Kidney Anatomy

Question 1

Answer 1

Ureter

Question 2

Answer 2

Renal pelvis

Question 3

Answer 3

Renal vein and Renal artery

Question 4

Answer 4

Renal papilla

(the point of the pyramid that projects into the calyx)

Question 5

Answer 5

Renal capsule

Question 6

Answer 6

Renal pyramid

composed mostly of tubules

function: transporting urine from the cortical areas to the calyces

(cup-shaped cavities) connected to ureter

Question 7

Answer 7

Renal column

Question 8

Answer 8

Cortex

Question 9

Answer 9

Medulla

Question 10

Answer 10

Medulla

Question 11

Answer 11

Capsule

Question 12

Answer 12

Cortex

Question 13

Answer 13

Papillae

The point of each pyramid, called the papilla, projects into a calyx. The calyces are cup-shaped cavities in which urine collects before it passes through the ureter to the bladder.

Question 14

Answer 14

Hilum

Question 15

Answer 15

Major calyx

Question 16

Answer 16

Renal cortex

Question 17

Answer 17

Medulla

Question 18

Answer 18

Papilla

Question 19

Answer 19

Pyramids

Question 20

Answer 20

Glomerulus

a tuft of capillaries composed of endothelial cells

Question 21

Answer 21

Renal corpuscle

or

Bowman’s capsule

Question 22

Answer 22

Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 23

Answer 23

Distal convoluted tubule

Question 24

A ____ ____ is the blood-filtering component of the nephron of the kidney.

Answer 24

renal corpuscle

Question 25

The renal corpuscle consists of a glomerulus (a tuft of capillaries composed of endothelial cells) and a:

Answer 25

glomerular capsule known as Bowman's capsule.

Question 26

Answer 26

Glomerulus (a tuft of capillaries composed of endothelial cells)

Question 27

Answer 27

Bowman's capsule (glomerular capsule)