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Biology · Topic 33

Excretion and kidney function

Sub-topic 1 2026 · National Semifinal Free

Effect of dehydration on kidney water retention and urine concentration

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Sub-topic 2 2026 · National Final Premium

Effect of dehydration on kidney water retention and urine concentration

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Sub-topic 3 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Blood vessels carrying blood of minimum urea content (true/false)

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Sub-topic 4 2025 · National Preliminary Premium

Regions of the mammalian kidney where nephron parts are located

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Sub-topic 5 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Vasa recta: capillaries running parallel to the loop of henle

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Sub-topic 6 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Water impermeability of the ascending limb of the loop of henle

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Sub-topic 7 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Active sodium reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule

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Sub-topic 8 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Urea as a breakdown product of proteins, excreted in urine (true/false)

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Sub-topic 9 2018 · National Preliminary Premium

Blood urea nitrogen as a marker of protein breakdown

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Sub-topic 10 2021 · National Quarterfinal Premium

True or false: aquatic animals usually excrete urea directly into their environment

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Sub-topic 11 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

The thick ascending limb of the loop of henle is impermeable to water

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Sub-topic 12 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: human urine is acidic because h+ ions are actively secreted into the filtrate

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Sub-topic 13 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: human urine is acidic because na/k exchange generates acidity

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Sub-topic 14 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: the sodium transporter exchanges one h+ for each na+ in the peritubular capillaries

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Sub-topic 15 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Adh (vasopressin) drives water reabsorption in the kidneys

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Sub-topic 16 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: kidney-damage anemia occurs because red blood cells pass through the glomerulus

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Sub-topic 17 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: kidney-damage anemia occurs because hemoglobin is not synthesized sufficiently

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Sub-topic 18 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: kidney-damage anemia occurs because iron and vitamin b12 can't bind hemoglobin

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