A&P 2 Unit 3 Exam
1. Why are the kidneys the major organs of the urinary Because they produce
system? urine
2. Transport urine from kidney to urinary bladder Ureters
3. Temporary storage reservoir for urine Urinary bladder
4. Transports urine out of body Urethra
5. The right kidney is crowded by what major organs, Liver
that makes the right kidney lower than the left kidney?
6. Where vessels and ureter enter/exit Central hilum
7. What are the three distinct regions of the internal Renal cortex
kidney? Renal medulla
Collecting ducts
8. This part of the internal kidney contains most of the Renal cortex
nephrons.
9. This part of the internal kidney contains nephron Renal medulla
loops and collecting ducts.
10. Urine produced by nephrons goes to ___ ___ of the Collecting ducts
medullary pyramid.
11. What is the order of how urine travels? Minor calyx
Major calyx
Renal pelvis
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra
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12. Deliver about 25% of cardiac output to kidneys each Renal arteries
minute
13. Give the order that blood travels through the kidney Aorta
Renal artery
Segmental artery
Interlobar artery
Arcuate artery
Cortical radiate artery
Afferent arteriole
Glomerulus
Efferent arteriole
Peritubular capillaries or
vasa recta
Cortical radiate vein
Arcuate vein
Interlobar vein
Renal vein
Inferior vena cava
14. What are the two main parts of the nephron? Renal corpuscle
Renal tubule
15. This part of the nephron filters fluid from the blood. Renal corpuscle
16. This part of the nephron alters the concentration of Renal tubule
the filtrate using reabsorption and secretion.
17. What are the two parts of the renal corpuscle? Glomerulus
Glomerular capsule
18. Part of the renal corpsucle. Glomerulus
Tuft of capillaries composed of fenestrated endothe-
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lium. Highly porous capillaries allows for efficient fil-
trate formation.
19. Plasma-derived fluid that renal tubules process to Filtrate
form urine.
20. Part of the renal corpuscle. Glomerular capsule
Cup-shaped, hollow structure surrounding glomeru-
lus. Consists of a parietal layer and a visceral layer.
21. A 3 cm-long tube made of a single layer of epithelium. Renal tubule
Each region has unique histology and function.
22. What are the three regions of the renal tubule? 1. Proximal convoluted
tubule (proximal, closest
to renal corpuscle)
2. Nephron loop
3. Distal convoluted tubule
(distal, farthest from renal
corpuscle)
23. -Consists of cuboidal cells with dense microvilli that The proximal convoluted
form brush border. tubule
-Functions in reabsorption and secretion
-Confined to cortex
24. -U-shaped structure consisting of two limbs. The nephron loop
25. What are the two limbs of the nephron loop? 1. Descending limb--thin
limb
2. Ascending limb--thick
limb
26. Distal convoluted tubule
1. Why are the kidneys the major organs of the urinary Because they produce
system? urine
2. Transport urine from kidney to urinary bladder Ureters
3. Temporary storage reservoir for urine Urinary bladder
4. Transports urine out of body Urethra
5. The right kidney is crowded by what major organs, Liver
that makes the right kidney lower than the left kidney?
6. Where vessels and ureter enter/exit Central hilum
7. What are the three distinct regions of the internal Renal cortex
kidney? Renal medulla
Collecting ducts
8. This part of the internal kidney contains most of the Renal cortex
nephrons.
9. This part of the internal kidney contains nephron Renal medulla
loops and collecting ducts.
10. Urine produced by nephrons goes to ___ ___ of the Collecting ducts
medullary pyramid.
11. What is the order of how urine travels? Minor calyx
Major calyx
Renal pelvis
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra
, A&P 2 Unit 3 Exam
12. Deliver about 25% of cardiac output to kidneys each Renal arteries
minute
13. Give the order that blood travels through the kidney Aorta
Renal artery
Segmental artery
Interlobar artery
Arcuate artery
Cortical radiate artery
Afferent arteriole
Glomerulus
Efferent arteriole
Peritubular capillaries or
vasa recta
Cortical radiate vein
Arcuate vein
Interlobar vein
Renal vein
Inferior vena cava
14. What are the two main parts of the nephron? Renal corpuscle
Renal tubule
15. This part of the nephron filters fluid from the blood. Renal corpuscle
16. This part of the nephron alters the concentration of Renal tubule
the filtrate using reabsorption and secretion.
17. What are the two parts of the renal corpuscle? Glomerulus
Glomerular capsule
18. Part of the renal corpsucle. Glomerulus
Tuft of capillaries composed of fenestrated endothe-
, A&P 2 Unit 3 Exam
lium. Highly porous capillaries allows for efficient fil-
trate formation.
19. Plasma-derived fluid that renal tubules process to Filtrate
form urine.
20. Part of the renal corpuscle. Glomerular capsule
Cup-shaped, hollow structure surrounding glomeru-
lus. Consists of a parietal layer and a visceral layer.
21. A 3 cm-long tube made of a single layer of epithelium. Renal tubule
Each region has unique histology and function.
22. What are the three regions of the renal tubule? 1. Proximal convoluted
tubule (proximal, closest
to renal corpuscle)
2. Nephron loop
3. Distal convoluted tubule
(distal, farthest from renal
corpuscle)
23. -Consists of cuboidal cells with dense microvilli that The proximal convoluted
form brush border. tubule
-Functions in reabsorption and secretion
-Confined to cortex
24. -U-shaped structure consisting of two limbs. The nephron loop
25. What are the two limbs of the nephron loop? 1. Descending limb--thin
limb
2. Ascending limb--thick
limb
26. Distal convoluted tubule
