Urinary

Question 1

Eliminating excess substances while preserving needed substances to function is what system?

Answer 1

Urinary system

Question 2

Urinary system consists of?

Answer 2

Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra

Question 3

Bean shaped structures located at the back of abdominal cavity just under the diaphragm?

Answer 3

Kidney

Question 4

Each kidney consists of three layers called?

Answer 4

Renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis

Question 5

What is the outer kidney layer?

Answer 5

Renal cortex

Question 6

What is the inner kidney layer?

Answer 6

Renal medulla

Question 7

What is the innermost kidney layer?

Answer 7

Renal pelvis

Question 8

Renal cortex is composed of one million what?

Answer 8

Nephrons

Question 9

What are the nephrons?

Answer 9

Tiny individual filters of the kidney

Question 10

Each nephron contains cluster of capillaries called?

Answer 10

Glomerulus

Question 11

The glomerulus is surrounded by cup shaped _______ which leads to a tubule?

Answer 11

Bowman’s capsule

Question 12

Kidneys recieve blood from _____ _____ which branch off from aorta?

Answer 12

Renal arteries

Question 13

Kidneys filter blood, reabsorb needed materials, secrete waste, and excess waste in?

Answer 13

Urine

Question 14

Blood flow from renal arteries into ______ into the glomerulus, where it’s filtered?

Answer 14

Arterioles

Question 15

Glomerular filtrate enters _________ where waste, glucose, ions, and other organic molecules are reabsorbed back into bloodstream?

Answer 15

Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 16

Urea and drugs are removed from blood in the?

Answer 16

Distal convoluted tubule

Question 17

pH of blood can be adjusted in distal convoluted tubule by secretion of?

Answer 17

Hydrogen ions

Question 18

Unabsorbed materials flow out from collecting tubules located in _____ to _____ as urine?

Answer 18

Renal medulla to renal pelvis

Question 19

Urine is drained from kidneys through _____ to _______ where it’s stored until expulsion from body through urethra?

Answer 19

Ureters to Urinary bladder