Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
A. Heterothermic
B. Peritoneal dialysis
C. Glomerular filtration
D.
E. Thermal radiation
F. Tubular secretion
G. Estivation
H. Convection
I.
J. Nephron
K. Ectothermic
L. Aldosterone
M. Tubular reabsorption
N. Conduction
O. ADH
P. Hemodialysis
Q. Shivering response
A. In hummingbirds, this mode of heat regulation allows higher metabolic rates during the day and cooler body temperature at night.
B. Method of dialysis in which solution is pumped into a patient's abdominal cavity, and wastes diffuse across the cavity lining into the solution, which is drained out
C. Bulk flow of protein-free plasma from capillaries into Bowman's capsule
D. Animals with more or less constant body temperature
E. Emission of heat from body surface when environmental temperature is lower than the body temperature
F. Movement of ions from peritubular capillaries into nephron tubules
G. State of prolonged inactivity that desert reptiles and amphibians use to survive a hot, dry season
H. Heat next to the body's surface undergoes mass transport by air or water currents
I. Active and passive transport of solutes from peritubular capillaries into the glomerular capillaries
J. A long, slender, tubular unit in the vertebrate kidney that forms urine
K. Body temperatures rise and fall with environmental changes.
L. Secreted by adrenal cortex; increases sodium reabsorption
M. Passive transport of water; active and passive transport of solutes out of the nephron into peritubular capillaries
N. Heat energy is transferred from high to low-temperature regions due to collisions between adjacent molecules.
O. Pituitary hormone that increases reabsorption of water through aquaporins
P. Method of removing toxic substances from blood by circulating it through semipermeable tubes immersed in a solution
Q. Fast skeletal muscle contractions stimulated by the hypothalamus
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