Understandings:
- Animals are either osmoregulators or osmoconformers.
- The Malphigian tubule system in insects and the kidney carry out osmoregulation and removal of nitrogenous wastes.
- The composition of blood in the renal artery is different from that in the renal vein.
- The ultrastructure of the glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule facilitate ultrafiltration.
- The proximal convoluted tubule selectively reabsorbs useful substances by active transport.
- The loop Henle maintains hypertonic conditions in the medulla.
- The length of the loop of Henle is positively correlated with the need for water conservation in animals.
- ADH controls reabsorption of water in the collecting duct.
- The type of nitrogenous waste in animals is correlates with evolutionary history and habitat.
- Consequences of dehydration and over-hydration.
- Treatment of kidney failure by hemodialysis or kidney transplant.
- Blood cells, glucose, proteins and drugs are detected in urinary tests.
- Drawing and labeling a diagram of the human kidney.
- Annotations of a diagram of the nephron.
- Curiosity about particular phenomena- investigations were carried out to determine how desert animals prevent water loss in their wastes.
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