Chapter 12: Urinary System

Question 1

What are the three main functions of the kidney?

Answer 1

i) Filter blood to eliminate nitrogenous metabolic wastes
ii) Reabsorb water and electrolytes to maintain volume and pH balance of blood
iii) Secrete urine

Question 2

How do the ureters transport urine?

Answer 2

Peristalsis

Question 3

Where is the bladder reflex?

Answer 3

Bladder reflex is found in zone 1, partially on the medial aspect of the foot, halfway between the waistline and the heel line, partially on the plantar aspect of the same location.

Question 4

What reflexes would you work for kidney stones?

Answer 4

Urinary system: whole system

Immune & Lymphatic: lymph reflexes, spleen, thymus, appendix
Digestive: liver
Musculoskeletal: T10/11, spine
Endocrine: adrenal, pituitary, parathyroid
Nervous system: eyes, ears, solar plexus, hypothalamus
Cardiovascular: heart

Question 5

What reflexes would you work for diabetes?

Answer 5

Endocrine: pancreas, adrenals, pituitary, thyroid

Nervous: brain, hypothalamus, solar plexus, eyes
Urinary: whole system
Digestive: liver
Cardiovascular: heart

Question 6

What reflexes would you work for incontinence?

Answer 6

Urinary: whole system
Nervous: brain, hypothalamus, solar plexus, eyes, ears
Endocrine: pituitary, adrenals
Musculoskeletal: L3, spine

Question 7

What reflexes would you work for cystitis?

Answer 7

Urinary: kidneys, ureter, bladder

Endocrine: pituitary, adrenals
Immune & Lymphatic: lymph reflexes, thymus, spleen, appendix
Digestive: liver, pancreas
Musculoskeletal: T12, L3,
Nervous: hypothalamus, solar plexus, eyes, ears