Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
kidney - CORRECT ANSWER - filter bloodstream to form urine
ureter - CORRECT ANSWER - slender, muscular tubes that conducts urine to bladder
bladder - CORRECT ANSWER - elastic muscular organ that stores & contracts to expel
urine
bladder is made up of - CORRECT ANSWER - transitional epithelium
kidney is located - CORRECT ANSWER - retro peritoneal- lines abdominal cavity
renal fascial - CORRECT ANSWER - heavy cushion of fat surrounding kidney
nephroptosis - CORRECT ANSWER - drooping kidney
Cortex of kidney - CORRECT ANSWER - outer most region
renal column of kidney - CORRECT ANSWER - inward extension of cortex
medullary pyramids - CORRECT ANSWER - triangular regions of tissue in the medulla
calyx of kidney - CORRECT ANSWER - cup like region at the end of pyramid
renal pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - expansion of the upper end of the ureter, collects
urine from calyces
, Nephron - CORRECT ANSWER - urine maker
Nephron is located - CORRECT ANSWER - medulla & cortex
main components of Nephrons - CORRECT ANSWER - Tubular & vascular
Glomerular filtration - CORRECT ANSWER - movement of substance from bloodstream
into bowmans capsule
tubular reabsorption - CORRECT ANSWER - the movement of substances from the
tubular fluid back into the blood
tubular secretion - CORRECT ANSWER - the movement of uric acid, H+ potassium and
drugs from the blood into the tubular fluid
urine formation - CORRECT ANSWER - glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption,
tubular secretion
Tubular - CORRECT ANSWER - Glomerular capsule, PCT, loop of henley, DCT,
collecting duct
Glomerular capsule (Bowman's capsule) - CORRECT ANSWER - has podocytes to
connect to cluster
PCT (proximal convoluted tubule) - CORRECT ANSWER - most reabsorption take place
Loop of Henle - CORRECT ANSWER - section of the nephron tubule that conserves
water and minimizes the volume of urine