HLT 143 Ch 9 Urinary System Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
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HLT 143 Ch 9 Urinary System Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
What is the purpose of the urinary bladder? - Answer- store urine and secrete it upon demand
The filtration unit of the urinary system is what? - Answer- nephron
What transports urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder...
HLT 143 Ch 9 Urinary System
Exam Questions with All Correct
Answers
What is the purpose of the urinary bladder? - Answer- store urine and secrete it upon
demand
The filtration unit of the urinary system is what? - Answer- nephron
What transports urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder? - Answer- ureter
Within the nephron, the ball of capiallaries is called what? - Answer- glomerulus
Inside the nephron, what carries blood to the glomerulus - Answer- afferent arteriole
What leaves the kidney at the hilum? - Answer- renal vein
What is located at the tip of each renal pyramind and then opens intoa calyx? - Answer-
papilla
Within the nephron, what process occurs in the renal corpuscle? - Answer- filtration
Urine passing from the collecting tubule of the nephron would then pass into the? -
Answer- renal papilla
The passage of waste products such as urea and nitrogenous wastes into the urine
occurs at which stage in the nephron? - Answer- secretion
The kidneys also function to maintain a balance of electrolytes, molecules that have an
electrical charge. These include sodium, potassium, and what? - Answer- bicarbonate
The recycling of water and electrolytes back into the blood is done through what? -
Answer- peritubular capillaries
Kidneys also function to maintain the _______ of the body. - Answer- pH range
In the final stages of urine production, waste products such as uric acid and ______
flow into the collecting tubule to be excreted. - Answer- ammonia
, What carries blood away from the glomerulus? - Answer- efferent arteriole
In a urinalysis, what substance should generally NOT appear in the urine? - Answer-
albumin
Urine having a fruity odor could indicate what condition? - Answer- diabetes mellitus
What is an indicator of glomerulonephritis? - Answer- protein in the urine
What characteristic would urine exhibit after drinking lots of water? - Answer- a lower
specific gravity
What may be present in the urine while taking corticosteroids? - Answer- glucose
The pH of urine might become alkaline (pH higher than 7) if a person has a _______ -
Answer- high fever
Generally, what percentage of urine is water? - Answer- 95%
What would be an indication of a bladder infection? - Answer- cloudiness in the urine
A patient with painful urination is experiencing what? - Answer- dysuria
A patient who had an ischemic event and is now having oliguria would most likely be
suffering from what? - Answer- acute tubular necrosis (ATN)
a patient having a calculus in the urinary bladder has what? - Answer- cystolith
A patient who is otherwise not incontinent but wets the bed at night while sleeping has
what? - Answer- enuresis
A patient that has a calculus that is obstructing the ureter will likely have what? -
Answer- hydronephrosis
A patient has a spinal cord injury and now has no control over his bladder function.
What is this referred to as? - Answer- neurogenic bladder
A patient that suddenly has no urine production has what? - Answer- anuria
When the urinary bladder pushes into the wall of the vagina, it is called what? - Answer-
cystocele
What is the lab test that analyzes the chem, phys, and micro characteristics of urine? -
Answer- urinalysis
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