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Functions of the urinary system include all of the following except:
conserving nutrients by preventing
their excretion in the urine.
regulating blood pressure.
regulating plasma concentrations of
ions by controlling the amount lost in the urine.
regulating blood volume.
None of the above is an exception;
all of the above are functions of the urinary system.
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No exception
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The urinary system interacts the most closely with components of the:
skeletal system.
nervous system.
circulatory system.
respiratory system.
muscular system.
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Circulatory system
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The urinary system includes all but which of the following?
kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
adrenal
glands
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Adrenal glands
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Normal components of urine in a healthy person include:
hydrochloric acid.
lipids.
ions, water, and small, water soluble
compounds.
bacteria.
none of the
above
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5 .
The
position of the kidneys in the abdominal cavity is maintained, in part, by the:
floating ribs.
ascending and descending colons.
osmotic pressure of the fluid in the
ureters.
overlying peritoneum.
diaphragm.
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Overlying peritoneum
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6 .
Kidneys
are often difficult to see without dissection because they are surrounded by a
layer of fat, which serves to expand for storage of additional urine once the
bladder is full and acts to cool the kidneys from the friction induced
temperature rise that occurs during active filtration
True False |
False
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7 .
Each
kidney is protected and stabilized in location by the:
adipose capsule and renal capsule.
adipose capsule only.
renal capsule only.
renal capsule, adipose capsule, and
renal fascia.
umbilical ligament, renal capsule,
and adipose capsule
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Renal capsule, adipose capsule, and renal fascia.
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Urine
is formed in the:
urethra.
ureter and urethra.
ureter and bladder.
kidney.
kidney and bladder.
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Kidney
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10 .
Superficial
anatomical characteristics of each kidney that can be observed by gross external
examination include:
grayish-greenish color.
the medulla.
the superficial-deep extent of the
cortex.
medially oriented depression or
hilus.
the nephrons.
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Medially oriented depression or hilus.
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Structurally, a kidney is:
soft enough to change shape
dramatically in response to the activity of abdominal organs that might
constrict it.
an organ that changes size
dramatically in response to the amount of fluid it is filtering at different
times each day.
kidney-bean shaped.
approximately the size of a full gall
bladder.
covered by four capsular layers.
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Kidney-bean shaped.
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The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
is the
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Nephron
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15 .
Components
of the renal corpuscle include:
the renal tubule.
the afferent arteriole and the
papillary duct.
the efferent arteriole and the Loop
of Henle.
the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule.
All of the above are part of the
renal corpuscle.
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The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule.
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16 .
Which
of the following is not true of nephrons?
They can be viewed only with a
microscope.
Each nephron consists of a long renal
tubule.
There are roughly 2.5 million
nephrons in each kidney.
One type occurs only in the medulla
of the kidney.
None of the above is an exception;
all of the above are true of nephrons.
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One type occurs only in the medulla of the kidney.
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Each
nephron empties into the:
glomerulus.
proxmial convoluted tubule.
Loop of Henle.
collecting system.
juxtamedullary nephron.
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Collecting system.
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21 .
The
kidneys receive what percentage of the total cardiac output?
50-55%
5-15%
20-25%
30-40%
All of the cardiac output goes to the
kidneys.
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20-25%
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