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Chapter 18 - Urinary System

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is represented by the letter A?

a)

Renal Hilum

b)

Renal Vein

c)

Ureter

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Artery

2.

What is represented by the letter G?

a)

Renal Hilum

b)

Renal Vein

c)

Ureter

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Cortex

3.

What is represented by the letter D?

a)

Renal Hilum

b)

Renal Vein

c)

Ureter

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Cortex

4.

What is represented by the letter H?

a)

Renal Hilum

b)

Renal Papilla

c)

Ureter

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Cortex

5.

Structure B is the:

a)

renal column

b)

renal pyramid

c)

renal corpuscle

d)

renal papilla

6.

Structure A is the:

a)

renal column

b)

renal pyramid

c)

renal corpuscle

d)

renal papilla

7.

What is represented by the letter I?

a)

Minor Calyx

b)

Renal Papilla

c)

Major Calyx

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Cortex

8.

What is represented by the letter J?

a)

Minor Calyx

b)

Renal Papilla

c)

Major Calyx

d)

Renal Pelvis

e)

Renal Cortex

9.

The renal cortex is:

a)

The place where renal arteries and veins enter and exit the kidney

b)

Where urine drains to the bladder

c)

The outer layer of the internal kidney structure

d)

Where urine collects before entering the urethra

10.

What is the function of the ureter?

a)

transport urine to from the bladder to the bladder

b)

store urine

c)

produce filtrate

d)

transport urine from kidney to the bladder

11.

What are the tubes that are responsible for transporting urine?

a)

Adrenal tubes

b)

Kidneys

c)

Ureters

d)

Urethra

12.
The _________ is/are responsible for urine storage.
a)
Bladder
b)
Kidneys
c)
Ureter
d)
Urethra
13.

What are kidneys responsible for?

a)

releasing oxygen back into systemic circuit

b)

producing urine

c)

transporting hormones

d)

releasing neurotransmitters

14.

Glomerulus and bowman's (glomerular) capsule is together known as?

a)

Renal Corpuscle

b)

Kidney stone

c)

Renal papilla

d)

Renal vein

15.

Under normal conditions, which of the following substances is found in urine?

a)

blood cells

b)

protein

c)

glucose

d)

urea

16.

Which of the following is NOT filtered out of the glomerular capillaries?

a)

Urea

b)

Water

c)

Glucose

d)

Blood cell

17.

How does the glomerulus filter red blood cells into the Bowman's capsule? 

a)

Low blood pressure 

b)

Concentration Gradient 

c)

High blood pressure

d)

Passive transport 

18.
Which stage of urine production involves returning water, nutrients, and electrolytes to the bloodstream?
a)
filtration
b)
excretion
c)
secretion
d)
reabsorption 
19.
Which stage of urine production involves the removal of substances from the bloodstream?
a)
reabsorption
b)
excretion
c)
filtration
d)
secretion
20.
Which kidney structure empties into the ureter?
a)
renal pelvis
b)
calyx
c)
renal papilla
d)
renal pyramid
21.

If a person were given a dose of ADH, what would happen?

a)

More water retained in the kidneys

b)

more potassium secreted by nephron

c)

more sodium secreted by a nephron

d)

more water lost through kidneys

22.
The medial indentation where the ureter, blood vessels, and nerves are connected to the kidney is called the ________.
a)
renal hilum
b)
renal pyramid
c)
renal capsule
d)
renal column
23.
Which of these is a solute normally found in urine?
a)
Urea, uric acid, creatinine
b)
Blood proteins
c)
Pus (WBCs)
d)
Red blood cells
24.
Which of these is a solute NOT normally found in urine?
a)
Glucose
b)
Sodium and potassium ions
c)
Ammonia
d)
Bicarbonate ions
25.

What are the cortex-like extensions that separate the renal pyramids?

a)

renal columns

b)

renal vein

c)

renal medulla

d)

renal cortex

26.

What structure is cup-shaped and contains the glomerulus

a)

The collecting duct

b)

Loop of Henle

c)

Bowman's (glomerular) capsule

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

27.

Letter H represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

28.

What drives filtration in the glomerulus?

a)

osmosis

b)

blood pressure

c)

salt gradients

d)

smooth muscle contractions

29.

The correct order for the nephron is:

a)
proximal convoluted tubule, collecting duct, distal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle
b)
distal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, proximal convoluted tubule, collecting duct
c)
proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct
d)
collecting duct, proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule
30.
What C-shaped structure in the nephron surrounds the glomerulus?
a)
Bowman's capsule
b)
bladder
c)
renal pelvis
d)
hilum
31.

What is the knot like mass of blood capillaries in the Bowman's capsule called?

a)

Nephron

b)

Glomerulus

32.

The movement of substance from the peritubular capillary to the renal tubule is called:

a)

excretion

b)

reabsorption

c)

secretion

d)

filtration

33.

Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) affects the permeability of which section of the nephron tubules

a)

Proximal convoluted tubule

b)

Loop of Henle

c)

Distal convoluted tubule

d)

Collecting duct

34.

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

35.

_____________ is the first step of urine formation; water and certain dissolved substances are filtered out of capillaries into a glomerular capsule.

a)

Tubular Reabsorption

b)

Tubular Secretion

c)

Glomerular Filtration

36.

_____________ is the second step of urine formation; substances move from the tubular fluid back into the blood.

a)

Tubular Reabsorption

b)

Tubular Secretion

c)

Glomerular Filtration

37.

_____________ is the third step of urine formation; substances move from the blood into the fluid of the renal tubule

a)

Tubular Reabsorption

b)

Tubular Secretion

c)

Glomerular Filtration

38.

The functional unit of a kidney (where urine is formed) is called:

a)

urinary bladder

b)

kidney

c)

urethra

d)

nephron

e)

ureter

39.

Which sequence represents the correct order that a molecule of urea will pass through in the urinary system?

a)

Bowman’s capsule, nephronic tubules, collecting duct, ureter, bladder, urethra

b)

glomerulus, Bowman’s capsule, nephronic tubules, collecting duct, ureter, bladder, urethra

c)

glomerulus, Bowman’s capsule, nephronic tubules, collecting duct, urethra, bladder, ureter

d)

Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, nephronic tubules, ureter, collecting duct, bladder, urethra

40.

Useful substances reabsorbed in the blood are

a)

glucose

b)

glucose, sodium and potassium ions.

c)

uric acidnand amino acids

41.

The area influenced by hormones in order to regulate water balance in the body and is where secretion of ions, toxins, urea, and uric acid occurs.

a)

Loop of Henle

b)

Proximal convoluted tubule

c)

Distal convoluted tubule

d)

Collecting tubule

42.

This is the site of the final concentration of urine:

a)

Loop of Henle

b)

Distal Convoluted Tubule

c)

Collecting Tubule

d)

Bladder

43.

What could cause a reduction of function of the glomerulus to produce filtrate into Bowman's (glomerular) capsule? 

a)

Low blood pressure 

b)

Concentration Gradient 

c)

High blood pressure

d)

Passive transport 

44.

The peritubular capillaries reabsorb glucose mainly in which area?

a)

Renal corpuscle

b)

Renal tubule

c)

Renal pelvis

d)

Collecting tubule

45.

A network of capillaries that surround the nephron

a)

Peritubular capillaries

b)

Glomerulus

c)

Afferent arterioles

d)

Podocytes

46.

Reabsorption of filterate occurs in

a)

RENAL tubules

b)

Medullary pyramid

c)

JK CELS

d)

DONE IN RENAL DUCT

47.

Normal range of urine:

a)

1.5-4

b)

4.5-8

c)

8.5-10

48.

Stage in urine formation that happens in the bowman's capsule:

a)

Glomerular filtration

b)

Tubular excretion

c)

Tubular secretion

d)

Tubular reabsorption

49.

Reabsorption of Na+ and water retention is controlled by –

a)

Vasopressin or ADH

b)

Aldosterone

c)

Renin

d)

Blood pressure

50.
Place the following events in sequence:
A)  Urine passes through the ureters
B)  Urea enters the kidneys
C)  Urine enters the urethra
a)
B, A, C
b)
C, B, A
c)
B, C, A
d)
A, C, B
51.

Place the following events in sequence: A) Urine enters the bladder B) Urine passes through the ureters  C)  Urine enters the urethra

a)

B, A, C

b)

C, B, A

c)

B, C, A

d)

A, C, B

52.

Place the following in sequence for production of urine: A) Minor calyx B) Renal pelvis  C)  Renal papilla of the renal pyramids D) Major calyx

a)

B, A, C, D

b)

C, A, D, B

c)

B, D, C, A

d)

A, C, B, D

53.

What items end up back in the renal tubules in the process of tubular secretion?

a)

potassium ions, urea, creatinine, uric acid

b)

red blood cells and plasma proteins

c)

water, glucose, and amino acids

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