Figure 22.2 Using Figure 22.2, Match the Following

question 88

Multiple Choice

Figure 22.2
Using Figure 22.2, match the following:
-Air that does not participate in the exchange of gases.

• A)B
• B)D
• C)C

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Definitions:

Glomerulus

A network of capillaries located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney, crucial for the filtration of blood to form urine.

Nephron

The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.

Ascending Loop

A section of the nephron in the kidney where salt and water are reabsorbed into the blood, crucial for urine concentration.

Distal Convoluted Tubule

A portion of the kidney nephron that functions in the reabsorption of water, sodium, and chloride and in the regulation of potassium and acid-base balance.