Exam 31: The Urinary System

Chronic ________, or inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney, is one of the causes of chronic renal disease.

You would anticipate that a patient who has had ____ may develop cystitis.

Number 9 on the figure shows the ________.

In which process of urine formation are nutrients, ions, and water returned to the body?

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?

Number 8 on the figure of the kidney represents the ________.

Which of these is the medial depression of a kidney?

The group of capillaries that forms the renal corpuscle is called the ____.

The filtrate flows into the proximal convoluted tubule during which process of urine formation?

Which structure surrounds each glomerulus?

The outermost layer of the kidney is the renal ________.

Which of these is a hormone that helps to regulate red blood cell production?

What are the tiny vessels that surround the tubules?

The renal medulla is divided into triangular-shaped areas called renal ________.

During the ____ process of urine formation, substances move from the blood into the renal tubules.

Which process of urine formation decreases when the blood pressure decreases, and increases when the blood pressure increases?

The middle portion of the kidney is the renal ________, which is divided into triangular-shaped areas called renal pyramids.

The ____ deliver blood to the peritubular capillaries.

Donna came to the office today complaining of back pain, fever, nausea, and blood in her urine. She has a recent history of bladder infection. The physician diagnoses pyelonephritis. Which of the following would you expect the physician to prescribe?

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