Study Guide

Question 1

Glomerular filtration depends on filtration pressure, which is largely determined by

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Blood pressure

Question 2

Acute kidney (renal) failure is not commonly caused by

Answer 2

High blood pressure or diabetes

Question 3

Chronic kidney (renal) failure is commonly causes by

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High blood pressure or diabetes

Question 4

Unlike acute renal failure, chronic renal failure generally does not result from

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Poisons or alcohol abuse

Question 5

Kegel exercises can help strengthen carols control of

Answer 5

Urinary sphincters, which may help speed her recovery

Question 6

Pyelonephritis is generally treated with

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Intravenous fluids, pain medication, and antibiotics

Question 7

The afferent arterioles bring blood to the capillaries of the

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Glomeruli

Question 8

The bowman’s or glomerular capsule surrounds the

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Glomerulus

Question 9

The renal pelvis divides into

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Small tubes known as calyces

Question 10

The smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder is the deteusor muscle, which contracts to

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Push urine from the bladder into the urethra

Question 11

The loop of Henle curves back toward the renal corpuscle and starts to twist, becoming the distal convoluted tubule that

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Joins with tubules from several nephrons to form collecting ducts

Question 12

Chronic glomerulonephritis is one of the causes of

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Chronic renal disease

Question 13

The efferent arterioles deliver blood to the

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Peritubular capillaries

Question 14

The glomerulus is the mass of capillaries in the

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Bowman capsule that forms the renal corpuscle

Question 15

The hilum is where the renal artery, renal vein, and ureter

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Enter the kidney

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The proximal convoluted tubule is directly attached to the

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Bowman capsule and eventually straightens out to become the loop of Henle

Question 17

The amnion is a

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Protective, fluid-filled sac that surrounds the embryo

Question 18

The endoderm gives rise to

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Epithelial tissues only

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The ectoderm gives rise to

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Nervous tissue ans some epithelial cells

Question 20

The ductus venosus allow most of the fetal blood to

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Bypass the liver

Question 21

The foramen ovale is a hole located between the right and left atria during fetal development that allows most of the vital blood to flow from

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The right atrium into the left atrium

Question 22

The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary trunk and the

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Aorta during fetal development

Question 23

Oral contraceptives include low doses of estrogen in progesterone that prevent

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The LH surge necessary for ovulation

Question 24

The rhythm method requires abstinence from sexual intercourse around the time

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A female is ovulating

Question 25

Coitus interruptus, or withdrawal, requires the male to withdrawal the penis before

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Ejaculation

Question 26

Mechanical barriers include

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Condoms, diaphragms, and cervical caps

Question 27

An intrauterine device, or IUD, prevents the

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Blastocyst from implanting in the uterus

Question 28

Marilyn and her husband need to know that 35% of infertility is from male causes, and another 15% is from unknown causes. Only 50% of infertility cases are related to

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Female causes

Question 29

Woman who are pregnant and have the herpes virus should deliver by c section, because

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Vaginally delivery increases the protection for the virus to be passed to the child, with potentially fatal outcomes

Question 30

Signs and symptoms of AIDS include

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Flu like symptoms and frequent opportunistic infections by organisms like pneumocystis carinii. A T-cell count should be preformed; if it is low, Lee may have HIV/AIDS

Question 31

Syphilis can be xudes with penicillin, or with another antibiotics of the patient is allergic to

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Penicillin

Question 32

The decline in estrogen and progesterone levels cause the

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Uterine lining to break down, and menses start

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Prolactin causes the mammary glands to

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Produce milk, and oxytocin stimulates the ejection of milk from the mammary gland ducts

Question 34

The cell formed by the union of a sperm and egg is a

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Zygote