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Filtration
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- 1The kidneys two million or more nephrons form URINE by a series of what three processes?1. Filtration
2. Re absorption
3. Secretion - 2What process does the formation of URINE begin with?Filtration
- 3What PROCESS happens continually in the Renal Corpuscles?Filtration
- 4What exerts pressure in the Glomeruli?Blood
- 5The Glomeruli blood pressure is high enough to to push what out of the Glomeruli and into the Bowmans Capsule?Water and dissolved substances
- 6What does the Glomerular blood pressure cause briefly?Filtration through the glomerular-capsular membrane
- 7What ceases as a result of low Glomerular blood pressure?Filtration and urine formation cease
- 8What are one of the factors that cause kidney failure?Hemorrhaging that result in a massive drop in blood pressure
- 9Glomerular filtration normally occurs at the rate of how many mL's per minute?125 Milliliters (mL) per minute
- 10How many liters of Glomerular Filtrate is produced by the kidneys each day?180 Liter (L)
About 190 quarts - 11What is produced by the kidneys everyday?Glomerular Filtrate
- 12Fluids and nutrients leave the blood by way of what?Glomerular filtration
- 13Glomerular filtration is also known as what?The first process in urine formation
- 14The fluids and nutrients that leave the body by Glomerular Filtration is reclaimed and returned to the blood by what process?Tubular Reabsorption