Macroscopic kidney

Question 1

Urine producing organ of the Kidney?

Answer 1

The nephron

Question 2

Urine transporting, storing and excreting organs of urinary system?

Answer 2

Renal pelvis (collecting system)
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra (sex specific differences)

Question 3

Whilst most kidneys are not very mobile which animals are more mobile?

Answer 3

The cat.

Question 4

Dog, cat, sheep and goats have what shaped kidneys?

Answer 4

Bean-shaped

Question 5

Which animal has a more elongated kidney shape?

Answer 5

The pig.

Question 6

Equine kidneys are more ….. shaped?

Answer 6

Triangular shaped.

Question 7

Bovine kidneys are …….. shaped?

Answer 7

Lobulated and irregular in appearance.

Question 8

The internal zone of the renal cortex is called?

Answer 8

The juxtamedullar zone.

Question 9

Dog, cat, sheep, horse kidneys have what kind of lobes?

Answer 9

fused unilobar.

Question 10

Pig and human lobes are?

Answer 10

Multilobar/fused

Question 11

Cow, dolphin and elephant lobes are?

Answer 11

Multilobar/separate

“Multipyramidal”.

Question 12

Rodents and lagomorphs have what kind of lobes?

Answer 12

Single renal lobe

Question 13

What kind of epithelium are the ureters made from?

Answer 13

transitional epithelium

Question 14

When ureter’s do not open in the correct position they are described as being?

Answer 14

‘ectopic’

Question 15

When distended what happens to the bladders appearance?

Answer 15

Folds and wrinkled appearance disappear.

Question 16

What are the two ligaments associated with the bladder?

Answer 16

Two lateral ligaments of the bladder insert in the dorsal abdominal wall
Within them are the residual umbilical vessels
The median ligament connects the bladder to the pelvic floor and linea alba.

Question 17

In what species does the urethra extends 3 – 4 cm beyond the glans penis?

Answer 17

Ovidae and capridae

Question 18

Which species has sigmoidal urethra?

Answer 18

Male felidae.

Question 19

What do these species share in common Reptiles

Crocodilians, Fish,Amphibians and Birds?

Answer 19

Renal portal system.

Question 20

What arteries supply the distal ureter?

Answer 20

cranial vesicular artery and the vaginal / prostatic artery

Question 21

The renal pelvis and proximal ureter are supplied by what artery?

Answer 21

renal artery

Question 22

The caudal vesicular artery supplies?

Answer 22

The bladder.

Question 23

The urethral artery supplies?

Answer 23

The urethra.

Question 24

Where does the bladder receive sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation from?

Answer 24

Sympathetic: Hypogastric nerve
Parasympathetic: Pudendal nerve