Histo Urinary System

Question 1

The urinary system consists of:

Answer 1

kidneys,
ureters,
urinary bladder,
urethra

Question 2

Vital in maintaining homeostasis of the body. They regulate blood pressure, blood composition, and fluid volume of the body, produce urine; and maintain acid-base balance

Answer 2

kidney

Question 3

Kidney produce two important hormones

Answer 3

renin
erythropoietin

Question 4

regulates blood pressure and maintains proper filtration pressure for the kidneys.

Answer 4

Renin

Question 5

promotes red blood cell formation in the red bone marrow.

Answer 5

erythropoietin

Question 6

functional unit of the kidney is the

Answer 6

nephron

Question 7

nephron is subdivided into two components.

Answer 7

renal corpuscle
renal tubule

Question 8

consists of a tuft of capillaries

Answer 8

renal corpuscle

Question 9

renal corpuscle consists of a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus) rounded by an inner visceral and an outer parietal layer of epithelial cells, the?

Answer 9

glomerular (browman’s) asule

Question 10

two types of nephron in the kidney

Answer 10

Cortical nephrons
Juxtamedullary nephrons

Question 11

Are located in the cortex of kidney and the kidney

Answer 11

cortical nephrons

Question 12

are situated near the corticomedullary section:

Answer 12

juxtamedullary nephrons

Question 13

produce a hypertonic environment in the interstitium of the kidney medulla, a condition that is necessary for the production of concentrated (hypertonic urine).

Answer 13

juxtamedullary nephrons