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Urinary System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which are the tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder?
a)
Adrenal tubes
b)
Kidneys
c)
Ureters
d)
Urethras
2.
What is the function of the urethra?
a)
It filters urea out of the bloodstream
b)
It delivers urine from the bladder to the outside world
c)
It transfers urine from the kidneys to the bladder
d)
It prevents urine from leaking out of the bladder
3.
Before the kidney filter it out, where does urea exist?
a)
In your intestines
b)
In your liver
c)
In your stomach
d)
In your bloodstream
4.
What word describes the function of the nephrons?
a)
Tube
b)
Passageway
c)
Filter
d)
Reservoir
5.

Which of the following letters shows the proximal convoluted tubule?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

E

d)

H

6.

Letter A represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans Capsule

b)

Descending Loop of Henle

c)

Distal ]Convoluted Tubule

d)

Renal Artery

7.

Letter B represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Bowmans capsule

c)

Efferent arteriole

d)

Renal venoule

8.

Letter C represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Glomerulus

d)

Collecting duct

9.

Letter D represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Cortex

10.

Letter F represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans capsule

b)

Ascending loop of Henle

c)

Distal convoluted tubule

d)

Descending loop of Henle

11.

Letter H represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

12.

Letter I represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans capsule

b)

Collecting duct

c)

Renal vein

d)

distal convoluted tubule

13.

Recall where in the kidney the Bowman's capsules are found.

a)

Renal Medulla

b)

Renal Cortex

c)

Renal Pelvis

14.

Recall where in the kidney the loops of Henle are found.

a)

Renal Cortex

b)

Renal Pelvis

c)

Renal Medulla

15.

Recall where in the nephron reabsorption of glucose occurs.

a)

Loop on Henle

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

16.

Recall where in the nephron ultrafiltration occurs.

a)

Proximal convoluted tubule

b)

Collecting duct

c)

Urethra

d)

Bowman's capsule

17.

Recall what structure carries filtrate from the nephron to the renal pelvis.

a)

Collecting duct

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Loop of Henle

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

18.

Recall which hormone controls the levels of water reabsorbed from the collecting ducts.

a)

Testosterone

b)

Anti-diuretic hormone

c)

Adrenaline

d)

Progesterone

19.

Identify Letter I

a)

Renal Pyramid

b)

Renal Capsule

c)

Renal Coretx

d)

Renal Medulla

20.
Identify Letter H
a)
Ureter
b)
Renal Capsule
c)
Renal Coretx
d)
Renal Medulla
21.

If you are dehydrated (low water potential in the blood), the body must conserve water. To do so, the brain triggers the pituitary gland to ...

a)

release MORE ADH, making the collecting duct MORE permeable

b)

release LESS ADH, making the collecting duct LESS permeable

c)

release MORE ADH, making the collecting duct LESS permeable

d)

release LESS ADH, making the collecting duct MORE permeable

22.
The movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration is called
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
osmosis
d)
dialysis
23.

Urine of a person contain glucose. What is the disease he suffers from?



(a)  

24.

The following are considered functions of the Urinary System EXCEPT:

a)

Regulation of red blood cell synthesis

b)

Vitamin D synthesis

c)

Absorption of digested molecules

d)

Excretion

25.

The connective tissue that surrounds the kidneys is the:

a)

Hilum

b)

Renal Capsule

c)

Calyx

d)

Renal Pyramid

26.

The functional units of the kidneys are:

a)

Nephrons

b)

Renal Papilla

c)

Minor Calyx

d)

Major Calyx

27.

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

a)

In reabsorption, the solutes are reabsorbed across the filtration membrane into the interstitial fluid by transport processes, such as active transport and cotransport.

b)

In secretion, solutes are secreted across the wall of the nephron into the filtrate.

c)

Filtration is the movement of materials across the wall of the nephron into Bowman’s capsule to form a filtrate.

d)

All statements need further evaluation.

28.

The location of the kidneys in relationship to the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity is referred to as

a)

retroperitoneal

b)

retroabdominal

c)

posterior

d)

dorsal

29.

Urine is expelled from the urinary bladder by

a)

excretion

b)

defecation

c)

micturition

d)

filtration

30.

This term means the entry of substances into the body from the filtrate.

a)

Reabsorption

b)

Secretion

c)

Excretion

d)

Filtration