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CH- 25 FINAL

URINARY SYSTEM

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THE MECHANISM THAT ESTABLISHES THE MEDULLARY OSMOTIC GRADIENT DEPENDS MOST ON THE PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES OF THE LOOP OF HENLE
URINE PASSES THROUGH THE PELVIS OF THE KIDNEY TO URETER TO BLADDER THEN TO URETHRA
WHAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENAL CORPUSCLE A VASA RECTOR
AN INCREASE IN THE PERMEABILITY OF THE CELLS OF THE COLLECTING TUBULE TO WATER IS DUE TO A INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF ADH
THE URINARY BLADDER IS COMPOSED OF ________ EPITHELIUM TRANSITIONAL
THE KIDNEYS ARE STIMULATED TO PRODUCE RENIN BY DECREASE IN THE BLOOD PRESSURE
WHAT IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE URINARY SYSTEM ELIMINATES SOLID, UNDIGESTED WASTES AND EXCRETES CARBON DIOXIDE WATER SALTS AND HEAT
WHICH GLAND SITS ATOP THE KIDNEY ADRENAL
THE ______ ARTERY LIES ON THE BOUNDRY BETWEEN THE CORTEX AND MEDULLA OF THE KIDNEY ACRUATE
THE GLOMERULUS DIFFERS FROM OTHER CAPILLARIES IN THE BODY THAT IS IS DRAINED BY EFFERENT ARTERIOLE
THE DESCENDING LIMB OF THE LOOP OF HENLE CONTAINS FLUID THAT BECOMES MORE CONCENTRATED AS IT MOVES DOWN INTO THE MEDULLA
WHAT IS THE CORRECT STATEMENT ABOUT THE URETERS THE URETERS ARE CAPABLE 0F PERISTALSIS LIKE THAT OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
THE FATTY TISSUE SURROUNDING THE KIDNEYS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT STABILIZES THE POSITION OF THE KIDNEYS BY HOLDING THEM INTO THEIR NORMAL POSITION
THE RENAL CORPUSCLE IS MADE UP OF BOWMANS CAPSULE AND GLOMERLUS
THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEYS IS THE NEPHRON
THE JUXTOGLOMERULAR APPARATUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING THE RATE OF FILTRATE FORMATION AND CONTROLLING SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE
THE CHIEF FORCE PUSHING WATER AND SOLUTES OUT OF THE BLOOD ACROSS THE FILTRATION MEMBRANE IS ________ GLOMERULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (GLOMERULAR BLOOD PRESSURE)
WHAT STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE HISTOLOGY OF THE URETERS THEY ARE TRILAYERED (MUCOSA,MUSCULARIS,ADVENTITIA)
TRUE OR FALSE: THE MALE URETHRA SERVES BOTH THE URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS AT THE SAME TIME TRUE
WHAT ACTS AS A TRIGGER FOR THE INITIATION OF MICTURITION THE STRETCHING OF THE BLADDER WALL
THE FILTRATION MEMBRANE DOES NOT INCLUDE RENAL FASCIA
THE MECHANISM OF WATER REABSORBTION BY THE RENAL TUBULE IS OSMOSIS
MOST ELECTROLYTE REABSORPTION BY THE RENAL TUBULES IS HORMONALLY CONTROLLED IN DISTAL TUBULE SEGMENTS
THE MACULA DENSA CELLS RESPOND TO CHANGES IN SOLUTE CONTENT OF THE FILTRATE
WHAT IS NOT REABSORBED BY THE PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE CREATININE
THE FLUID THAT GLOMERULAR (BOWMANS) CAPSULE IS SIMILAR TO PLASMA EXCEPT THAT IT DOES NOT CONTAIN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PLASMA PROTEIN
ALCOHOL ACTS AS A DIURETIC BECAUSE IT INHIBITS THE RELEASE OF ADH
THE FUNCTION OF ANGIOTENSIN II IS TO CONSTRICT ARTERIOLES AND INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE
A DISEASE CAUSED BY INADEQUATE SECRETION OF ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH) BY THE PITUITARY GLAND WITH SYMPTOMS OF POLYURIA IS DIABETES INSIPIDUS
AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF URINE IS ITS SPECIFIC GRAVITY OR DENSITY. WHICH SHOULD BE 1.001-1.035
PLACE IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE FROM THE FORMATION OF A DROP OF URINE TO ITS ELIMINATION FROM THE BODY NEPHRON,COLLECTING DUCT, MINOR CALYX, MAJOR CALYX, URETER, URETHRA
WHAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT ABOUT NEPHRONS THE PARIETAL LAYER OF THE GLOMERULAR CAPSULE IS SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CAPSULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE WERE INCREASED ABOVE NORMAL NET FILTRATION WOULD DECREASE
WHAT IS NOT PART OF THE JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS PODOCYTE CELLS
TUBULAR REABSORPTION______ BY ACTIVE MECHANISMS USUALLY INVOLVES MOVEMENT AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL AND OR CHEMICAL GRADIENT
WHAT WOULD NOT BE A REASON SUBSTANCES ARE EITHER NOT REABSORBED OR ARE INCOMPLETELY REABSORBED FROM THE NEPHRON THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX MOLECULES
REABSORPTION OF HIGH LEVELS OF GLUCOSE AND AMINO ACIDS IN THE FILTRATE IS ACCOMPLISHED BY SECONDARY ACTIVE TRANSPORT
WHAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE LOOP OF HENLE FORM A LARGE VOLUME OF VERY DILUTE URINE OR A SMALL VOLUME OF VERY CONCENTRATED URINE
FETAL KIDNEYS DO NOT HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD BECAUSE THE PLACENTA ALLOWS THE MOTHERS URINARY SYSTEM TO CLEAR WASTE FROM FETAL BLOOD
WHAT BEST DESCRIBES KIDNEY FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS (70YRS OR OLDER) KIDNEY FUNCTION DECREASES DUE TO KIDNEY ATROPHY
THE FACTOR FAVORING FILTRATE FORMATION AT THE GLOMERULUS IS TH GLOMERULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
IF THE Tm FOR A PARTICULAR AMINO ACID IS 120mg/100ml AND THE CONCENTRATION OF THAT AMINO ACID IN THE BLOOD IS 230mg/100ml THE AMINO ACID WILL____ APPEAR IN THE URINE
IF ONE SAYS THE CLEARANCE VALUE OF GLUCOSE IS ZERO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN NORMALLY ALL THE GLUCOSE IS REABSORBED
EXCRETION OF DILUTE URINE REQUIRES IMPERMEABILITY OF THE COLLECTING TUBULE TO WATER
WHAT IS NOT A METHOD BY WHICH CELLS OF THE RENAL TUBULES CAN RAISE BLOOD PH BY SECRETING SODIUM IONS
IN THE ASCENDING LIMB OF THE LOOP OF HENLE THE THICK SEGMENT MOVES IONS OUT INTO INTERSTITIAL SPACES FOR REABSORPTION
WHAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT ABOUT URINARY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT KIDNEYS DEVELOP FROM UROGENITAL RIDGES
WHAT DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF TUBULAR SECRETION RIDDING THE BODY OF BICARBONATE IONS
TRUE OR FALSE: REABSORPTION OF WATER IS HORMONALLY CONTROLLED TRUE
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS TO HELP REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RATE OF BLOOD FILTRATION BY THE KIDNEYS
WHAT IS A SALT LEVEL MONITORING PART OF THE NEPHRON MACULA DENSA
WHAT HORMONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FACULTATIVE WATER REABSORPTION ADH
WHAT IS NOT GLOMERULAR FILTRATION CONTROL METHOD ELECTROLYTE LEVELS
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT HORMONE REGULATORS OF ELECTROLYTE REABSORPTION AND SECRETION ANGIOTENSISN II AND ALDOSTERONE
WHICH CELLS OF THE KIDNEY ARE CHEMORECEPTORS THAT RESPOND TO CHANGES IN SOLUTE CONTENT OF THE FILTRATE MACULA DENSA CELLS
THE CAPILLARY BED THAT SURROUNDS THE DESCENDING AND ASCENDING LOOP OF HENLE OF THE JUXTAMEDULLARY NEPHRONS IS CALLED THE VASA RECTA
URINE CRYSTALS IN THE RENAL PELVIS ARE CALLED RENAL CALCULI
THE NEED TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO URINATE IS CALLED NOCTURIA
THE AREA BETWEEN THE URETERS AND URETHRA IS CALLED THE ____ IN A BLADDER TRIGONE
THE ____MECHANISM IS THE GENERAL TENDANCY OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE TO CONTRACT WHEN STRETCHED MYOGENIC
Created by: TRESCEE
 

 



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