Deck 29: Anatomy of the Urinary System

Question 1

Which portion of the kidney delivers urine to the ureter?

A) renal sinus
B) renal medulla
C) renal cortex
D) renal pelvis

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What anatomical structure is located in the renal sinus?

A) major calyx
B) nephrons
C) renal columns
D) renal pyramids

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What type of epithelium is found in the urethra near the junction with the urinary bladder?

A) transitional epithelium
B) simple cuboidal epithelium
C) stratified squamous epithelium
D) pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which blood vessels deliver blood directly to the glomeruli?

A) segmental arteries
B) cortical radiate arteries
C) arcuate arteries
D) afferent arterioles

Question 5

Where are the renal columns located?

A) renal pelvis
B) major calyx
C) renal pyramids
D) renal medulla

Question 6

Which of the following structures marks the beginning of a nephron?

A) nephron loop
B) distal convoluted tubule
C) proximal convoluted tubule
D) glomerular capsule (also known as Bowman's capsule)

Question 7

Which artery is the first branch of the renal artery?

A) segmental arteries
B) interlobar arteries
C) arcuate arteries
D) cortical radiate arteries

Question 8

What type of epithelium is found lining the renal tubules and collecting ducts?

A) pseudostratified columnar epithelium
B) simple cuboidal epithelium
C) transitional epithelium
D) stratified squamous epithelium

Question 9

Which arteries provide a good landmark for identifying the corticomedullary boundary?

A) cortical radiate arteries (interlobular arteries)
B) interlobar arteries
C) segmental arteries
D) arcuate arteries

Question 10

What is the name of the tube that travels through the shaft of the penis?

A) membranous urethra
B) prostatic urethra
C) ureter
D) spongy urethra

Question 11

Blood drains from the peritubular and vasa recta capillary beds into small veins.Which is the smallest of these veins (also called the interlobular veins)?

A) renal vein
B) segmental veins
C) cortical radiate (also called interlobar veins)
D) arcuate veins

Question 12

Which section of the nephron is sensitive to antidiuretic hormone?

A) distal convoluted tubule
B) nephron loop
C) collecting duct
D) proximal convoluted tubule

Question 13

What are the urine-producing tubules of the kidney called?

A) renal pelvis
B) renal medulla
C) renal cortex
D) nephrons

Question 14

What is the innermost tissue layer of a ureter?

A) connective tissue layer
B) mucous membrane
C) lamina propria
D) smooth muscle layer

Question 15

Which region of the kidney contains the renal pyramids?

A) renal cortex
B) renal medulla
C) renal pelvis
D) renal sinus

Question 16

Which activity of the nephron will remove unwanted substances from the filtrate?

A) collecting system
B) glomerular filtration
C) tubular reabsorption
D) tubular secretion

Question 17

Which artery or arteriole exits the glomerulus?

A) vasa recta
B) efferent arteriole
C) cortical radiate artery
D) afferent arteriole

Question 18

What muscular tube passes through the male urogenital diaphragm?

A) membranous urethra
B) spongy urethra
C) ureter
D) prostatic urethra

Question 19

What structure is a component of the renal corpuscle?

A) collecting duct
B) papillary duct
C) nephron loop
D) glomerulus

Question 20

What structure drains directly into a minor calyx?

A) papillary duct
B) collecting duct
C) proximal convoluted tubule
D) glomerular capsule