HAP6 Urinary System

What are the main excretory organs?

• bladder

• kidneys

• ureters

• urethra

Excess water and some chemical and cellular waste products eliminated from the body in liquid waste is called

• urea

• urine

• liquid waste

• solid waste

What part of amino acid does urea originate from?

• carboxylic acid

• amine group

• alpha carbon

• R group

The watery fluid produced by the kidneys is

• urea

• urine

• solid waste

• diarrhea

The ________ is a sac-like muscular organ that stores urine until it is released from the body.

• ureters

• kidneys

• bladder

• urethra

The two narrow tubes that urine flows through from the kidneys to the bladder are the

• urethras

• kidneys

• esophagus

• ureters

The process of artificially filtering the blood to remove waste is known as

• kidney failure

• kidney stones

• lithotrypsy

• dialysis

The urine passes through the __________ as it passes out of the body.

• urethra

• ureters

• bladder

• kidney

Urine production takes place in the:

• nephrons
• bladder
• ureter
• renal pelvis

The correct order for the renal tubules is:

• proximal convoluted tubule, collecting duct, distal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle
• distal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, proximal convoluted tubule, collecting duct
• proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct
• collecting duct, proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule