Anatomy - Urinary System

Which of the following kidney structures if composed of capillaries & urine collecting tubules?

• Renal corpuscle

• Renal cortex

• Renal medulla

• Renal pelvis

Nephrons are located in the...

• Renal pelvis

• Renal columns

• Renal medulla

• Renal cortex

Blood flows out of the kidneys to the inferior vena cava via the...

• Renal artery

• Renal vein

• Renal plexus

• Renal pelvis

The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body is called the...

• Ureter

• Urethra

• Renal pelvis

• Renal tubule

Match the following

• The blood vessel that brings blood into the kidney

•  Renal vein

• A layer of connective tissue that surrounds each kidney

• Renal artery

• The blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney 

• Renal capsule

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In which marked location is urine produced?

What is this location called?

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Location 2, Renal Columns

Location 1, Renal Pyramids

Location 3, Renal Cortex

Location 1, Major Calyx

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What are the 2 main layers of the kidney?

• Renal artery & renal vein

• Renal corpuscule & renal tube

• Urinary bladder & urethra

• Outer cortex & inner medulla

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A long tube intertwined with blood vessels.

• Renal artery

• Renal vein

• Nephron

• Podocyte

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In the renal tubule, 80% of water in the filtrate is:

• Reabsorbed into the blood

• Eliminated through the ureter

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Match the following

• Glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, tubular secretion

• Major processes in urine formation

• Hemoglobin, red blood cells, white blood cells, bilirubin, proteins, glucose

• Molecules/cells that, if found in a urine sample, would indicate an abnormality

• pH near 6, straw-colored, sterile, contains nitrogenous waste

• Typical attributes of urine

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