Urinary System

Question 1

vessel bringing blood into the kidney

Answer 1

renal artery

Question 2

vessel bringing blood into the glomerulus

Answer 2

afferent arteriole

Question 3

structure that filters blood of waste products

Answer 3

glomerulus

Question 4

temporary storage of urine

Answer 4

urinary bladder

Question 5

transports urine from kidney to bladder

Answer 5

ureter

Question 6

transports urine from bladder to external environment

Answer 6

urethra

Question 7

reabsorbs water from nephron tubules

Answer 7

pertibular capillaries

Question 8

receives filtrate from glomerulus

Answer 8

nephron tubules

Question 9

micturation

Answer 9

urination

Question 10

hollow muscular tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

Answer 10

ureter

Question 11

Renal pyramids are located in the renal ____.

Answer 11

medulla

Question 12

Urine drains from major calyces into the ___.

Answer 12

renal pelvis

Question 13

part of the nephron unit that filters blood of nitrogenous wastes

Answer 13

glomerulus

Question 14

The ___ carries blood into the renal corpuscle.

Answer 14

afferent arteriole

Question 15

Reabsorption of water and organic nutrients occurs mostly in the ___ and the loop of Henle.

Answer 15

PCT

Question 16

In the nephron the ___ elevates blood volume and blood pressure.

Answer 16

juxtaglomerular apparatus

Question 17

vascular structure that returns water and other substances from the PCT, DCT and loop of Henle

Answer 17

pertibular capillaries

Question 18

The internal urethral sphincter is located in the ___.

Answer 18

urinary bladder

Question 19

The ___ is longer in the male than in the female and transports urine from the urinary bladder to the external environment.

Answer 19

urethra

Question 20

The longest part of the urethra in the male is the ___ urethra.

Answer 20

spongy

Question 21

Through what gland does part of the male urethra pass?

Answer 21

prostate

Question 22

The ___ sphincter is located in the urogenital diaphragm.

Answer 22

external urinary

Question 23

The right kidney is lower than the left kidney due to displacement by the ___.

Answer 23

liver

Question 24

arteries that pass through the renal columns

Answer 24

interlobar

Question 25

direct branches of arcuate arteries in the kidneys

Answer 25

interlobular

Question 26

Arcuate arteries are located in the renal ___ of the kidneys.

Answer 26

cortex

Question 27

The renal pelvis empties urine into the ____.

Answer 27

ureter