Urinary System

Question 1

What are the functions of the urinary system?

Answer 1

Assists to regulate blood pressure
Assists with production of red blood cells
Forms and stores urine and cleanses the blood of toxic substances

Question 2

What does the urinary system consists of?

Answer 2

kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.

Question 3

What is the main function of the kidneys?

Answer 3

to clean your blood by removing waste and extra fluids, making urine, and helping control things like blood pressure and red blood cell production

Question 4

Structures like the blood vessels, ureters and nerves enter and leave the kidneys through the?

Answer 4

hilum

Question 5

where does the kidneys lie against?

Answer 5

12th rib

Question 6

What is the outer layer of the kidney?

Answer 6

renal cortex

Question 7

What is the function of the renal cortex?

Answer 7

its the site of urine production

Question 8

what is the inner region of the kidney?

Answer 8

renal medulla

Question 9

what is the main function of the renal medulla?

Answer 9

its the site of urine collection

Question 10

What does the renal artery do?

Answer 10

brings blood to the kidney

Question 11

What does the smaller arteries do?

Answer 11

carry blood to the renal cortex, which is the outer part of the kidney

Question 12

What is the filtering units of the kidney called

Answer 12

nephrons

Question 13

what is the nephrons responsible for?

Answer 13

tiny filters responsible for cleaning your blood and making urine.

Question 14

What does filteration do?

Answer 14

separates small substances like water, salts, and waste from the blood, allowing them to pass into the urine

Question 15

What does Absoprtion do?

Answer 15

keeps the good stuff in the body by soaking it back from the urine.

Question 16

What does secretion do?

Answer 16

throws out the extra stuff the body doesn’t need into the urine

Question 17

What does renin do?

Answer 17

boosts blood pressure

Question 18

What does Aldosterone do?

Answer 18

manages salt and water levels

Question 19

What does ADH do?

Answer 19

saves water when you’re low on fluids

Question 20

What does ANP do?

Answer 20

releases sodium and water when blood pressure is too high

Question 21

What does PTH do?

Answer 21

controls calcium levels

Question 22

What does EPO do?

Answer 22

makes more red blood cells when oxygen is low

Question 23

Filtration of blood in the kidneys when blood in the capillaries of the _________ is filtered into ________

Answer 23

glomerulus, Bowman’s capsule

Question 24

Which hormone affects the kidney by stimulating the reabsorption of sodium ions and excretion of potassium ions?

Answer 24

aldosterone

Question 25

What change triggers Renin to be released?

Answer 25

decline in blood pressure

Question 26

What part of the brain can override the micturition (urination) reflex?

Answer 26

the pons

Question 27

The blood vessel that delivers oxygenated blood to the kidney is the

Answer 27

Renal Artery

Question 28

What is another name for the floor of the urinary bladder?

Answer 28

Trigone

Question 29

What are the main functions of the renal tubules?

Answer 29

Absorption and Secretion

Question 30

What hormone system regulates glomerular filtration rate?

Answer 30

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system

Question 31

Which is NOT a function of the Urinary System?

Answer 31

Storing red blood cells and platelets

Question 32

What could happen if Glomerular filration rate is too low?

Answer 32

The kidney could reabsorb toxins

Question 33

The outer region of the kidney is called

Answer 33

The renal cortex

Question 34

The functional filtration unit of the kidney is the

Answer 34

Nephrons

Question 35

The part of the kidney that collects urine that is then drected into the ureter is the

Answer 35

renal pelvis