1. Anatomy and Physiology Flash Cards
Urinary System
Anatomy and Physiology Flash Cards
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2. Directions The first slide asks a question.
The second slide answers the question.
Use these slides like flash cards to test your core knowledge.
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3. Question Describe the shape and location of the kidneys.
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4. Answer
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs. They are located deep to the 12th rib and extend down to L2 region of the low back.
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5. Question The outer layer of the kidney is the: Pyramids Cortex Calyx
Medulla
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6. Answer Cortex Pyramids Calyx Medulla
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7. Question What organ is a storage site for urine?
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8. Answer
Bladder
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9. Question How many liters of fluid is filtered daily by the kidneys? 60
200
500
1000
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10. Answer 60
200
500
1000
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11. Question
What tube delivers urine from the bladder to the external environment?
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12. Answer
Urethra
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13. Question The renal arteries drain directly into the ______. Aorta
Right atrium of the heart
Inferior venae cavae
Hepatic portal vein
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14. Answer Inferior venae cavae Aorta Right atrium of the heart
Hepatic portal vein
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15. Question What tubes transport urine from kidneys to the bladder?
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16. Answer
Ureters
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17. Question What organ is located on top of each kidney?
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18. Answer
Adrenal glands
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19. Question
The structural and functional unit of the kidney is the ______.
Loop of Henle
Nephron
Glomerulus
Bowman’s capsule
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20. Answer Nephron Loop of Henle Glomerulus Bowman’s capsule
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21. Question
Approximately how many nephrons are found in a healthy adult kidney?
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
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22. Answer
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
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23. Question
Which of the items listed below are the two principal components of each nephron?
Renal corpuscle
Renal tubule
Renal arteries
Renal veins
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24. Answer Renal corpuscle Renal tubule Renal arteries Renal veins
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25. Question
A network of blood capillaries which diffuse plasma into the Bowman’s capsule of the renal capsule is the:
Renal artery
Nephron
Loop of Henle
Glomerulus
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26. Answer Glomerulus Renal artery Nephron Loop of Henle
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27. Question Glomerular filtration is accomplished by ______. Osmosis
Gravity
Hydrostatic pressure
Diffusion
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28. Answer Diffusion Osmosis Gravity Hydrostatic pressure
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29. Question
These structures are designed for reabsorption of water from the renal tubule:
Renal arteries
Peritubular capillaries
Afferent arterioles
Renal veins
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30. Answer Peritubular capillaries Renal arteries Afferent arterioles
Renal veins
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