PNB 2275 LAB 9: URINARY SYSTEM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PNB 2275 LAB 9: URINARY SYSTEM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Bladder
Answer:
Elastic, hollow, muscular organ that provides temporary storage for urine

Question:
2. Kidney
Answer:
Filters waste from the blood like urea, water, salt and proteins

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3. Ureter
Answer:
A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder

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4. Adrenal Gland
Answer:
A pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys

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5. Renal Vein
Answer:
Vessel that carries blood away from the kidney to the inferior vena cava

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6. Renal Artery
Answer:
Vessel that carries blood to the kidney

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7. Aorta
Answer:

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8. Inferior Vena Cava
Answer:
Brings oxygen poor blood from the lower part of the body to the right atrium

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9. Urethra

, Answer:
Tube from urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Question:
10. What structures comprise the internal anatomy of the kidney?
Answer:
-Cortex (cortical and juxtamedullary regions)
-Ureter
-Major calyx
-Minor calyx
-Renal pelvis
-Renal pyramids
-Medulla
-Renal columns

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11. Kidney Cortex
Answer:

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12. Juxtamedullary Cortex
Answer:
Nephrons only found in medullary area

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13. Major Calyx
Answer:
-Formed by the convergence of several minor calyces
-Drain urine from the minor calyxes into the renal pelvis

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14. Minor Calyx
Answer:
Collects urine at the tip of each renal pyramid

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15. Renal Pelvis
Answer:
-Places where major calyces converge
-Portion of the kidney that narrows to become the ureter

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16. Renal Pyramids
Answer:
Triangular shapes in medulla of the kidney