A&P, Urinary System Pre Assessment

The urinary system does all of the following except

• Regulate blood volume

• Eliminate organic wastes

• Secrete glucose molecules

• Regulates plasma electrolyte concentrations

Urine is produced by the

• Urethra

• Urinary bladder

• Kidney

• Ureter

Urine is carried to the bladder by

• Blood vessels

• The urethra

• The calyxes

• The ureter

Each of the following is part of the urinary system, except the

• Kidney

• Liver

• Urinary bladder

• Ureter

• Urethra

The prominent indention on the medial surface of the kidney is called the

• Calyx

• Pelvis

• Ureter

• Hilum

The outer layer of the kidney is the

• Renal cortex

• Renal medulla

• Renal pelvis

• Renal lobe

The inner most layer of the kidney is the

• Renal cortex

• Renal medulla

• Renal pelvis

• Renal calyx

Triangular shaped structures located in the renal medulla are called

• Renal columns

• Renal pelvises

• Pyramids

• Nephrons

The expanded end of the ureter nearest the kidney is called the

• Renal sinus

• Renal calyx

• Renal pelvis

• Renal Hilum

The capsule and glomerulus make up the

• Renal pyramid

• Nephron loop

• Proximal convoluted tubule

• Renal corpuscle