Exam 22: The Urinary System

A patient has a tumor that causes her to secrete an excess amount of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). You would expect that the excessive level of ADH will ultimately cause ________.

A region of the nephron that regulates the blood pressure in the afferent arteriole, which stimulates the release of aldosterone, is the ________.

Constant regulation of blood pH is critical. There are several processes (and several organ systems) involved in this regulation. Fully explain two different ways that blood pH is regulated by the urinary system.

Which of the following is a hormone that regulates the reabsorption of sodium by the distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts?

Why is urinalysis used for medical and drug testing? Give several examples of tests that can be performed through urinalysis.

If a person were stranded for two days with virtually no drinking water, you would expect the following to occur.

Urine moves from the renal pelvis to the ________ next.

Someone who has just had a glass of wine will soon make less of this hormone.

Under the influence of antidiuretic hormone, you would expect to see an increase in ________.

After a routine urinalysis, you get a report back from the lab. This report flags any abnormal values. For each of the values, indicate whether the test result is normal or abnormal. For any test results that are abnormal, speculate on what might have caused the abnormal value.

Urinalysis shows that Marianne has large amounts of protein in her urine. The area of the nephron that must be malfunctioning is the ________.

The filtrate moves out of the glomerular capsule to the ________ and then to the loop of the nephron.

The hormone erythropoietin acts to stimulate cells that are located in the ________ of an adult.