Lab: APR Renal

Question 1

Renal artery originates from the ____. it passes ____ to enter the kidney

Answer 1

abdominal aorta; laterally

Question 2

Distribution of the renal artery

Answer 2

Kidney
Ureter
Suprarenal gland

Question 3

Renal vein drains blood for the ____, upper part of the ureter, left adrenal gland, and left gonad.

Answer 3

Kidney

Question 4

Renal vein passes _____ from the kidney and anterior to the renal arteries

Answer 4

Medially

Question 5

Renal vein termination

Answer 5

Inferior vena cava

Question 6

Renal pelvis function

Answer 6

conducts urine from major calyx to ureter

Question 7

Renal pelvis is a funnel-shaped tube that exists the kidney through ____

Answer 7

The hilum

Question 8

Ureter function

Answer 8

Transports urine from kidney to urinary bladder

Question 9

Hilum of the kidney is a point of entrance or exit for the

Answer 9

Renal vessels and nerves

Question 10

Point of exit for the hilum of the kidney

Answer 10

Renal pelvis

Question 11

Major calyx function

Answer 11

conducts urine from minor calyx to renal pelvis

Question 12

How many minor calices are there int he kidney

Answer 12

8-10

Question 13

Function of minor calices

Answer 13

Conducts urine from renal papilla to major calyx

Question 14

Renal pyramids lie within the _____ of the kidney

Answer 14

Medulla

Question 15

___ separates adjacent pyramids

Answer 15

Renal columns

Question 16

function of the renal pyramids

Answer 16

releases urine into minor calyces

Question 17

Renal cortex extends into the medulla as the

Answer 17

Renal columns

Question 18

Renal cortex function

Answer 18

renin secretion