Urinary System Anatomy and Physiology Flash Cards Associated

Urinary System Anatomy and Physiology Flash Cards Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Directions • The first slide asks a question. • The second slide answers the question. • Use these slides like flash cards to test your core knowledge. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • Describe the shape and location of the kidneys. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer The kidneys are two beanshaped organs. They are located deep to the 12 th rib and extend down to L 2 region of the low back. Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • The outer layer of the kidney is the: a. b. c. d. Pyramids Cortex Calyx Medulla Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. Pyramids b. Cortex c. d. Calyx Medulla Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • What organ is a storage site for urine? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer Bladder Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • How many liters of fluid is filtered daily by the kidneys? a. b. c. d. 60 200 500 1000 Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. 60 b. 200 c. d. 500 1000 Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • What tube delivers urine from the bladder to the external environment? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer Urethra Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • The renal arteries drain directly into the ______. a. b. c. d. Aorta Right atrium of the heart Inferior venae cavae Hepatic portal vein Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. b. Aorta Right atrium of the heart c. Inferior venae cavae d. Hepatic portal vein Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • What tubes transport urine from kidneys to the bladder? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer Ureters Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • What organ is located on top of each kidney? Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer Adrenal glands Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • The structural and functional unit of the kidney is the ______. a. b. c. d. Loop of Henle Nephron Glomerulus Bowman’s capsule Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. Loop of Henle b. Nephron c. Glomerulus d. Bowman’s capsule Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • Approximately how many nephrons are found in a healthy adult kidney? a. b. c. d. 1, 000 100, 000 1, 000 Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. 1, 000 b. c. d. 100, 000 1, 000 Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • Which of the items listed below are the two principal components of each nephron? a. b. c. d. Renal corpuscle Renal tubule Renal arteries Renal veins Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. Renal corpuscle b. Renal tubule c. d. Renal arteries Renal veins Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • A network of blood capillaries which diffuse plasma into the Bowman’s capsule of the renal capsule is the: a. b. c. d. Renal artery Nephron Loop of Henle Glomerulus Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. b. c. Renal artery Nephron Loop of Henle d. Glomerulus Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • Glomerular filtration is accomplished by ______. a. b. c. d. Osmosis Gravity Hydrostatic pressure Diffusion Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. b. c. Osmosis Gravity Hydrostatic pressure d. Diffusion Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Question • These structures are designed for reabsorption of water from the renal tubule: a. b. c. d. Renal arteries Peritubular capillaries Afferent arterioles Renal veins Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional

Answer a. Renal arteries b. Peritubular capillaries c. d. Afferent arterioles Renal veins Associated Bodywork & Massage Professional