Urinary System

Question 1

function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product.

Answer 1

Urinary System

Question 2

Components of the Urinary System

Answer 2

consists of two kidneys, two ureters, one urinary bladder, and one urethra.

Question 3

Kidneys produces two hormones

Answer 3

calcitriol and erythropoietin

Question 4

regulate blood volume and composition; help regulate blood pressure, pH, and glucose levels; produce two hormones (calcitriol and erythropoietin), and excrete wastes in urine.

Answer 4

Kidney

Question 5

transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Answer 5

Ureters

Question 6

stores urine and expels it into the urethra.

Answer 6

Urinary Bladder

Question 7

discharges urine from the body.

Answer 7

Urethra

Question 8

blood plasma is filtered

Answer 8

renal corpuscle

Question 9

the functional unit of the kidney and the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood.

Answer 9

Nephron

Question 10

capillary network

Answer 10

glomerulus

Question 11

PATH OF BLOOD FILTRATION:

Answer 11

Renal Artery -
Segmental arteries - Interlobar arteries -
Arcuate arteries -
Cortical radiate arteries - Afferent arterioles- Glomerular capillaries- Efferent Arterioles- Peritubular capillaries - Peritubular venules-
Cortical radiate veins- Arcuate veins-
Interlobar Veins-
Renal Veins

Question 12

bowman’s capsule

Answer 12

GLOMERULAR CAPSULE

Question 13

filtered fluid

Answer 13

renal tubule

Question 14

denotes the part of the tubule
attached to the glomerular
capsule

Answer 14

PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED
TUBULE (PCT)

Question 15

organ used for male urination

Answer 15

Penis

Question 16

organ used for female urination

Answer 16

Vagina

Question 17

connects the promixal and distal
convoluted tubules

Answer 17

nephron loop

Question 18

tubule is tightly coiled
rather than straight

Answer 18

convulated

Question 19

Filter blood and create urine as a waste by product

Answer 19

Urinary System

Question 20

Two main regions of the Kidney

Answer 20

Renal Cortex and Renal Medulla

Question 21

Superficial, light red region of the Kidney

Answer 21

Renal Cortex

Question 22

Deep, dark red region of the Kidney

Answer 22

Renal Medulla

Question 23

The process by which urine empties from the bladder

Answer 23

Micturition

Question 24

In females, the urethra is ______ and only ______ cm long.

Answer 24

shorter, 3-4 cm

Question 25

In males, the urethra is _______ and about ______ cm long

Answer 25

longer, 20 cm

Question 26

3 regions of the male urethra

Answer 26

prostatic, intermediate, spongy

Question 27

The flow of fluid through a cortical nephron

Answer 27

Glomerular (Bowman's) Capsule- Proximal convoluted tubule- Descending limb of the nephron loop- Ascending limb of the nephron loop- Distal convoluted tubule (drains into collecting ducts)

Question 28

The flow of fluid through a juxtamedullary nephron

Answer 28

Glomerular (Bowman's) Capsule- Descending limb of the nephron loop- Thin ascending limb of the nephron loop- Thick ascending limb of the nephron loop- Distal convoluted tubule (drains into collecting ducts)

Question 29

PATH OF URINE DRAINAGE

Answer 29

Papillary ducts- Minor Calyx- Major Calyx- Ureter- Urinary Bladder- Urethra

Question 30

formed in the kidneys through the filtration of blood.

Answer 30

Urine

Question 31

Characteristics of the muscular walls of ureters that pushes the urine toward the urinary bladder

Answer 31

Peristaltic contractions hydrostatic pressure and gravity also contribute.

Question 32

Urinary bladder stores urine and expels it into the

Answer 32

Urethra

Question 33

a hollow, distensible muscular organ situated in the pelvic cavity posterior to the pubic symphysis

Answer 33

Urinary Bladder

Question 34

URINARY BLADDER: In males, it is directly _____ to the _____; in females, it is ______ to the ______ and _____ to the ________.

Answer 34

In males, it is directly ANTERIOR to the RECTUM; in females, it is ANTERIOR to the VAGINA and INFERIOR to the UTERUS.

Question 35

Two sphincters control the emptying of the urine from the bladder.

Answer 35

Bladder Neck Sphincter Urethral Sphincter

Question 36

sphincter under involuntary (autonomic) control

Answer 36

Bladder Neck Sphincter

Question 37

sphincter has both voluntary and involuntary components

Answer 37

Urethral Sphincter

Question 38

80–85% of the nephrons are

Answer 38

Cortical Nephron

Question 39

15–20% of the nephrons are

Answer 39

Juxtamedullary nephron

Question 40

Their renal corpuscles lie in the outer portion of the renal cortex, and they have short nephron loops that lie mainly in the cortex and penetrate only into the outer region of the renal medulla.

Answer 40

Cortical Nephron

Question 41

Their renal corpuscles lie deep in the cortex, close to the medulla, and they have a long nephron loop that extends into the deepest region of the medulla.

Answer 41

Juxtamedullary Nephron