Human Anatomy Chapter 23

Front 1

Connective tissue covering surface of kidney

Back 1

Renal Capsule

Front 2

The collective name of the urine-froming tubules

Back 2

Nephron

Front 3

The medial concave cleft in which vessels, ureters, and nerves enter/leave the kidney

Back 3

Hilus

Front 4

85% of nephrons are described by this term which rlates to their lovation in the kidney

Back 4

Cortical

Front 5

Contraction of this muscle forces urine from the bladder

Back 5

Detrusor

Front 6

Crystallined salt precipitates that frequency lodege within the ureters

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Renal Calculi

Front 7

The active transport of waste materials from the peritublular capillaries into the nephron

Back 7

Secretion

Front 8

Hormone secreted by jextagomerular cells in response to low blood pressure

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Renin

Front 9

The renal capsule and the glomerular capillaries together make up the renal corpuscle

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True

Front 10

Urine flows from the kidney to the bladder by gravity and peristalis

Back 10

True

Front 11

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) decreases permeability of the collecting tubules to water

Back 11

False

Front 12

In females, the urinary bladder lies anterior to the vagina and uterus

Back 12

True

Front 13

The location and length of the urethra are tow factors that contribute to the high incidence of urinary tract infections in women

Back 13

True

Front 14

The internal urethral sphincter is composed of smooth muscle and is under involuntary control

Back 14

True

Front 15

Which of the following is not normally found in urine?

Back 15

Glucose

Front 16

The most superficial layer of the kidney is the

Back 16

Cortex

Front 17

How much of the fluid filtered by the kidney actually becomes urine?

Back 17

1%

Front 18

Infection of the renal pelvic and calyces is known as

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Pyelitis

Front 19

Under normal resting conditions, ------ of the cardiac output reaches the kidney

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25%

Front 20

Which of the following processes does not participate int eh production of urine in the kidney?

Back 20

Evaporation

Front 21

Your pituitary gland would secrete maximal quantities of antidiuretic hormone if

Back 21

You were adrift on a raft in the ocean in the tropics without fresh water

Front 22

The kidneys lie in the ------ cavity

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Abdominal

Front 23

Renin is produced in

Back 23

The juctaglomerular cells

Front 24

which of the follwing conditions is most often seen in elderly males with prostatic hperplasia?

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Urinary retention

Front 25

Which of the following would not inhibit micturition?

Back 25

Relaxation of the internal uretha sphincter

Front 26

Which of the follwing is not a function of the kidney

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Exrete excess glucose

Front 27

Which of teh following is not usually associated with the formation of renal calculi?

Back 27

Polyurea

Front 28

Of the following, the only epithelial type that does not line the urethra is

Back 28

Simple squamous

Front 29

Which structure attaches to a posterolateral angle of the urinary bladder?

Back 29

Ureter

Front 30

In the micturtion reflex, the detrusor muscle is stimulated to contract by

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Parasympathetic fibers

Front 31

The longest of the 3 parts of teh male urethra is the

Back 31

penile

Front 32

Urine passes through the

Back 32

Renal pelvis to the ureter to the bladder to the urethra

Front 33

An increase in the permeability of collecting tublule cells to water is due to

Back 33

An increase in the production of ADH.

Front 34

Which gland sits atop of each kidney?

Back 34

Adrenal