SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
PCAT Biology Excretion
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
pcat
,
biology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Carbon dioxide and water vapor diffuse from the blood and are continually exhaled
Units of Bowman's capsule
Excretion in Plants
Urinary Bladder
Lungs
2. Water-solube wstes - such as ammonia and carbon dioxide - can exit the cells by simple diffusion through the cell membrane
Peritubular Capillary
Passive Excretion in Protozoans and Cnidarians
Concentration of Urine
Concentration of Urine 3
3. Tubelike things which are continuous with the external air
Concentrated Urine
Spiracles
Stomata
Tracheae
4. Serves to regulate body temperature - since the evaporation of sweat produces cooling
Sweat glands
Excretion in Arthropods
Perspiration
Organs of Excretion in Humans
5. A hormone that causes an increased exchange transport of sodium and potassium ions along the distal convoluted tubule - the collecting tubule - and the collecting duct - resulting in a decreased excretion of sodium ions in the urine and an increased
Lenticels
Alodsterone
Passive Excretion in Protozoans and Cnidarians
Reabsorption
6. Nephron secretes substances such as acids - bases - and ions like potassium and phosphate from the interstitial fluid into the filtrate by both passive and active transport
Secretion
Excretion in Arthropods
Concentrated Urine
Filtrate
7. As the filtrate flowing in the collecting tubules passes through this region of the kidney - on its way to the pelvis and ureter - water flows out of the collecting tubules by osmosis
Stomata
Concentration of Urine 2
Urine Formation
Ureter
8. No specific excretory system in plants -any excess CO2 - O2 - and H2O vapor - leaves the lant by diffusion through stomata and lenticels
Nephron
Sweat glands
Excretion in Plants
Acid Base Disorders (Metabolic)
9. Filtration - secretion - and reabsorption are the three process
Urine Formation
Stomata
Acid Base disorders (Respiratory)
Nephron
10. Capillary bed embraced by Bowman's capsule
Concentration of Urine
Concentrated Urine
Peritubular Capillary
Glomerulus
11. Remains relatively constant at 7.4
Counter-Current-Multiplier System
Tracheae
Body Fluid pH
Nephron
12. Proximal convoluted tubule - the loop of Henle - the distal convoluted tubule - and the collecting duct
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
13. Bulb of nephro -leads into a long - coiled tubule tht is divided into functionally distinct units
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
14. Affect the blood acidity by causing changes in the HCO3-
Transpiration
Acid Base Disorders (Metabolic)
Body Fluid pH
Organs of Excretion in Humans
15. Passive process where Blood pressure forces 20% of the blood plasma entering the glomerulus through the capillary walls and into the surrounding Bowman's capsule
Sweat glands
Osmolarity Gradient
Reabsorption
Filtration
16. Counter-current system causes the medium in the medulla of the kidney to be hyperosmolar with respect to the dilute filtrate flowing in the collecting tubule
Secretion
Acid Base Disorders (Metabolic)
Filtrate
Concentration of Urine
17. Produced by the deamination of amino acids in the liver and diffuses into the blood for ultimate excretion in the kidneys
Lungs
Passive Excretion in Protozoans and Cnidarians
Osmolarity Gradient
Urea
18. The removal of metabolic wastes produced in the body
ADH
Lenticels
Kidney Main Function
Excretion
19. Lungs - liver - skin - and kidneys
Primary Function of Nephron
Filtration
Deamination
Organs of Excretion in Humans
20. Anatomic arrangement of permits the reabsorption of ((% of the filtrate in the collecting tubules -makes the production of concentrated urine possible
Concentration Of Urine 5
Glomerulus
Counter-Current-Multiplier System
Alodsterone
21. An organelle specialized for water excretion by active transport
Counter-Current-Multiplier System
Vacuole
Excretion in Plants
Excretion in Annelids
22. Openings of tracheae
Ureter
Alodsterone
Spiracles
Secretion
23. Concentrated urine in the collecting tubules flows into the pelvis of the kidney - a funnel-like region that opens directly into this
Organs of Excretion in Humans
Ureter
Glomerulus
Concentration of Urine 2
24. Divded into three regions: outer cortex - inner medulla - renal pelvis
Excretion
Tracheae
Kidney Structure
Lenticels
25. Regulate the concentration of salt and water in the blood through the formation and excretion of urine
Transpiration
Secretion
Spiracles
Kidney Main Function
26. Surrounds nephron to facilitate reabsorption of amino acids - glucose - salts - and water
Stomata
Alodsterone
Peritubular Capillary
Counter-Current-Multiplier System
27. Essential substances and water are reabsorbed from the filtrate and returned to the blood -occurs primarily in the proximal convuluted tubule and is an active process
Concentration of Urine 2
Reabsorption
Bowman's capsule
Vacuole
28. Leads to the production of carbon dioxide and water
Aerobic Respiration
Urea
Units of Bowman's capsule
Passive Excretion in Protozoans and Cnidarians
29. Regulation of the permeability of the collecting tubule to water is accomplished by the hormone ADH (vasopressin)
Reabsorption
Concentration Of Urine 5
Glomerulus
Excretion in Plants
30. Affect the blood acidity by causing changes in the PCO2
Nephron
Secretion
Acid Base disorders (Respiratory)
Peritubular Capillary
31. The reabsorption of water in this zone of the kidney - which permits the concentration of urine - dpeends on the permeability of the collecting tubules to water
Concentration Of Urine 5
Excretion
Concentration of Urine 4
Lenticels
32. Carbon dioxide is released from the tissues into adjacent tracheae through spiracles
Units of Bowman's capsule
Excretion in Annelids
ADH
Excretion in Arthropods
33. Pores in stems
Lenticels
Peritubular Capillary
Sweat glands
Uric Acid
34. Exit of water vapor through leaf stomates
Glomerulus
Vacuole
Alodsterone
Transpiration
35. Function to maintain the osmolarity of the blood -excrete numerous waste products and toxic chemicals -conserve glucose - salt - and water
Lenticels
Passive Excretion in Protozoans and Cnidarians
Primary Function of Nephron
Kidneys
36. Through the selective permeability of its walls and the maintenance of an osmolarity gradient - the nephron reabsorbs nutrienets - salts - and water from the filtrate and returns them to the body - thus maintaining the bloodstream's solute concentrat
Lenticels
Nephron Function
Ureter
Deamination
37. Accumulates mineral salts and uric acid in arthropods then transported to the intestine to be expelled with the solid wastes of digestion
Malphigian Tubules
Vacuole
Excretion
Concentration of Urine 3
38. The fluid and small solutes entering the nephron -isotonic with blood plasm
Units of Bowman's capsule
Filtrate
Transpiration
Organs of Excretion in Humans
39. Urine collects until it is expelled via the urethra
Urinary Bladder
Excretion in Arthropods
Lungs
Spiracles
40. Water is removed by capillaries flowing in the medulla
Urine Formation
Concentration of Urine 3
Ureter
Sweat glands
41. Pores in leaves
Units of Bowman's capsule
Nephron Function
Kidney Main Function
Stomata
42. Clean the blood plasma of unwanted substances as it passes throught he kidney
Transpiration
Concentration of Urine 2
Primary Function of Nephron
Uric Acid
43. Excrete water and dissolved salts
Excretion in Plants
Body Fluid pH
Concentration of Urine 4
Sweat glands
44. Hypertonic to the blood
Excretion in Annelids
Concentrated Urine
Urinary Bladder
Kidney Main Function
45. The removal of indigestible material
Aerobic Respiration
Lungs
Elimination
Primary Function of Nephron
46. Processes nitrogenous wastes - blood pigment wastes - and other chemicals for excretion
Acid Base Disorders (Metabolic)
Spiracles
Liver
Urea
47. In the liver - leads to the production of nitrogenous wastes such as urea and ammonia
Nephron
Kidneys
Excretion in Plants
Deamination
48. Consists the Bowman's capsule - which embraces the glomerulus
Excretion in Annelids
Concentration of Urine 4
Nephron
Perspiration
49. Created when exiting and reentering at different segments of the nephron - with tissue osmolarity increasing from cortex to inner medulla
Urine Formation
Osmolarity Gradient
Concentration of Urine
Concentration of Urine 4
50. Increases the permeability of the collecting duct to water - allowing more water to be absorbed and more concentrated urine to be formed
Ureter
Acid Base Disorders (Metabolic)
ADH
Kidneys