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ilan flax

Urinary system

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Which of the following is/are classified as an accessory organ of the urinary system? a. ureters c. urethra b. urinary bladder d. all of the above all of the above
The shape of the kidney could best be described as: Bean-Shaped
The calyces of the kidney join together to form a large collection reservoir are called: renal pelvis.
There are ______ openings in the urinary bladder. 3
The function of the urinary bladder is to: a. serve as a reservoir for urine before it leaves the body. b. expel urine from the body, aided by the urethra. c. help concentrate the urine in periods of dehydration. d. A and B. d. BOTH A and B
One difference of the male urethra when compared to the urethra in the female is: the male urethra is part of two different body systems.
At the beginning of the "plumbing system" of the urinary system, urine leaving the renal papilla is collected in the cuplike structures called: calyces.
Urine is conducted from the kidney to the urinary bladder through a tube is called the ureter.
Substances travel from the glomerulus into Bowman's capsule by the process of: filtration.
Of all the blood pumped per minute by the heart, approximately ______ goes through the kidneys 1/5
The portion of the nephron that empties into a calyx is the: collecting tubule.
A portion of the nephron that lies within the medulla is the loop of Henle.
In the kidney, blood flows from the interlobular artery into the: afferent arteriole.
Reabsorption, as performed in the kidney, may be defined as the: movement of molecules out of the tubule and into the peritubular blood.
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