Exam 30: The Urinary System

The organ of the urinary system shown at number 3 on the figure is the ________.

The detrusor muscle is part of the ____.

The long, muscular tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder using rhythmic muscular contractions are called ________.

Which of the following describes chronic renal failure?

Located between the proximal and distal tubules is the ________.

Which of the following does not describe chronic renal failure?

The proximal convoluted tubule is directly attached to the Bowman's capsule and eventually straightens out to become the ___________.

Number 5 on the figure refers to the ________.

The ________ tubules extend from the Bowman's capsule of a nephron and have three parts: the proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle, and the distal convoluted tubule.

The structure shown at number 2 on the figure is the ________.

The ____ use(s) a peristaltic action to take urine to the bladder.

The ____ deliver blood to the peritubular capillaries.

The ________ is a tube that moves urine from the bladder to the outside world.

The waste products produced during normal kidney functions are called _____________ wastes.

The ________ is shown at number 6 on the figure of the kidney.

The portion of the renal cortex that extends between the pyramids is the ____.

You are working at an urgent care clinic when a patient is brought in by several of his friends. He is conscious but seems very confused. At first, the friends say they're worried because he had too much to drink, but then they admit that he was using drugs also. The patient's hands are shaking, and when he wipes his nose with a tissue, you can see blood on the tissue. Which of the following conditions would the physician likely be most concerned about?

Which of the following is composed of a mass of capillaries called a glomerulus and is where blood filtration occurs?

The capsule that surrounds the glomerulus is called the ________ capsule.

Made up of the glomerulus surrounded by the Bowman's capsule, the ________ corpuscle is where blood filtration occurs.