Urinary System

Question 1

Animals with kidney disease will often become

Answer 1

Anemic

Question 2

The _______ kidney always sits higher, more cranial to the body

Answer 2

Right

Question 3

The indented area of the kidney is called the

Answer 3

Hillus

Question 4

The inner part of the kidney is called the

Answer 4

Medulla

Question 5

The outer part of the kidney is called the

Answer 5

Cortex

Question 6

What percentage of all tubular reabsorption occurs in the proximal convoluted tubules

Answer 6

65

Question 7

Insufficient production of antidiuretic hormone by the posterior pituitary gland can result in

Answer 7

Polyuria

Question 8

The urinary bladder is lined with

Answer 8

Transitional epithelial cells

Question 9

The kidney produces this hormone that is necessary for red blood cell production

Answer 9

Erythropoietin

Question 10

The blood in the efferent arterioles in the kidney is

Answer 10

Oxygenated

Question 11

An animal that is house trained has learned to control what

Answer 11

The muscle sphincter

Question 12

The urinary system includes

Answer 12

Two kidneys, one urethra, two ureters, and one urinary bladder

Question 13

Aldosterone causes reabsorption of _________ in the distal convoluted tubules

Answer 13

Sodium

Question 14

Glucose and amino acids “hitch a ride” back into the blood with what molecule

Answer 14

Sodium

Question 15

The kidneys are located in the

Answer 15

Retroperitoneal space of the abdominal cavity

Question 16

What percentage of amino acids and glucose in the tubular filtrate are reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule

Answer 16

100%

Question 17

What is the basic functional unit of the kidney

Answer 17

Nephron

Question 18

Tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion occur where

Answer 18

Peritubular capillaries

Question 19

What substances do not leave the blood stream through the fenestrations of the glomerular capillaries

Answer 19

Proteins

Question 20

Anuria

Answer 20

No urine produced

Question 21

Oliguria

Answer 21

Small amount of urine produced

Question 22

Polyuria

Answer 22

Large amount of urine produced

Question 23

The blood vessel in these vessels contain the least amount of waste in the body

Answer 23

Renal vein

Question 24

The kidneys of these animals have a multi pyramidal or multilober appearance

Answer 24

Pigs

Question 25

Most of the tubular reabsorption takes place here

Answer 25

Proximal convoluted tubules

Question 26

Most of tubular secretion takes place here

Answer 26

Distal convoluted tubules

Question 27

The process of transferring substances from the peritubular capillaries to the tubular filtrate

Answer 27

Secretion

Question 28

The process of transferring substances from the tubular filtrate to the peritubular capillaries

Answer 28

Reabsorption

Question 29

This is composed of the glomerulus and bowman’s capsule

Answer 29

Renal corpuscle

Question 30

Up to ____% of the blood pumped by the heart goes to the kidneys

Answer 30

25%

Question 31

How is urine volume determined

Answer 31

20-40 ml/kg/day