Exam 25: The Urinary System

Figure 25.2Using Figure 25.2, match the following: -Explain how filtration works in the glomerular capillaries.

Reabsorption of high levels of glucose and amino acids in the filtrate is accomplished by .

The act of emptying the bladder is called voiding.

Figure 25.2Using Figure 25.2, match the following: -Cells that are most affected by ADH.

A 58- year- old woman complains of loss of urine when coughing and sneezing, and during exercise. She has had three children. Describe the possible causes of urinary incontinence in this patient.

A disease caused by inadequate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) by the pituitary gland with symptoms of polyuria is .

Eleven- year- old Harry is complaining of a severe sore throat and gets to stay home from school. His pediatrician prescribes a course of broad- spectrum antibiotics, and Harry feels much better within a few days. However, some two weeks later, Harry has a dull, bilateral pain in his lower back and his urine is a smoky brown color. On the basis of Harry's signs and symptoms, diagnose his condition and indicate the relationship (if any) between his present condition and his earlier sore throat.

Figure 25.1Using Figure 25.1, match the following: -Medulla of the kidney.

The urinary bladder is composed of epithelium.

Aldosterone is a hormone that causes the renal tubules to reclaim sodium ions from the filtrate.

Figure 25.1Using Figure 25.1, match the following: -The need to get up in the middle of the night to urinate is called _.

In the ascending limb of the nephron loop the .

Explain the role of aldosterone in sodium and water balance.

Excretion of dilute urine requires .

List three substances that are abnormal urinary constituents and provide the proper clinical term for such abnormalities.

Figure 25.2Using Figure 25.2, match the following: -Filtrate at the site of these cells is about the same osmolarity as blood plasma.

The presence of pus in the urine is a condition called .

The renal corpuscle is made up of _ .

Which of the choices below is not a method by which the cells of the renal tubules can raise blood pH?

Which of the following is the least important influence on reabsorption of a substance in the nephron?