BIO 2301 Renal and Fluid Electrolyte Balance Quiz UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

BIO 2301 Renal and Fluid Electrolyte
Balance Quiz UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
This is the fluid found in the tissue space, around cells:
a. Intracellular
b. Plasma

c. Interstitial - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Interstitial


Which of these compirse the extracellular fluid?
a. Plasma puls intracelluar fluid
b. Interstitial plus intracellular fluid

c. Plasma plus intertitial fluid - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Plasma plus intertitial fluid


The fluid inside cells comprises two thrids of our total body water and is known as:
a. Intertitial fluid
b. Extracellular fluid
c. Plasma

d. Intracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Intracellular fluid


When we are losing water through sweat, and getting dehydrated, the kidneys will:
a. Conserve water and produce a dilute urine
b. Excrete water and produce a dilute urine
c. Excrete water and produce a concentrated urine

d. Conserve water and produce a concentrated urine - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Conserve
water and produce a concentrated urine


The functional unit of the kidney is known as the:

,a. Renal corpuscle
b. Renal cortex
c. Nephron

d. Collecting duct - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Nephron


The tube which carries urine from the kindney to the urinary bladder is known as the:
a. Urethra
b. Ureter
c. Collecting duct

d. Renal tubule - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Ureter


Which of the following is NOT part of the renal tubule?
a. Proximal convoluted tubule
b. Loop of Henle
c. Distal convoluted tubule

d. Glomerulus - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Glomerulus


The ball of capillaries involved in filtration, the first step in urine formation, is known as the:
a. Loop of Henle
b. Nephron
c. Glomerulus

d. Glomerular capsule - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Glomerulus


Which of the following is considered a function of the kidneys?
a. Regulate the water in the blood
b. Cleansing the blood
c. Adjust levels of ions in the blood
d. Regulate blood pressure

, e. All of the above are functions of the kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER - e. All of the
above are functions of the kidneys


Vasopression, or ADH, works to pull _________ back into the blood.
a. Ions
b. Water

c. Calcium - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Water


Which of the following is true of Glomerular Filtration rate (GFR)?
a. It is the volume of filtrate formed per unit time
b. It is about 90-125 ml/min
c. It influences the rate or reabsorption and the composition of the urine

d. All of the above are true of GFR - CORRECT ANSWER - d. All of the above are true
of GFR


What will occur if GFR falls below normal?
a. Rate of reabsorption increases, and we lose wanted substances in the urine
b. Rate of reabsorption increases, and we retain wastes
c. Rate of reabsorption decreases, and we lose wanted substances in the urine

d. Rate of reabsorption decreases, and we retiain wastes - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Rate
of reabsorption increases, and we retain wastes


What will occur if GFR is too high?
a. Rate of reabsorption increases, and we lose wanted substances in the urine
b. Rate of reabsorption increases, and we retain wastes
c. Rate of reabsorption decreases, and we lose wanted substances in the urine

d. Rate of reabsorption decreases, and we retiain wastes - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Rate
of reabsorption decreases, and we lose wanted substances in the urine