Urinary System

Question 1

Kidney in the Urinary System

Answer 1

Eliminates urea, minerals, and excess water

Kidneys regulate the amount of water we need to maintain in our bodies

Question 2

Ureters

Answer 2

Tubes that take urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

Question 3

Urinary bladder

Answer 3

A sack that stores urine

Question 4

Urethra

Answer 4

Small tube that leads urine out of the body

Question 5

Urine from the kidney goes to the

Answer 5

Ureter then moves to the bladder to be expelled from the body

Question 6

Structure of the Kidney contains

Answer 6

Cortex, Medulla, Pelvis

Question 7

Cortex is the

Answer 7

Outmost part of the kidney

Question 8

Medulla is the

Answer 8

Middle part of the kidney

Question 9

Pelvis is the

Answer 9

Inner part of the kidney

Question 10

The Renal artery is where

Answer 10

Dirty blood goes in the kidney

Question 11

The Renal vein is where

Answer 11

Clean blood goes out the kidney

Question 12

The Nephron is located in the

Answer 12

Medulla

Question 13

Nephron is a

Answer 13

Filtering Unit

Question 14

Nephron has 2 parts which is the

Answer 14

Renal Tubules and the Renal Corpuscle

Question 15

The Renal Tubules contains the

Answer 15

Proximal Convolated Tubule (PCT)
Loop of Henle
Disital Convolated Tubule (DCT)

Question 16

The Renal Corpuscle contains the

Answer 16

Glomerulus
Bowman’s Capsule

Question 17

Urine Formation is in the nephron and it has 3 Stages which are

Answer 17

Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion

Question 18

Filtration happens in

Answer 18

The glomerulus (due to high pressure). It produces glomerular filtrate/primary urine. (except for blood cells and proteins because it is too big to go through the holes

Question 19

Reabsorption happens in

Answer 19

The PCT to absorb all important substances back into the blood. It produces secondary urine containing waste, toxins, all dangerous/unimportant part

Question 20

Secretion/Augmentation happens in

Answer 20

The DCT. Excess substance from the blood vessels will be put to tubule in the kidneys. It produces tertiary urine (Real Urine)

Question 21

After Secretion Urine will flow into the

Answer 21

Collecting tubule - Pelvis - Ureter - Bladder - Urethra

Question 22

The Clean Blood goes to the

Answer 22

Heart and then circulates around the body