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34 Cards in this Set
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Connective tissue covering surface of kidney
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Renal Capsule
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The collective name of the urine-froming tubules
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Nephron
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The medial concave cleft in which vessels, ureters, and nerves enter/leave the kidney
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Hilus
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85% of nephrons are described by this term which rlates to their lovation in the kidney
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Cortical
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Contraction of this muscle forces urine from the bladder
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Detrusor
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Crystallined salt precipitates that frequency lodege within the ureters
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Renal Calculi
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The active transport of waste materials from the peritublular capillaries into the nephron
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Secretion
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Hormone secreted by jextagomerular cells in response to low blood pressure
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Renin
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The renal capsule and the glomerular capillaries together make up the renal corpuscle
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True
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Urine flows from the kidney to the bladder by gravity and peristalis
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True
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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) decreases permeability of the collecting tubules to water
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False
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In females, the urinary bladder lies anterior to the vagina and uterus
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True
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The location and length of the urethra are tow factors that contribute to the high incidence of urinary tract infections in women
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True
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The internal urethral sphincter is composed of smooth muscle and is under involuntary control
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True
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Which of the following is not normally found in urine?
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Glucose
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The most superficial layer of the kidney is the
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Cortex
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How much of the fluid filtered by the kidney actually becomes urine?
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1%
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Infection of the renal pelvic and calyces is known as
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Pyelitis
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Under normal resting conditions, ------ of the cardiac output reaches the kidney
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25%
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Which of the following processes does not participate int eh production of urine in the kidney?
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Evaporation
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Your pituitary gland would secrete maximal quantities of antidiuretic hormone if
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You were adrift on a raft in the ocean in the tropics without fresh water
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The kidneys lie in the ------ cavity
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Abdominal
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Renin is produced in
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The juctaglomerular cells
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which of the follwing conditions is most often seen in elderly males with prostatic hperplasia?
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Urinary retention
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Which of the following would not inhibit micturition?
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Relaxation of the internal uretha sphincter
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Which of the follwing is not a function of the kidney
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Exrete excess glucose
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Which of teh following is not usually associated with the formation of renal calculi?
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Polyurea
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Of the following, the only epithelial type that does not line the urethra is
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Simple squamous
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Which structure attaches to a posterolateral angle of the urinary bladder?
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Ureter
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In the micturtion reflex, the detrusor muscle is stimulated to contract by
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Parasympathetic fibers
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The longest of the 3 parts of teh male urethra is the
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penile
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Urine passes through the
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Renal pelvis to the ureter to the bladder to the urethra
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An increase in the permeability of collecting tublule cells to water is due to
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An increase in the production of ADH.
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Which gland sits atop of each kidney?
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Adrenal
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