Exam 17: The Urinary System

Which structure does ADH affect?

Urinalysis can produce false positive results for certain drugs because it does not test for the specific drug but rather the breakdown products.

What is the name of the blood vessel labeled B?

Which large molecule is not normally found in urine?

In the diagram the urethra is represented by the letter:

The renal cortex dips into the renal medulla dividing it off into structures known as ______________.

Every day, approximately ______ liters of fluid are filtered from the blood.

The tubule that extends from the glomerular capsule is the _________ _________ ________.

Which hormone directly affects the permeability of the collecting duct to water?

Describe the movement of water through the nephron including a description of the movement of salt and countercurrent multiplication.

The bladder is lined with __________ ___________ to allow for expansion of the organ without tearing the inner lining.

Which structure is labeled A?

The first step in urine formation is tubular secretion.

The kidneys are ________________, which means they are posterior to the peritoneal membrane of the abdominal cavity.

Which structure is labeled A?

Which substance is found in blood plasma but not in the fluid of the glomerular capsule?