Module 12

Question 1

What cells are responsible for monitoring BP levels?

Answer 1

Granular cells

Question 2

What is the main function of the proximal convoluted tubule?

Answer 2

Reabsorption of putting things back into peritubular capillaries that we do not want to get rid of

Question 3

What do intercalated cells monitor?

Answer 3

Acid-base balance

Question 4

What do principle cells monitor?

Answer 4

Salt & water

Question 5

Which hormone increases your BP?

Answer 5

Angiotensin II

Question 6

Where is the common site for bladder infections?

Answer 6

Trigone

Question 7

Which sphincteric is the only one under voluntary control?

Answer 7

External urethral sphincteris

Question 8

Glucose clearance should be ___ from the kidneys?

Answer 8

Zero

Question 9

Where do electrolytes dissasociate?

Answer 9

In water

Question 10

What is hypotonic hydration

Answer 10

too much water

Question 11

What does electrolyte balance mean?

Answer 11

Salt balance

Question 12

What is the main cation found in cells?

Answer 12

Potassium

Question 13

What is the most abundant mineral in the body?

Answer 13

Calcium

Question 14

What increases our bone calcium?

Answer 14

Calcitonin

Question 15

What increases our blood calcium levels?

Answer 15

PTH

Question 16

What is the normal blood pH?

Answer 16

7.45

Question 17

What pH level is considered alkalosis?

Answer 17

Above 7.45

Question 18

What pH level is considered acidosis?

Answer 18

Below 7.36

Question 19

What carbon dioxide levels should we have in our body?

Answer 19

between 35 and 45

Question 20

What produces sperm and testosterone?

Answer 20

Testes

Question 21

What are the male accessory sex glands?

Answer 21

Seminal vesicles, prostate and bulbourethral glands

Question 22

Where is the site of sperm production?

Answer 22

Seminiferous tubules

Question 23

Where does sperm learn to swim?

Answer 23

Epidymis

Question 24

What is the foreskin?

Answer 24

Loose skin covering the glans

Question 25

What is the glans penis?

Answer 25

Tip or the end

Question 26

Where is a vasectomy done?

Answer 26

ductus differens

Question 27

What is Graafian?

Answer 27

When a follicle is ready for ovulation

Question 28

Where is the site of fertilization of an egg?

Answer 28

Ampulla

Question 29

What is the narrow region where the uterine tube meets the vagina?

Answer 29

Isthmus

Question 30

What are the 3 parts of the uterus?

Answer 30

Body, fundus, isthmus, cervix

Question 31

What is the endometrium?

Answer 31

Mucosal lining that is shed during menstruation

Question 32

Where is the urethra embedded?

Answer 32

The anterior wall

Question 33

What is the clitoris

Answer 33

erectile tissue hooded by a prepule

Question 34

What is the glans clitoris

Answer 34

exposed portion

Question 35

What is the perineum?

Answer 35

Diamond-shaped region between pubic arch and coccyx

Question 36

What is menarche?

Answer 36

A woman's first period

Question 37

Inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney is referred to as

Answer 37

Glomerulonephritis

Question 38

The major work of urine formation is performed by the nephrons?

Answer 38

true

Question 39

Most glucose molecules that enter the filtrate are reabsorbed in the ?

Answer 39

Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 40

Where is the kidney located?

Answer 40

retropineritoneal in the superior lumbar region

Question 41

The right kidney is lower than the left?

Answer 41

True

Question 42

From the collecting ducts of the nephrons, urine drains directly into?

Answer 42

minor calyces

Question 43

The kidneys help regulate blood pressure by adjusting blood volume?

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The proximal convoluted tubes are continuous with the ascending limb of the nephron loop?

Answer 44

False

Question 45

Most solutes in body fluids are?

Answer 45

electrolytes

Question 46

The most abundant buffer system in blood plasma and intracellular fluid is the?

Answer 46

Protein buffer system

Question 47

The slowest mechanism for removing excess acids from the body fluids is?

Answer 47

Urinary excretion

Question 48

Urine drains from the urinary bladder via the?

Answer 48

urethra

Question 49

Urine is expelled from the body by a process called

Answer 49

micturition