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BONUS Your kidneys filter your blood about _____ times per day and reabsorb _____% of the water entering the renal tubules, _____% of the electrolytes in the blood, and _____% of the glucose and amino acids that were filtered out of the blood in the glomerulus.

These are the only vertebrates in which blood flows directly from respiratory organs to body tissues without first returning to the heart.

The main form of nitrogenous wastes released by aquatic invertebrates to their environment is ____.​

The percentage of whole blood occupied by red blood cells is the

The primary organ where erythropoietin is produced is the

Imagine that you have been assign the task of describing a new mammalian species.  You note that this species has mutated so RBCs no longer go through final stage of maturation.  Predict how this might affect the species.

Which term below is ventricular depolarization

A ____ uses air sacs to ventilate its lungs.​

What is the correct rank order for relative amount of water (most to least) required for excretion of the primary nitrogenous wastes generated by different animals?

Freshwater fishes deal with the osmotic stress of living in hypoosmotic conditions in part by ____.​