Urinary System Review

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

• Renal artery

• Renal vein

• Renal plexus

• Renal pelvis

What is the name of #2?

• Kidney

• Urethra

• Ureter

• Bladder

The outermost region of the kidney is called the:

(a)  

The functional unit of the kidney is the:

• Urethra

• Ureter

• Nephron

• Hilus

Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidneys?

• Production of urine

• Disposal of waste products

• Regulates blood ions (electrolytes)

• Produces hormones that help in digestion

Each kidney consists of more than one million of ...........

• Alveoli

• Renal tubule

• Urethra          

• Nephrons

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The reabsorption process occurs in ………………………….

• glomerulus

• proximal convoluted tubules

• Bowman's capsule

• None of them

Blood enters the kidney through ……………. and leaves through ………………..

• renal vein - renal artery

• renal artery - renal vein

Identify structure A.

• distal convoluted tubule

• proximal convoluted tubule

• glomerulus

• nephron loop (loop of Henle)

Identify structure B.

• distal convoluted tubule

• proximal convoluted tubule

• glomerulus

• nephron loop (loop of Henle)