Urinary system

Question 1

what part of the renal cortex is found bet. renal pyramids?

Answer 1

Columns

Question 2

Stones in the urinary tract develop/are formed in the

Answer 2

kidneys

Question 3

What blood vessels run through the renal columns?

Answer 3

interlobar

Question 4

among normal adult males, the average weight of each kidney is

Answer 4

150gms

Question 5

it crosses the ureter at its 2nd constriction

Answer 5

iliac vessels (level of pelvic brim/inlet)

Question 6

pain impulses from kidneys run through the sympathetic fibers that enter the _____ segment of spinal cord

Answer 6

T10-T12

Question 7

The uretero-vesical junction is where

Answer 7

the ureter joins the urinary bladder

Question 8

what is the other term for “addison’s plane”?

Answer 8

Transpyloric plane [imaginary transverse line bet. suprasternal/jugular notch & upper border of symphysis pubis]

Question 9

regarding the coverings of the kidney, what is loosely adherent to the kidney?

Answer 9

renal capsule

Question 10

regarding the coverings of the kidney, what is the fatty capsule that separates the perirenal and pararenal fat?

Answer 10

Renal fascia; gerota’s fascia

Question 11

tuft of capillaries within the bowmans capsule

Answer 11

glomerulus