Chapter 17 The Urinary System Flashcards
What are the two main regions of the kidney?
Renal cortex and renal medulla
Describe the structure of a nephron.
The nephron is the microscopic unit of the kidney. Its function is to produce urine.
What is the role of filtration in the kidney?
Fluid, electrolytes, and wastes from metabolism are filtered from the blood and enter the nephron.
What are the three basic processes that occur in the nephron?
Filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
How do ADH and aldosterone affect urine output?
ADH decreases the amount of urine by making collecting tubules permeable to water, letting water be reabsorbed from them. Aldosterone stimulates the tubules to reabsorb sodium salts at a faster rate, letting water be retained.
What is anuria? Polyuria?
Anuria is the absence of urine; polyuria is an unusually large amount of urine.
Through what tube does urine leave the kidney?
Ureter
What structural characteristics of the bladder allow it to expand to hold urine?
Elastic fibers and involuntary muscle fibers
Through what structure does urine pass from the bladder to the outside of the body?
Urethra
What is incontinence?
Condition where the patient voids urine involuntarily.
The outermost portion of the kidney is known as the:
a. medulla
b. papilla
c. pelvis
d. pyramid
e. cortex
e. cortex
The saclike structure that surrounds the glomerulus is the:
a. renal pelvis
b. calyx
c. bowman’s capsule
d. cortex
e. none of the above
c. bowman’s capsule
The renal corpuscle is made up of the:
a. bowman’s capsule and proximal convoluted tubule
b. glomerulus and proximal convoluted tubule
c. glomerulus and distal convoluted tubule
d. bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus
d. bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus
Which of the following is not performed by the kidneys?
a. maintenance of homeostasis
b. removal of wastes from the blood
c. production of ADH
d. removal of electrolytes from the blood
c. production of ADH
What percentage of the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed?
a. twenty
b. forty
c. seventy-five
d. eighty-five
e. ninety-nine
e. ninety-nine
What is the glomerular filtration rate?
a. 1.25 mL/min
b. 12.5 mL/min
c. 125.0 mL/min
d. 1250.0 mL/min
e. none of the above
c. 125.0 mL/min
Glucose is reabsorbed into the:
a. loop of henle
b. proximal convoluted tubule
c. distal convoluted tubule
d. glomerulus
e. none of the above
b. proximal convoluted tubule
Reabsorption does not occur in the:
a. loop of henle
b. proximal convoluted tubule
c. distal convoluted tubule
d. collecting tubules
e. calyx
e. calyx
The greater the amount of salt intake, the:
a. less salt is excreted in the urine
b. more salt is reabsorbed
c. more salt excreted in the urine
d. none of the above
c. more salt excreted in the urine
Which of the following substances is secreted by diffusion?
a. sodium ions
b. certain drugs
c. ammonia
d. hydrogen ions
e. potassium ions
c. ammonia
Which of the following statements about ADH is not true?
a. it is stored by the pituitary gland
b. it makes the collecting tubules less permeable to water
c. it makes the distal convoluted tubules more permeable
d. it is produced by the hypothalamus
b. it makes the collecting tubules less permeable to water
Which of the following statements about aldosterone is not true?
a. it is secreted by the adrenal cortex
b. it is a water retaining hormone
c. it is a salt retaining hormone
d. all of the above are correct
d. all of the above are correct
Which of the following is not true of the kidneys?
a. the right kidney is lower than the left
b. they are retroperitoneal
c. the rate of blood flow through the kidneys is among the highest in the body
d. all of the above are true
d. all of the above are true
Bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus make up the:
a. renal tubule
b. renel corpuscle
c. loop of henle
d. collecting tubule
b. renel corpuscle