FINALS - Ch. 30 (Urinary System)

Question 1

The microscopic structures within the kidneys, located in the medulla, that filter blood, remove waste products, and form urine are called:

Answer 1

Nephrons

Question 2

The right kidney is located slightly inferior to the left due to the location of what?

Answer 2

Liver

Question 3

The urge to urinate can be voluntarily controlled by impulses from the brain stem and cerebral cortex to the:

Answer 3

External sphincter muscle

Question 4

The glomerular arterioles delivering blood to the tightly packed, increasingly narrow capillaries of the glomerulus?

Answer 4

Afferent

Question 5

Parasympathetic nerves stimulate what? that begins rhythmic contractions that trigger the sense of the need to urinate

Answer 5

Detrusor

Question 6

Ultrasound report indicates bilateral kidney enlargement, the urinalysis shows turbidity and hematuria. What is the most likely diagnoses?

Answer 6

Pyelonephritis

Question 7

What best describes glomerular filtration rates?

Answer 7

If filtration pressure increases, both the rate and amount of filtrate will increase

Question 8

What blood test is performed on a patient with renal calculi?

Answer 8

Uric acid level

Question 9

Which branch of the autonomic nervous system controls the process of erection?

Answer 9

Parasympathetic

Question 10

Which cancer in females is the most deadly due to the fact that early detection is so difficult?

Answer 10

Ovarian

Question 11

What disease is characterized by flu-like symptoms and a decreased T-cell count

Answer 11

AIDS

Question 12

Implantation will occur approximately how many days after fertilization?

Answer 12

6-7 days

Question 13

The structure that consists of the proximal convoluted tubule, the nephron loop, the distal convoluted tubule, and the collecting duct

Answer 13

Renal tubule