Biology

The osmolarity of human urine A) can be four times as great as normal osmolarity

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A primary reason that the kidneys have one of the highest metabolic rates of all

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Compared to wetland mammals, water conservation in mammals of arid regions is en

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Choose a pair that correctly associates the mechanism for osmoregulation or nitr

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An excretory system that is partly based on the filtration of fluid under high h

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The transfer of fluid from the glomerulus to Bowman's capsule A) results from ac

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Within a normally functioning kidney, blood can be found in A) the vasa recta. B

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A person with alkalosis will likely excrete urine that has abnormally high level

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The filtrate in the renal pelvis enters directly from A) the loop of Henle. B) t

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Juxtamedullary nephrons can concentrate salt effectively in the renal medulla be

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Ammonia A) is soluble in water. B) can be stored in the body as a precipitate. C

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Excessive formation of uric acid crystals in humans leads to A) a condition call

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Among vertebrate animals, urea A) is made in the kidneys and immediately excrete

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Ammonia is likely to be the primary nitrogenous waste in living conditions that

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Which nitrogenous waste has the greatest number of nitrogen atoms? A) ammonia B)

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Urea is A) insoluble in water. B) more toxic to human cells than ammonia. C) the

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Unlike most bony fishes, sharks maintain body fluids that are isoosmotic to seaw

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A necropsy (postmortem analysis) of a marine sea star that died after it was mis

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The body fluids of an osmoconformer would be ________ with its ________ environm

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Compared to the seawater around them, most marine invertebrates are A) hyperosmo

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The fluid with the highest osmolarity is A) distilled water. B) plasma in birds.

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Birds that live in marine environments and thus lack access to fresh drinking wa

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Osmoconforming sharks take in water, as needed, A) by migrating to freshwater ri

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A human who has no access to fresh water but is forced to drink seawater instead

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Many marine and freshwater bony fish achieve osmoregulation via A) loss of water

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