Urinary System

The tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder are called

• urethra

• urerter

• renal artery

• renal vein

Two bean-shaped organs located in the retroperitoneal cavity that filters metabolic waste products, ions, & excess water from the blood & forming urine

• adrenal glands

• spleen

• ovaries

• kidneys

The presence of stones in the kidneys

• nephrolithiasis

• nephrosis

• renal calyx

• ureterolith

Which is not a function of the urinary system?

• filtration

• waste storage and removal

• homeostasis maintenance

• hormone production

Waste product of proteins broken down by the liver

• urine

• urea

• glucose

• glycogen

Which is not another name for discharging urine from the body

• urination

• defacation

• micturition

• voiding

Artificial method by which waste materials are removed from the blood after kidney failure

• urinary catherization

• renal angiogram

• kidney transplant

• dialysis

Term means excessive urination

• enuresis

• diuresis

• anuria

• diaphoresis

Condition in which a scanty amount of urine is produced

• oligouria

• polyuria

• hypouria

• megauria

True or False: Removal of 1 kidney poses no problem to the body in removing liquid wastes.

• True
• False