Urinary System Review

The functional or working unit of the kidney is the ________.

• renal artery
• renal cortex
• nephron
• ureter

The three stages of urine production are _______, ______________,  and ___________.

• filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
• filtration, urine secretion, and leukocytosis
• reabsorption, discretion, and secretion
• secretion, absorption, and dissemination

How do kidneys lower blood pressure?

• Keep more water IN the body
• Excrete more water FROM the body

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The _________ is/are responsible for urine storage.

• Bladder
• Kidneys
• Ureter
• Urethra

Which is cleaner, urine or saliva?

• urine
• saliva
• both are equally filthy

Which are the tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder?

• Adrenal tubes
• Kidneys
• Ureters
• Urethras

What are the two muscles at the urethra that control the exit of urine out of the body?

• Sphinxes
• Renal papillary muscles
• Sphincters
• Bladder vessicle

 The urinary bladder is located in the:

• Thoracic cavity
• Dorsal cavity
• Abdominal cavity
• Pelvic cavity

What could be a symptom of a urinary tract infection?

• Make your body healthy
• White blood cells in the urine
• Kidney stones
• Bile in the urine

Which way do substances move during reabsorption in the nephron?

• tubule to blood
• blood to tubule