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Chapter 24 Urinary System
Jeremiah
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1) The _____ transfer urine from the kidneys A
to the urinary bladder
A) ureters
B) urethras
C) vas deferens and uterine tubes
D) efferent arteries
2) What is the correct sequence of organs B
for the formation and elimination of urine?
A) Bladder, urethra, kidney, ureter
B) Kidney, ureter, bladder, ureter
C) Kidney, urethra, bladder, ureter
D) Kidney, bladder, ureter, urethra
E) Urethra, bladder, kidney, ureter
3) Which is not a function of the kidneys? D
A) Regulation of blood pressure
B) Removal of wastes from th eblood
C) Regulation of erythrocyte production
D) Regulation of lymphocyte production
E) Regulation of acid-base balance
4) The kidneys make the final enzyme for Calcitrol
synthesis of the hormone _____, which causes
increased calcium absorption in the small
intestine.
5) During prolonged fasting, the kidneys True
produce glucose from noncarbohydrate
sources.
TRUE or FALSE
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6) In response to low blood______ , the B
kidneys secrete __________
A) calcium; renin
B) oxygen; erythropoietin
C) sodium; calcitrol
D) potassium; erythropoietin
E) glucose; calcitrol
7) The average adult kidney weighs about A
100 grams and measures about
A) 12 cm long, 6.5 cm wide, and 2,5 cm thick
B) 8 cm long, 4 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick
C) 15 cm long, 10.5 cm wide, and 4.5 cm thick
D) 8 cm long, 10.5 cm wide, and 2.5 cm thick
E) 12 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, and 8 cm thick
8) In order to accommodate the large liver B
A) the left kidney is about 2 centimeters
inferior to the right kidney
B) the right kidney is about 2 centimeters
inferior to the left kidney
9) The kidneys are located _______ the C
peritoneum
A) within
B) anterior to
C) posterior to
10) The concave medial border of the kidney Hilum
is called the ______.
11) From innermost to outermost, the A
protective layers on the kidney are the
A) fibrous capsule, perinephric fat, renal
fascia, paranephric fat
B) renal corpuscle, perinephric fat, renal
fascia, paranephric fat
C) renal fascia, paranephric fat, renal
corpuscle, perinephric fat
D) renal fascia, perinephric fat, fibrous
capsule, paranephric fat
E) fibrous capsule, paranephric fat, renal
fascia, perinephric fat
12) The fibrous capsule of the kidney is A
composed of
A) dense irregular connective tissue
B) adipose connective tissue
C) reticular connective tissue
D) smooth muscle fibers
13) The paranephric fat is deep to the fibrous False
capsule of the kidney.
TRUE or FALSE
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14) An adult human kidney typically contains B
________ renal pyramid(s).
A) 2 to 5
B) 8 to 15
C) 16 to 24
D) 1
E) 30 to 40
15) Where are the renal pyramids located D
within the kidney?
A) Renal cortex
B) Renal sinus
C) Renal pelvis
D) Renal medulla
E) Renal papilla
16) Which of the following choices lists C
structures in the order in which urine flows
through them?
A) Major calyx, minor calyx, renal pelvis
B) Renal pelvis, major calyx, minor pelvis
C) Minor calyx, major calyx, renal pelvis
D) Major pelvis, minor calyx, renal pelvis
E) major calyx, renal pelvis, minor calyx
17) The first structure in the kidney to collect B
newly formed urine is the
A) renal capsule
B) minor calyx
C) renal pelvis
D) renal sinus
E) renal cortex
18) Extensions of the renal cortex that Columns
project into the medulla (and subdivide it)
are known as the renal ____ _.
19) Autonomic innervation of the kidney D
includes
A) Cranial Nerve V and sympathetic nerves
from T1 - T2
B) Cranial Nerve V and sympathetic nerves
from T10 - T12
C) Cranial Nerve X and sympathetic nerves
from T1 - T2
D) Cranial Nerve X and sympathetic nerves
from T10 - T12
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