Exam 15: The Urinary System

What term describes abnormally low urine output, around 100 to 400 mL per day?

Figure 15.2 Using Figure 15.2, identify the following: -The glomerular capsule (Bowman's capsule) is indicated by ________.

The lumen surfaces of the tubule cells within the proximal convoluted tubule are covered with microvilli.

In males, the urethra is part of both the urinary system and ________.

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 ________.

Tubular secretion moves items from the blood of the peritubular capillaries to the filtrate for elimination in the urine.

Arterial blood pH above 7.45 is considered to be ________.

A feeling that it is necessary to void, which is experienced more regularly in the elderly, is known as ________.

Liver disease, such as hepatitis, can lead to ________.

Each kidney has a medial indentation known as the renal hilum, and an adrenal gland sits atop each kidney.

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

The inability to voluntarily control the external urethral sphincter is known as ________.

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

Useful substances, including water, glucose, ions, and amino acids, are reclaimed and returned to the blood during tubular secretion.

Which blood vessel directly feeds the glomerulus with blood from the cortical radiate artery?

Inflammation of the urethra is called ________.

The triangular regions of the kidneys that are striped in appearance and separated by the renal columns are the ________.

Filtrate formed during glomerular filtration is captured by the ________.