Exam 15: The Urinary System

The nonselective, passive process performed by the glomerulus that forms blood plasma without blood proteins is called ________.

Identify these organs of the urinary system with their associated descriptions: A) ureter B) urethra C) urinary bladder -Micturition reflex causes this organ to go into contractions

About two-thirds of body fluid is found within living cells; this fluid is called the ________.

Describe the normal characteristics of freshly-voided urine in a healthy adult.

Incontinence is often the final outcome of the urinary system during the aging process.

The process of emptying the urinary bladder is known as voiding or ________.

The kidneys can help maintain a rising blood pH by excreting ________ ions and reabsorbing ________ ions by the tubule cells.

From childhood through late middle age, one of the most common bacteria to infect and inflame the urinary tract and cause urethritis and cystitis is ________.

Using Figure 15.2, identify the following: -The cortical radiate artery is indicated by ________.

Untreated streptococcal infections in childhood that can lead to the kidney infection characterized by antigen-antibody complexes clogging the glomerular filters is known as ________.

Tubular reabsorption begins in the glomerulus.

Using Figure 15.2, identify the following: -The efferent arteriole is indicated by ________.

Which one of the following terms describes the location of the kidneys?

Using Figure 15.2, identify the following: -The proximal convoluted tubule is indicated by ________.

Blood buffers are important in maintaining blood pressure.

The voluntarily controlled sphincter fashioned by skeletal muscle at the point where the urethra passes through the pelvic floor is called the ________.

The need to get up during the night to urinate is called ________.

Control of the voluntary urethral sphincter in normal children is related to ________.

How does the urinary system respond to blood that has become acidic?

The structural and functional units of the kidney are the renal (medullary) pyramids.