m.19

Question 1

• The organ that stores urine, before excretion.

Answer 1

Urinary Bladder

Question 2

• The kidney is considered [___], it is located in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum.

Answer 2

RetroPeritoNeal

Question 3

• The connective tissue covering the external surface of the kidney

Answer 3

Renal capsule

Question 4

• Fatty mass that cushions the kidney, helps attach to the body wall

Answer 4

Adipose Capsule

Question 5

• The outer layer of dense fibrous connective tissue that anchors the kidney

Answer 5

renal fascia

Question 6

• The tube that carries urine from kidney to urinary bladder

Answer 6

Ureter

Question 7

• Contains glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.

Answer 7

Renal Cortex

Question 8

• Site of urine collection.

Answer 8

Renal medulla

Question 9

• Contains pyramid papilla, collects its urine.

Answer 9

Minor calyx

Question 10

• Formed by several calyces,
• it drains into the renal pelvis.

Answer 10

Major calyx

Question 11

• The central collecting site.

Answer 11

Renal Pelvis

Question 12

• Moves blood from the renal artery → interlobar artery

Answer 12

Segmental artery

Question 13

• Moves blood from Segmental arteries → Arcuate arteries

Answer 13

InterLobar arteries

Question 14

• Interlobar arteries → [___]
• Small vessels found at renal pyramids base.

Answer 14

Arcuate arteries

Question 15

• Arcuate-arteries → [___]
• Supplies cortical tissue

Answer 15

Cortical Radiate Arteries

Question 16

• Cortical-radiate-arteries → [___]
• Small blood vessels
• Approaches glomerulus (proximal part of the nephron)

Answer 16

Afferent Arterioles

Question 17

• Afferent-arterioles → [___]
• Fenestrated vessels
• Allows passage of all plasma elements, but not blood cells.

Answer 17

GloMeRular Capillaries

Question 18

• Glomerular-capillaries → [___]
• Small blood vessels
• Exits glomerulus
• Blood glomerulus filtration completion

Answer 18

Efferent Arterioles

Question 19

• Most tubular reabsorption occurs.

Answer 19

Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 20

• Tubular secretion of H+, potassium, and certain drugs

Answer 20

Distal convoluted tubule

Question 21

• Efferent-arterioles → [___]
• Reabsorbed materials reenter the bloodstream

Answer 21

PerituBular capillaries

Question 22

• Peritubular-capillaries → [___]
• Takes deoxygenated blood

Answer 22

Cortical Radiate veins

Question 23

• Cortical-radiate-veins → [___]
• Receives blood that drains from the interlobular veins,
• Feeds into the interlobar veins

Answer 23

Arcuate veins

Question 24

• [___] → Renal-veins
• receives blood that drains from the arcuate veins
• Feeds to renal veins

Answer 24

Interlobar veins

Question 25

• Limits passaged of formed-elements (RBCs, WBCs and PLTs).

Answer 25

Capillary Endothelium

Question 26

• Limits passage of large-proteins.

Answer 26

Basal lamina

Question 27

• Limits passage of small-proteins.
• Porous membrane

Answer 27

Podocyte

Question 28

• reclaims reabsorbed substances,
• such as water and sodium ions.

Answer 28

Vasa recta

Question 29

• transports urine from kidney to bladder.
• Peristalsis
• hydrostatic pressure
• gravity.

Answer 29

Ureter

Question 30

• The Urinary bladder is [___] shaped, formed by openings of the ureters and urethra.

Answer 30

Trigone

Question 31

• The [___]-muscle in the urinary bladder constricts to assists in excreting urine (involuntary).

Answer 31

Detrusor

Question 32

• The [___]-urinary bladder sphincter is voluntary.

Answer 32

External

Question 33

• formed by merger of several collecting ducts

Answer 33

Renal papillary duct

Question 34

• the location in the kidney where processed filtrate, called urine, is collected from the renal tubules

Answer 34

Collecting duct

Question 35

• supplies adrenal glands

Answer 35

Suprarenal artery

Question 36

• Extensions of renal cortex found in between renal pyramids

Answer 36

Renal columns

Question 37

• small projection that extends into each minor calyx

Answer 37

Renal papilla

Question 38

• triangular-shaped division of the medulla of the kidney

Answer 38

Renal pyramid base

Question 39

• reabsorbs Na⁺ and Cl⁻ from the filtrate into the interstitial fluid⁻

Answer 39

Ascending nephron loop

Question 40

• reabsorption of water continues through channels formed by aquaporin proteins

Answer 40

Descending nephron limb

Question 41

• Space in-between the Bowman’s Capsule and Glomerulus

Answer 41

Capsular space

Question 42

• secretes renin in response to a drop in blood pressure

Answer 42

Juxtaglomerular cell

Question 43

• sodium concentration sensors of the tubular fluid

Answer 43

Macula densa

Question 44

• simple squamous epithelium and forms the outer wall of the capsule

Answer 44

Parietal layer

Question 45

Answer 45

Pedicles of a podocyte

Question 46

• Small enough to exclude blood cells
• Highly permeable

Answer 46

Glomerular fenestrated endothelium

Question 47

Answer 47

Podocyte filtration slits