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The Urinary System

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What combining form means kidney?

a)

azot/o

b)

lith/o

c)

nephr/o

d)

cyst/o

2.

What suffix means crushing?

a)

-tripsy

b)

-us

c)

-gram

d)

-pexy

3.

What prefix means between?

a)

poly-

b)

dys-

c)

a-

d)

inter-

4.

What combining form means urinary bladder?

a)

vesic/o

b)

olig/o

c)

ren/o

d)

ur/o

5.

What suffix means surgical fixation?

a)

-pexy

b)

-cele

c)

-stital

d)

-um

6.

What is a function of the urinary system?

a)

filtration

b)

waste storage and excretion

c)

hormone production

d)

maintenance of homeostasis

e)

all of the above

7.

What does filtration do in the kidneys?

a)

act as the body's plumbing system

b)

separate metabolic waste from your blood

c)

produce hormones

d)

reabsorb

8.

Where is the renal medulla located in the kidney?

a)

inner region

b)

outer layer

c)

by the ureter

d)

next to the fibrous capsule

9.

What is the glomerulus?

a)

a tube attached to Bowman's capsule

b)

the inner region of the kidney

c)

a hormone

d)

a cluster of capillaries in the shape of a tiny knot

10.

What is the main function of the ureters?

a)

transports urine to the outside of the body

b)

filters blood

c)

transports urine from the renal pelvises of the kidneys to the urinary bladder

d)

stores urine

11.

How do the kidneys maintain homeostasis?

a)

monitor blood pressure and adjust blood volume

b)

control pH levels

c)

regulate balances of fluid in the body

d)

all of the above

12.

What are the three distinct regions in the kidney?

a)

renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis

b)

nephron, renal tubule, hilum

c)

ureter, renal medulla, renal artery

d)

bowmans capsule

13.

About how large is each kidney?

a)

size of a baseball

b)

size of a fist

c)

size of a golf ball

d)

size of a soccer ball

14.

What is the bowman's capsule?

a)

cluster of capillaries

b)

membrane that surrounds the glomerulus of each nephron inside the kidney

c)

bean shaped organ

d)

urinary capsule

15.

After urine has been produced by the kidneys, it is carried to the _______ through the ureters.

a)

urinary bladder

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

glomerulus

d)

renal tubule

16.

What is dysuria?

a)

involuntary discharge of urine

b)

condition in which blood cells are excreted in the urine

c)

difficult or painful urination

d)

no urine

17.

What is the condition in which carbohydrates or sugars are excreted in the urine?

a)

hematuria

b)

glycosuria

c)

enuresis

d)

oliguria

18.

what is the involuntary discharge of urine that occurs during sleep, or bed wetting?

a)

nocturnal enuresis

b)

enuresis

c)

oliguria

d)

hematuria

19.

What is polyuria?

a)

condition in which a scanty amount of urine is produced

b)

condition of excessive urine production

c)

loss of voluntary production over the discharge of urine from the bladder

d)

sudden, compelling urge to urinate

20.

What is anuria?

a)

difficult or painful urination

b)

abnormal increase in production of urine

c)

involuntary discharge of urine

d)

absence of urine production

21.

What is the inability to completely empty the bladder due to a urethral blockage or a neurological disorder?

a)

urinary retention

b)

polyuria

c)

oliguria

d)

all of the above

22.

What is symptom of sudden, compelling urge to urinate?

a)

dysuria

b)

enuresis

c)

urinary urgency

d)

nocturnal enuresis

23.

The abnormal increase in production of urine-

a)

glycosuria

b)

anuria

c)

diuresis

d)

anemia

24.

What is the loss of voluntary control over the discharge of urine from the bladder called?

a)

urinary incontinence

b)

polyuria

c)

cystitis

d)

diabetes

25.

What is it called when a scanty amount of urine is produced?

a)

urinary incontinence

b)

diuresis

c)

anuria

d)

oliguria

26.

What is a condition characterized by excessive amounts of urine?

a)

diabetes

b)

cystitis

c)

nephritic syndrome

d)

PKD

27.

What condition means kidney stones?

a)

renal ischemia

b)

nephrolithiasis

c)

PKU

d)

PKD

28.

What is the condition in which kidney disease or damage results in impaired filtration of waste products from the blood?

a)

UTI

b)

wilms tumor

c)

renal failure

d)

polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

29.

What is a cancerous tumor of the kidney that occurs in adulthood?

a)

glomerulonephritis

b)

renal cell carcinoma

c)

diabetes mellitus

d)

cystocele

30.

What is the condition glomerulonephritis?

a)

inflammation of the glomeruli in the kidney

b)

inflammation of the kidney

c)

inflammation of the uterus

d)

interstitial cystitis

31.

What is Wilms tumor?

a)

high blood pressure resulting from kidney disease

b)

an infection that originates in the bladder

c)

cancerous tumor of the kidney

d)

malignant tumor of the kidney that occurs in childhood

32.

A condition in which blood flow to the glomerulus severely decreases, resulting in atrophy and scarring of the kidney tissue is-?

a)

vesicovaginal fistula

b)

renal ischemia

c)

wilms tumor

d)

UTI

33.

What is an infection that usually originates in the bladder, causing symptoms such as pain or burning with urination?

a)

vesicovaginal fistula

b)

urinary tract infection

c)

phenylketonuria

d)

nephrosclerosis

34.

What is the disease nephrosclerosis?

a)

an inherited disorder that causes increased blood levels of phenylalanine

b)

disease by the development of cysts in the kidney

c)

a disease in which the arteriole walls in the kidneys become narrowed and thickened due to essential hypertension

d)

renal calculi

35.

What is a condition characterized by inadequate secretion or improper utilization of insulin?

a)

diabetes insipidus

b)

diabetes mellitus

c)

diabetes

d)

cysitis

36.

What is the removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination?

a)

biopsy

b)

KUB X-ray

c)

lab tests

d)

urinalysis

37.

What is a diagnostic imaging method that uses sound waves to generate images of organs or structures in the body?

a)

X-ray

b)

CT

c)

sonography

d)

IVP

38.

An x-ray visualization of the renal pelvis, ureters, and bladder using a contrast agent is called-?

a)

renal angiogram

b)

intravenous pyelogram

c)

retrograde pyelogram

d)

X-rays with contrast media

39.

What is a drug that fights or prevents bacterial infections?

a)

dialysis

b)

antibiotic

c)

diuretic

d)

pain killers

40.

What is the treatment nephrectomy?

a)

surgical removal of a kidney due to damage or dysfunction

b)

surgical removal of a kidney stone

c)

dilation of major blood vessels in the kidney

d)

kidney transplant

41.

What is a drug that increases urine output?

a)

lithrotripsy

b)

diuretic

c)

dialysis

d)

antibiotic

42.

What is dialysis?

a)

surgical removal of a kidney stone

b)

surgical treatment used to improve quality of life

c)

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

d)

dilation of major blood vessels in the kidney

43.

An X-ray visualization of the bladder and urethra using a contrast medium is called-?

a)

CT scan

b)

retrograde pyleogram

c)

renal angiogram

d)

voiding cystourethrogram

44.

What is a test that checks for phenlketonuria in infants called?

a)

dipstick urinalysis

b)

phenylketonuria test

c)

urinalysis

d)

lab tests

45.

What is a visual examination of the urinary bladder using a cystoscope?

a)

needle biopsy

b)

KUB X-ray

c)

cystoscopy

d)

biopsy

46.

What does the abbreviation BUN stand for?

a)

blood urea nitrogen

b)

chronic renal failure

c)

diabetes insipidus

d)

urinalysis

47.

What is the abbreviation for CATH?

a)

computerized axial tomography

b)

acute renal failure

c)

computerized tomography

d)

catheter

48.

What is the abbreviation for DI?

a)

diabetes insipidus

b)

glumerular filtration rate

c)

urinalysis

d)

diabetes

49.

What does the abbreviation ARF stand for?

a)

acute renal failure

b)

acute failure renal

c)

acute right foot

d)

acute right finger

50.

What does the abbreviation CRF stand for?

a)

chronic renal failure

b)

computerized tomography

c)

computerized axial failure

d)

none of the above