Exam 20: Urinary System

Match each disorder to its corresponding description or definition. -Occurs when there is glucose in the urine; a sign of diabetes mellitus

Ureters are tubes connecting the kidney to the urinary bladder.

The hormone ADH is released from the

Explain why the insertion of a urinary catheter would be an ineffective treatment for urinary suppression.

The amount of fluid reabsorbed is only slightly less than the amount of fluid filtered.

Explain the process of reabsorption in the nephron. What parts of the nephron are involved in reabsorption?

To properly clean the blood, the kidneys must receive how much of the blood pumped by the heart?

Micturition and voiding mean the same thing.

The urinary system consists of two kidneys, two urethras, one bladder, and one ureter.

Bladder cancer is much more common than kidney cancer.

Match each disorder to its corresponding description or definition. -Describes a bladder infection

Gravity moves urine through the ureters.

The amount of filtrate can never be more than the amount reabsorbed.

Which of the following are extensions of the cortical tissue that dip down into the medulla between the renal pyramids?

Which of the following is not true of erythropoietin?

Urinary suppression is a kidney problem, whereas urinary retention is more of a bladder problem.

The juxtaglomerular apparatus releases a hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise.

Which of the following structures drains into the collecting duct?

Explain the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome. How are all of these symptoms related to the loss of protein from the blood?

Filtration occurs only in the renal corpuscle.