Exam 17: Urinary System

The tuft of capillarieslocated between the afferent and efferent arterioles is the __________.

The urethra transports urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.

Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which urine flows after its formation in the nephron?

Where does the reabsorption of glucose primarily occur?

Which of the following is an abnormal constituent of urine?

Blood flows from the efferent arterioles into the __________.

The kidneys play an important role in the regulation of red-blood-cell production.

Kidney stones are least likely to be composed of __________.

The __________ arteriole supplies blood to the capillaries of the glomerulus.

Substance A is transported from the plasma of the peritubular capillary into the fluid of the renal tubule. Substance A is said to be __________.

Which of the following are least likely to be in glomerular filtrate?

When the water concentration in body fluids increases, the secretion of ADH increases.

If the colloid osmotic pressure of the blood plasma is decreased, the glomerular filtration rate will increase.

The ureters extend downward __________ the parietal peritoneum on the posterior abdominal wall and join the urinary bladder from __________.