Ch. 33 Urinary system

Question 1

System of the body responsible for the production and elimination of urine

Answer 1

Urinary system

Question 2

The urinary system consists of four organs, anatomically:

Answer 2

Kidney
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra

Question 3

Where urine production occurs

Answer 3

kidney

Question 4

Conveys urine from kidney to bladder

Answer 4

Ureter

Question 5

Functions in storage of urine

Answer 5

Urinary bladder

Question 6

Conveys urine from urinary bladder outside of the body

Answer 6

Urethra

Question 7

Bean shaped organ situated on the posterior portion of the abdominal cavity on either side of the vertebral column

Answer 7

kidney

Question 8

The ___. kidney is usually slightly lower due to the mass of ___ above it

Answer 8

right; liver

Question 9

The later border of the kidney is ____

Answer 9

convex

Question 10

The medial border of the kidney is ____

Answer 10

concave

Question 11

The medial border of the kidney presents a paint at which all structures that enter or leave the kidney pass

Answer 11

hilus

Question 12

The hilus marks the entrance into a cavity called the

Answer 12

renal sinus

Question 13

The upper and lower end of the kidney are referred to, respectively:

Answer 13

Superior and inferior pole

Question 14

Gland lying upon the superior pole

Answer 14

adrenal gland/suprarenal gland

Question 15

Internally, the cortex lies at the _____ and the medulla lies ____ to this

Answer 15

periphery, internal

Question 16

The medulla contains the ____

Answer 16

medullary pyramids

Question 17

The ___ renal artery is longer than the ___.

Answer 17

right; left

Question 18

Supplies the kidney

Answer 18

renal arteries

Question 19

Drain the kidney

Answer 19

renal veins

Question 20

The___ renal vein is longer than the ___

Answer 20

left; right

Question 21

The left renal vein also receives tributaries from the _______, ____, and the ____

Answer 21

left suprarenal vein, left gonadal vein, left ascending lumbar vein

Question 22

Muscular tube that conveys urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder

Answer 22

ureter

Question 23

There are two ureters, one draining each ___

Answer 23

kidney

Question 24

Ureters are approximately ___ in length

Answer 24

25 cm

Question 25

The ureters descend along the _____

Answer 25

posterior abdominal wall

Question 26

The ureters descend along the posterior abdominal wall, cross the ___________, and turn medially toward the bladder

Answer 26

bifurcation of the common iliac artery at the pelvic brim.

Question 27

The ureters descend along the posterior abdominal wall, cross the bifurcation of the common iliac artery at the pelvic Brin, and _________

Answer 27

turn medially toward the bladder

Question 28

Arterial supply to the ureter is _____

Answer 28

longitudinal

Question 29

Arterial supply to the utter arises from the branches derived from the _____, ___, ___, and ___

Answer 29

renal artery
gonadal artery
common iliac artery
internal iliac artery

Question 30

Musculomembranous sac that acts as a reservoir for the urine

Answer 30

bladder

Question 31

Urinary bladder is located in the ___ resting upon the ___

Answer 31

pelvis; pubis

Question 32

The muscular wall of the bladder is subdivided into two parts

Answer 32

Trigone

Detrusor

Question 33

Part of the muscular wall of the bladder located between the two openings of the ureter and the internal urethral orfice

Answer 33

trigone

Question 34

Remainder of the urinary bladder, outside of the trigone

Answer 34

Detrusor

Question 35

The urinary bladder is drained by the ___

Answer 35

urethral

Question 36

Drains the urinary bladder, fibromuscular tube that extends from the internal urethral office to the outside of the body

Answer 36

Urethra

Question 37

Blood supply to the bladder is primarily from the _________, which are indirect branches off the _____

Answer 37

superior and inferior vesicle arteries; internal iliac artery.