Biology 242 – Lecture
BONUS QUIZ: RENAL BLOOD FLOW
Winter Qtr., 2006
NAME:________________________________________
I am an RBC in the Descending Abdominal Aorta traveling to the distal-most part of the descending
Limb of the Loop of Henle of one Nephron in the Right Kidney to off-load my cargo of O2, and then
make my way to the Right Atrium of the Heart. Please indicate my route by correctly sequencing the
following structures in numerical order. I will “start it off” and “finish it off” for you, but you must
fill in everything in between. Place an “X” on the blank for any structure that I will NOT utilize on my trip.
_____ Desc. Abdominal Aorta
_____Interlobar Artery
_____ Right Renal Artery
_____Interlobar Vein
_____Segmental Vein
_____Interlobular Vein
_____Interlobular Artery
_____Peritubular capillaries
_____Vasa recta
_____Efferent arteriole
_____ Right Renal Vein
_____Arcuate Artery
_____Segmental Artery
_____Afferent arteriole
______Glomerulus
_____Arcuate Vein
_____Inferior Vena Cava
______Right Atrium of Heart