Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)
Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781260231700
Author: Sylvia S. Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 16.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 16.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 16.1 - Summarize the roles of the urinary system in the...Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.1 - Explain why urinary system diseases may cause...Ch. 16.2 - Identify the structures of a human kidney.Ch. 16.2 - Identify the parts of a nephron and state the...Ch. 16.2 - Distinguish between glomerular filtration, tubular...Ch. 16.2 - Identify the parts of a nephron that are found in...
Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.2 - Summarize how the kidney uses the processes of...Ch. 16.2 - Explain where in the nephron, and by what process,...Ch. 16.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 16.3 - Describe the three processes that are required for...Ch. 16.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 16.4 - Summarize how damage to the glomeruli/nephrons can...Ch. 16.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 16.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 16.4 - Prob. 1QTCCh. 16.4 - Prob. 2QTCCh. 16.4 - Prob. 3QTCCh. 16.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 16.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 16 - Prob. S2.3BYBCh. 16 - Prob. F4.3BYBCh. 16 - Prob. S11.5BYBCh. 16 - Prob. 1ACh. 16 - Prob. 2ACh. 16 - Prob. 3ACh. 16 - Prob. 4ACh. 16 - Prob. 5ACh. 16 - Prob. 6ACh. 16 - Prob. 7ACh. 16 - Prob. 8ACh. 16 - Prob. 9ACh. 16 - Prob. 10ACh. 16 - Prob. 11ACh. 16 - Prob. 12ACh. 16 - Prob. 1TCCh. 16 - Prob. 2TCCh. 16 - Prob. 3TC
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