Question 1

-Identify the structure labeled "d."

Accepted Answer

A) Renal cortex 
B) Ureter 
C) Renal medulla 
D) Renal pelvis 
A) Renal cortex 
B) Ureter 
C) Renal medulla 
D) Renal pelvis

Question 2

What tissue lines the inside (deepest layer)of the urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

A) Transitional epithelium 
B) Moist stratified squamous epithelium 
C) Skeletal muscle 
D) Elastic cartilage 
A) Transitional epithelium 
B) Moist stratified squamous epithelium 
C) Skeletal muscle 
D) Elastic cartilage

Question 3

What structure cushions the kidney from traumatic blows or jostling?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal fascia 
B) Adipose capsule 
C) Renal capsule 
D) Hilum 
A) Renal fascia 
B) Adipose capsule 
C) Renal capsule 
D) Hilum

Question 4

What is the term used to describe the space between the inner and outer layers of the glomerular capsule?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal lumen 
B) Capsular space 
C) Renal space 
D) Podocyte space 
A) Renal lumen 
B) Capsular space 
C) Renal space 
D) Podocyte space

Question 5

What two structures create the renal corpuscle?

Accepted Answer

A) Podocytes and renal tube 
B) Glomerular capillaries and capsule 
C) Renal tube and glomerular capsule 
D) Glomerular capillaries and podocytes 
A) Podocytes and renal tube 
B) Glomerular capillaries and capsule 
C) Renal tube and glomerular capsule 
D) Glomerular capillaries and podocytes

Question 6

What are the cells of the inner most layer of the glomerular capsule called?

Accepted Answer

A) Macrophages 
B) Simple cuboidal 
C) Simple squamous 
D) Podocytes 
A) Macrophages 
B) Simple cuboidal 
C) Simple squamous 
D) Podocytes

Question 7

-Identify the structure labeled "c."

Accepted Answer

A) Renal column 
B) Renal cortex 
C) Renal pyramid 
D) Renal pelvis 
A) Renal column 
B) Renal cortex 
C) Renal pyramid 
D) Renal pelvis

Question 8

-Identify the structure labeled "a."

Accepted Answer

A) Lumen 
B) Mucosa 
C) Muscle 
D) Basement membrane 
A) Lumen 
B) Mucosa 
C) Muscle 
D) Basement membrane

Question 9

Where are the renal corpuscles found in the kidney?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal cortex 
B) Renal pyramid 
C) Renal papilla 
D) Renal medulla 
A) Renal cortex 
B) Renal pyramid 
C) Renal papilla 
D) Renal medulla

Question 10

What part of the kidney is continuous with the ureter?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal papilla 
B) Renal calyx 
C) Renal pelvis 
D) Renal column 
A) Renal papilla 
B) Renal calyx 
C) Renal pelvis 
D) Renal column

Question 11

What microscopic structure is the "functional" unit of the kidney?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal cortex 
B) Renal pyramid 
C) Ureter 
D) Nephron 
A) Renal cortex 
B) Renal pyramid 
C) Ureter 
D) Nephron

Question 12

What structures in the glomerular capsule interdigitate to form filtration slits?

Accepted Answer

A) Podocytes 
B) Simple squamous epithelial cells 
C) Renal tubules 
D) Endothelium 
A) Podocytes 
B) Simple squamous epithelial cells 
C) Renal tubules 
D) Endothelium

Question 13

What two structures create the filtration membrane of the nephron?

Accepted Answer

A) Capsular space and podocytes 
B) Podocytes and parietal glomerular capsule 
C) Podocytes and glomerular capillaries 
D) Capsular space and renal tubule 
A) Capsular space and podocytes 
B) Podocytes and parietal glomerular capsule 
C) Podocytes and glomerular capillaries 
D) Capsular space and renal tubule

Question 14

-Identify the structure labeled "b."

Accepted Answer

A) Lamina propria 
B) Muscle 
C) Basement membrane 
D) Transitional epithelium 
A) Lamina propria 
B) Muscle 
C) Basement membrane 
D) Transitional epithelium

Question 15

What structure drains blood from the kidney?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal ureter 
B) Renal artery 
C) Renal vein 
D) Renal pelvis 
A) Renal ureter 
B) Renal artery 
C) Renal vein 
D) Renal pelvis

Question 16

-Identify the structure labeled "d."

Accepted Answer

A) Renal pyramid 
B) Renal pelvis 
C) Renal corpuscle 
D) Renal calyx 
A) Renal pyramid 
B) Renal pelvis 
C) Renal corpuscle 
D) Renal calyx

Question 17

-Identify the structure labeled "c."

Accepted Answer

A) Glomerular capsule 
B) Podocytes 
C) Capsular space 
D) Glomerular capillaries 
A) Glomerular capsule 
B) Podocytes 
C) Capsular space 
D) Glomerular capillaries

Question 18

What part of the kidney acts as a physical barrier to protect the kidney from infections?

Accepted Answer

A) Renal corpuscle 
B) Renal papilla 
C) Adipose capsule 
D) Renal capsule 
A) Renal corpuscle 
B) Renal papilla 
C) Adipose capsule 
D) Renal capsule

Question 19

What is found in the inner layer of the glomerular capsule?

Accepted Answer

A) Simple squamous epithelium 
B) Podocytes 
C) Capillaries 
D) Simple cuboidal epithelium 
A) Simple squamous epithelium 
B) Podocytes 
C) Capillaries 
D) Simple cuboidal epithelium

Exam 29: Anatomy of the Urinary System

-Identify the structure labeled "d."

What tissue lines the inside (deepest layer)of the urinary bladder?

What structure cushions the kidney from traumatic blows or jostling?

What is the term used to describe the space between the inner and outer layers of the glomerular capsule?

What two structures create the renal corpuscle?

What are the cells of the inner most layer of the glomerular capsule called?

-Identify the structure labeled "c."

-Identify the structure labeled "a."

Where are the renal corpuscles found in the kidney?

What part of the kidney is continuous with the ureter?

What microscopic structure is the "functional" unit of the kidney?

What structures in the glomerular capsule interdigitate to form filtration slits?

What two structures create the filtration membrane of the nephron?

-Identify the structure labeled "b."

What structure drains blood from the kidney?

-Identify the structure labeled "d."

-Identify the structure labeled "c."

What part of the kidney acts as a physical barrier to protect the kidney from infections?

What is found in the inner layer of the glomerular capsule?

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

Introduction to the Organ Systems

Chemistry

The Microscope

The Cell

Histology

The Integumentary System

Introduction to the Skeletal System

The Axial Skeleton

The Appendicular Skeleton

Joints

Introduction to the Muscular System: Muscle Tissue

Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System

Introduction to the Nervous System

The Central Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord

The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves and Autonomic Nervous System

General and Special Senses

The Endocrine System

Blood

Anatomy of the Heart

Physiology of the Heart

Anatomy of Blood Vessels

Circulatory Pathways and the Physiology of Blood Vessels

The Lymphatic System

Anatomy of the Respiratory System

Physiology of the Respiratory System

Anatomy of the Digestive System

Physiology of the Digestive System

Physiology of the Urinary System

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