Match the Renal Structures or Activities with the Correct Characteristics

question 164

Multiple Choice

Match the renal structures or activities with the correct characteristics, labelled a. through p.
-distal and collecting tubules

• A)collecting tubules empty into this structure
• B)stores the urine
• C)passage of substances from the peritubular into the tubular lumen
• D)carries blood to the glomerulus
• E)tuft of capillaries that forms the filtrate
• F)passage of protein-free plasma into Bowman's capsule
• G)urine is forced through this structure by peristalsis
• H)collects the glomerular filtrate
• I)passage of substances from the tubular lumen into the peritubular capillaries
• J)functional unit of the kidney
• K)supplies the renal tissue with O₂ and nutrients
• L)carries blood from one capillary network to another capillary network
• M)tube through which urine leaves the body
• N)variable water and sodium reabsorption occur here under hormonal control
• O)responsible for the vertical osmotic gradient in the medulla of the kidney
• P)glucose and amino acid reabsorption occur here

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