 | what kinds of fish avoid excreting water | saltwater fish | 33 | |
3269556952 | land organisms need to | conserve water | 34 | |
3269557597 | land organisms need to conserve water because they | live in dry environment | 35 | |
3269558017 | land organisms may also need to | conserve salts | 36 | |
3269558469 | how do land organisms prevent water loss | body coverings | 37 | |
3269558470 | land organisms have body covering to | prevent water loss | 38 | |
3269559094 | examples of body coverings to prevent water loss | shells keratinized skin cells | 39 | |
3269560009 | some land organisms are ______________ to prevent water loss | nocturnal | 40 | |
3269560010 | why are some land organisms nocturnal to prevent water loss | no sun | 41 | |
3269560892 | we digest carbohydrates into | C H O | 42 | |
3269560893 | we digest lipids into | C H O | 43 | |
3269561466 | we digest proteins into | C H O N | 44 | |
3269562202 | we digest nucleic acids into | CHOPN | 45 | |
3269562203 | proteins and nucleic acids create a lot of | nitrogenous waste | 46 | |
3269562876 | which macromolecules create a lot of nitrogen waste | proteins and nucleic acids | 47 | |
3269563255 | ammonia aka | NH3 | 48 | |
3269563256 | NH3 aka | ammonia | 49 | |
3269564191 | ammonia is | very toxic | 50 | |
3269564743 | ammonia is very toxic and | carcinogenic | 51 | |
3269565413 | carcinogenic means that something can | cause cancer | 52 | |
3269565414 | can ammonia cause cancer | yes | 53 | |
3269565846 | ammonia is very soluble in | water | 54 | |
3269565847 | is ammonia very soluble in water | yes | 55 | |
3269566673 | body needs to _______ ammonia | dilute | 56 | |
3269566674 | body needs to dilute ammonia and | get rid of it fast | 57 | |
3269567964 | how an organism gets rid of nitrogenous wastes depends on | evolution and habitat | 58 | |
3269568295 | evolution and habitat determine how an organism gets rid of | nitrogenous wastes | 59 | |
3269577400 | how do aquatic animals get rid of nitrogenous wastes | just excrete ammonia | 60 | |
3269578175 | to get rid of nitrogenous wastes, aquatic animals just | excrete ammonia | 61 | |
3269578573 | what kinds of organisms just excrete ammonia | aquatic animals | 62 | |
3269579516 | aquatic animals just excrete ammonia because | they can afford to lose water | 63 | |
3269580146 | how do land animals get rid of nitrogenous wastes | excrete urea in urine | 64 | |
3269580820 | to get rid of nitrogenous wastes, land animals | excrete urea in urine | 65 | |
3269581271 | what kinds of organisms excrete urea in urine | land animals | 66 | |
3269584999 | to get rid of nitrogenous wastes, egg-laying land animals | excrete uric acid | 67 | |
3269585558 | to get rid of nitrogenous bases, land animals excrete urea in urine because | they need to conserve water | 68 | |
3269586752 | how do egg-laying land animals get rid of nitrogenous bases | excrete uric acid | 69 | |
3269587578 | to get rid of nitrogenous bases, egglaying land animals excrete uric acid because | they need to conserve water and protect embryo in egg | 70 | |
3269592032 | kinds of nitrogenous wastes | ammonia urea uric acid | 71 | |
3269592033 | ammonia urea uric acid are kinds of | nitrogenous wastes | 72 | |
3269592677 | most toxic nitrogenous waste is | ammonia | 73 | |
3269593520 | least toxic nitrogenous waste is | uric acid | 74 | |
3269595938 | intermediate toxic nitrogenous waste | urea | 75 | |
3269596777 | freshwater animals use surplus water to | dilute ammonia | 76 | |
3269597459 | freshwater animals use surplus water to dilute ammonia so they can | excrete it | 77 | |
3269598903 | freshwater animals use ________________ to dilute ammonia so they can excrete it | surplus water | 78 | |
3269599490 | freshwater animals excrete ammonia as a | very dilute urine | 79 | |
3269600508 | freshwater animals urine is | very dilute | 80 | |
3269601055 | freshwater animals diffuse __________________ continuously through gills | ammonia | 81 | |
3269601056 | freshwater animals diffuse ammonia _____________ through gills | continuously | 82 | |
3269602493 | freshwater animals diffuse ammonia continuously through | gills | 83 | |
3269603627 | why is urea less toxic than ammonia | larger and therefore less soluble | 84 | |
3269604148 | urea is larger and therefore less soluble, making it | less toxic | 85 | |
3269604149 | 2NH2 + CO2 = | urea | 86 | |
3269604607 | urea is produced in the | liver | 87 | |
3269605083 | liver in land animals produces | urea | 88 | |
3269605084 | urea formula | 2NH2 + CO2 | 89 | |
3269605487 | urea costs | some energy to build | 90 | |
3269606872 | what organ filters solutes out of blood and reabsorbs useful solutes | kidney | 91 | |
3269609095 | kidney also | excretes waste | 92 | |
3269609096 | does kidney also excrete waste | yes | 93 | |
3269609715 | urine in land animals is made up by | urea salts sugars h2o | 94 | |
3269610571 | urea salts sugar h2o make up ______________ in land animals | urine | 95 | |
3269610572 | urine in land animals is | very concentrated | 96 | |
3269611518 | urine in land animals is very concentrated because | concentrated ammonia would be too toxic | 97 | |
3269612271 | egglaying land animals dispose of nitrogen in | eggs | 98 | |
3269612926 | egglaying land animals dispose of nitrogen in eggs, but there is | no place to get rid of waste in egg | 99 | |
3269616248 | there is no place to get rid of waste in egg, so egglaying land animals need to get rid of nitrogenous bases with a | not very soluble molecule | 100 | |
3269616669 | uric acid is less toxic than urea because it is | larger and therefore less soluble | 101 | |
3269618253 | examples of egg laying land animals | birds reptiles insects | 102 | |
3269618254 | uric acid aka | polymerized urea | 103 | |
3269618645 | polymerized urea aka | uric acid | 104 | |
3269620046 | uric acid precipitates | out of solution | 105 | |
3269620625 | uric acid precipitates out of solution, meaning it | comes out as a solid | 106 | |
3269621074 | does uric acid precipitate out of solution | yes | 107 | |
3269621075 | uric acid comes out as a solid and doesn't | hurt embryo in egg | 108 | |
3269621395 | does uric acid hurt embryo in egg | no | 109 | |
3269622019 | white dust in egg is actually | uric acid | 110 | |
3269622945 | uric acid in eggs looks like | white dust | 111 | |
3269623532 | adult egglaying land animals excrete uric acid as | white paste | 112 | |
3269624261 | adult egglaying land animals excrete uric acid as white paste and excrete no | liquid waste | 113 | |
3269624688 | do adult egglaying land animals excrete liquid waste | no | 114 | |
3269552166 | fish in freshwater have to | excrete a lot of water | 115 | |
3283521383 | unicellular organisms excretory system | Contractile vacuole | 116 | |
3283525090 | Examples of a unicellular organism | Paramecium | 117 | |
3283527742 | What kind of organisms have contractile vacuoles as excretory system | Unicellular organisms | 118 | |
3283531120 | Phylum platyhelminthes aka | Flat worms | 119 | |
3283531697 | Flat worms aka | Phylum platyhelminthes | 120 | |
3283533360 | Phylum annelidas aka | Round worms | 121 | |
3283536884 | Round worms aka | Phylum annelidas | 122 | |
3283537962 | Example of a round worm | Earthworm | 123 | |
3283540567 | Phylum platyhelminthes excretory system | Protnephrindium | 124 | |
3283543251 | Protnephrindium in flat worms | Little excretion tube | 125 | |
3283545935 | What kinds of organisms have protnephrindium as excretory system | Phylum platyhelminthes | 126 | |
3283549412 | Phylum annelida excretory system | Metanephridia | 127 | |
3283552832 | What kinds of organisms have metanephridida as excretory system | Phylum annelidas | 128 | |
3283554963 | Metanephridia in round worms | Little excretion tube | 129 | |
3283556786 | Insects excretory system | Malpighian tube | 130 | |
3283563833 | What kinds of organisms have Malpighian tube as excretory system | Insects | 131 | |
3283566219 | Malpighian tube in insects | Little excretion tube with diffusion | 132 | |
3283572021 | Unfiltered blood enters kidney through | Renal artery | 133 | |
3283572022 | _________________ enters kidney through renal artery | Unfiltered blood | 134 | |
3283572023 | Filtered blood leaves kidney through | Renal vein | 135 | |
3283572024 | _______________ leaves kidney through renal vein | Filtered blood | 136 | |
3283572025 | filtered blood exits the _________ through the renal vein | Kidney | 137 | |
3283572026 | Urine exits the kidney through the | Ureter | 138 | |
3283572027 | ______ exits the kidney through the ureter | Urine | 139 | |
3283575454 | Ureter drains into the | Bladder | 140 | |
3283577452 | _______ drains into the bladder | Ureter | 141 | |
3283579586 | Urine exits the bladder through the | Urethra | 142 | |
3283582115 | ______ exits the bladder through the urethra | Urine | 143 | |
3283584602 | Urine exits the ________ through the urethra | Bladder | 144 | |
3283586946 | Four key functions of kidney | Filtration reabsorption secretion excretion | 145 | |
3283593002 | Filtration reabsorption secretion excretion are the | Four key functions of kidney | 146 | |
3283594344 | Kidney has four | Key functions | 147 | |
3283596889 | Kidney functions: filtration | Kidney filters water and solutes out of blood | 148 | |
3283600195 | Kidney functions: reabsorption | Kidney selectively reabsorbs needed water and solutes back into blood | 149 | |
3283607116 | For reabsorption, kidney uses | Selective reabsoprtion | 150 | |
3283622061 | Kidney functions: secretion | Kidney secretes unwanted solutes to bladder | 151 | |
3283625935 | Kidney functions: secretion: kidney pumps out unwanted solutes to | bladder | 152 | |
3284867124 | kidney functions: secretion: kidney pumps out unwanted solutes to urine using | active transport | 153 | |
3284870156 | does kidney secretion require active transport | yes | 154 | |
3284870157 | kidney functions: excretion | kidney excretes concentrated urine to bladder | 155 | |
3284873219 | mammals have how many kidneys | two | 156 | |
3284875833 | kidneys have how many regions | two | 157 | |
3284877732 | two regions of kidney | renal cortex and renal medulla | 158 | |
3284879179 | renal cortex and renal medulla are the | two regions of kidney | 159 | |
3284879180 | renal cortex aka | outer region of kidney | 160 | |
3284880716 | outer region of kidney aka | renal cortex | 161 | |
3284882975 | renal medulla aka | inner region of kidney | 162 | |
3284882976 | inner region of kidney aka | renal medulla | 163 | |
3284885248 | both renal cortex and renal medulla are | packed with nephrons | 164 | |
3284887022 | are renal cortex and renal medulla packed with nephrons | yes | 165 | |
3284887024 | nephrons | functional units of kidney | 166 | |
3284889349 | there are one million nephrons in | each kidney | 167 | |
3284890996 | how many nephorns in each kidney | one million | 168 | |
3284894611 | nephrons function | filter h2o and solutes out of blood | 169 | |
3284897903 | nephrons filter out urea and other solutes like | sugars and salts | 170 | |
3284899525 | blood plasma is filtered into | nephron | 171 | |
3284902204 | ________________ is filtered into nephron at high pressure | blood plasma | 172 | |
3284902205 | blood plasma is filtered into nephron at | high pressure | 173 | |
3284920530 | blood plasma is filtered into nephron at high pressure because it is | coming from arteries (which are built for high pressure pumping of blood) | 174 | |
3284924415 | nephrons perform | selective reabsorption | 175 | |
3284926168 | nephrons perform selective reabsorption using | counter current system | 176 | |
3284927434 | kidney interacts with | circulatory system and excretory system | 177 | |
3284930541 | does kidney interact with circulatory system and excretory system | yes | 178 | |
3284944172 | which part of kidney interacts with circulatory system | glomerulus | 179 | |
3284944173 | glomerulus | ball of capillaries | 180 | |
3284945994 | ball of capillaries in nephron aka | glomerulus | 181 | |
3284945995 | glomerulus is basically a | capillary bed | 182 | |
3284947765 | which parts of kidney interacts with excretory system | all of nephron | 183 | |
3284950756 | all of neprhon interacts with | excretory system | 184 | |
3284956136 | parts of nephron | bowman's capsule loop of henle proximal tubule descending limb ascending limb distal tubule collecting duct | 185 | |
3284961166 | bowman's capsule loop of henle proximal tubule descending limb ascending limb distal tubule collecting duct are the | parts of nephron | 186 | |
3284964648 | where on nephron is glomerulus located | bowman's capsule | 187 | |
3284973323 | high blood pressure in nephrons forces filter to | push h2o and solutes out of blood | 188 | |
3284976447 | high blood pressure in nephrons forces filter to push h2o and solutes out of vessel based on their | size | 189 | |
3284976448 | nephron filter filters things out based on | size | 190 | |
3284978564 | hypertension causes | kidney damage | 191 | |
3284978565 | why does hypertension cause kidney damage | high blood pressure in system becomes super high blood pressure in kidneys | 192 | |
3284981623 | does hypertension cause kidney damage | yes | 193 | |
3284983484 | hco3 aka | bicarbonate ion | 194 | |
3284983485 | bicarbonate ion aka | hco3 | 195 | |
3284989460 | in proximal tubule, what is reabsorbed back into blood | Na Cl H2o glucose hco3 | 196 | |
3284994045 | in proximal tubule, NaCl h2o glucose h2co3 are | reabsorbed | 197 | |
3284996867 | descending limb is highly permeable to | h2o | 198 | |
3284996942 | descending limb is not very permeable to | salts | 199 | |
3284999832 | is descending limb highly permeable to h2o | yes | 200 | |
3285001131 | is descending limb highly permeable to salts | no | 201 | |
3285002906 | why is descending limb highly permeable to h2o | lots of aquaporin | 202 | |
3285004834 | why is descending limb not very permeable to salts | not many salt channels | 203 | |
3285007866 | in loop of henle, what is reabsorbed | h2o | 204 | |
3285009762 | ascending limb is not very permeabele to | h2o | 205 | |
3285009763 | is ascending limb very permeable to h2o | no | 206 | |
3285014448 | ascending limb is very permeable to | salts | 207 | |
3285016208 | ascending limb is very permeable to salts and has lots of | chloride pumps | 208 | |
3285018845 | in proximal tubule, Na+ is reabsorbed by | active transport | 209 | |
3285020654 | in proximal tubule, Cl- is reabsorbed by | diffusion | 210 | |
3285022184 | in ascending limb, Cl- is reabsorbed by | active transport | 211 | |
3285025057 | in proximal tubule, Na+ is reabsorbed by | active transport | 212 | |
3285025059 | where is Na+ reabsorbed by active transport | proximal tubule | 213 | |
3285027920 | where is Cl- reabsorbed by active transport | ascending limb | 214 | |
3285030101 | distal tubule aka | distal convoluted tubule | 215 | |
3285031935 | distal convoluted tubule aka | distal tubule | 216 | |
3285033907 | distal tubule reabsorbs | Na Cl h2o hco3 | 217 | |
3285035519 | collecting duct reabsorbs | h2o | 218 | |
3285037241 | through collecting duct, concentrated urine is | passed to bladder | 219 | |
3285040802 | through collecting duct, ___________________ is passed to bladder | concentrated urine | 220 | |
3285040803 | bladder lining | impermeable lining | 221 | |
3285042314 | why is it good that bladder has an impermeable lining | full of waste | 222 | |
3285045065 | urine is made up of | all the stuff body doesn't need | 223 | |
3285067271 | nephrons use __________ instead of active transport whenever possible | diffusion | 224 | |
3285068673 | nephrons use diffusion instead of __________________ whenever possible | active transport | 225 | |
3285068740 | nephrons use diffusion instead of active transport | whenever possible | 226 | |
3285073030 | nephrons use diffusion instead of active transport whenever possible to | save energy | 227 | |
3285077375 | how do nephrons maximize use of diffusion | counter current system | 228 | |
3285079996 | blood in nephrons and blood outside nephrons flow in | opposite directions | 229 | |
3285083425 | blood in nephrons and blood outside nephrons flow in opposite directions to create | constant diffusion gradient | 230 | |
3285090776 | what things are not filtered out of blood at kidney | cells and proteins | 231 | |
3285090777 | cells and proteins are | not filtered out | 232 | |
3285094295 | cells and proteins aren't filtered out because | they are too big | 233 | |
3285096581 | what things are reabsorbed to blood by active transport | Na Cl amino acids glucose | 234 | |
3285098153 | Na Cl amino acids glucose are reabsorbed to blood by | active transport | 235 | |
3285100852 | what things are reabsorbed to blood by diffusion | Na Cl h2o | 236 | |
3285104797 | Na Cl h2o are reabsorbed to blood by | diffusion | 237 | |
3285104798 | what things are excreted by kidney | urea excess h2o excess solutes toxins | 238 | |
3285107120 | urea excess h2o excess solutes toxins are | excreted by kidney | 239 | |
3285109351 | examples of toxins that kidney would excrete | drugs | 240 | |
3285112265 | high blood osmolarity level | less water more solute (too many solutes in blood) | 241 | |
3285115395 | what things cause high blood osmolarity | dehydration sweating salty diet diarrhea | 242 | |
3285119121 | dehydration salty diet sweating diarrhea cause | high blood osmolarity | 243 | |
3285125015 | to deal with high blood osmolarity, pituitary gland releases | ADH | 244 | |
3285125016 | ADH aka | antidiuretic hormone | 245 | |
3285126889 | antidiuretic hormone aka | ADH | 246 | |
3285126890 | ADH makes you | not pee | 247 | |
3285130265 | to deal with high blood osmolarity, _________________ releases ADH | pituitary gland | 248 | |
3285134225 | to deal with high blood osmolarity, pituitary gland releases ADH, which | increases thirst | 249 | |
3285136471 | to deal with high blood osmolarity, pituitary gland releases ADH, which increases thirst, which | increases water consumption | 250 | |
3285142728 | to deal with high blood osmolarity, pituitary gland releases ADH, which increases thirst, which increases water consumption, which | decreases blood osmolarity | 251 | |
3285144767 | alcohol inhibits | ADH | 252 | |
3285144768 | what inhibits ADH | alcohol | 253 | |
3285146700 | alcohol inhibits ADH, causing | excessive urination | 254 | |
3285148804 | alcohol inhibits ADH, causing excessive urination and | extreme dehydration | 255 | |
3285153728 | low blood osmolarity causes | low blood pressure | 256 | |
3285153729 | low blood pressure aka | low blood osmolarity | 257 | |
3285155997 | to deal with low blood osmolarity, JGA releases | renin protein | 258 | |
3285158251 | JGA aka | juxtaglomerular apparatus | 259 | |
3285160020 | juxtaglomerular apparatus aka | JGA | 260 | |
3285162085 | renin protein job | converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin | 261 | |
3285163986 | who converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin | renin protein | 262 | |
3285198130 | to deal with low blood osmolarity, JGAn releases renin protein, which converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin, which causes | arterioles to constrict | 263 | |
3285198131 | angiotensin causes | arterioles to constrict | 264 | |
3285202207 | to deal with low blood osmolarity, JGAn releases renin protein, which converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin, which causes arterioles to constrict, which | increases blood pressure | 265 | |
3285203705 | anginotensin also triggers | release of aldosterone | 266 | |
3285209155 | anginotensin also triggers release of aldosterone from | adrenal gland | 267 | |
3285209156 | adrenal gland is | hat of kidney | 268 | |
3285209283 | hat of kidney aka | adrenal gland | 269 | |
3285220639 | to deal with low blood osmolarity, anginotensin triggers release of aldosterone, which increases | reabsorption of NaCl and H2o (in kidneys) | 270 | |
3285222205 | aldosterone increases | reabsorption of NaCl and H2o | 271 | |
3285228479 | to deal with low blood osmolarity, anginotensin triggers release of aldosterone, which increases reabsorption of Nacl and H2o, which increases | blood osmolarity | 272 | |
3289856112 | Does ADH increase thirst | Yes | 273 | |
3289856271 | ADH increases | Thirst | 274 | |
3289856415 | Descending limb is permeable to | H2o | 275 | |
3289856505 | Ascending limb is permeable to | Salts | 276 | |
3289865513 | What triggers release of aldosterone | Angiotensin | 277 | |
3294285999 | JGA and renin protein help fix | low blood osmolarity | 278 | |
3294287797 | ADH helps with | high blood osmolarity | 279 | |
3294302231 | path of urine in body | kidney ureter bladder urethra | 280 | |
3294302232 | kidney ureter bladder urethra aka | path of urine in body | 281 | |
3294305192 | why is ascending limb not very permeable to h2o | not many aquaporins | 282 | |
3294422809 | what hormone increases reabsorption of Na Cl H2o? | aldosterone | 283 | |
3294430686 | name three places counter current takes place | fish gills nephron alveoli | 284 | |
3294430687 | fish gills nephron alveoli are all home to | counter current systems | 285 |
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