Nr 283 Exam 3 Pathophysiology Review Questions With Correct Answers 2025/2026

NR 283 EXAM 3 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026

kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER -- balance solute & water transport

- excrete metabolic waste products

- regulate acids & bases

- regulate blood pressure

- regulate erythrocyte production

- regulate calcium metabolism



-excrete wastes

-maintain correct levels of water, amount of salts, electrolytes, and blood pressure

-produces hormones



process of filtration and reabsorption - CORRECT ANSWER -- renal artery

- afferent arteriole (going toward the glomerulus)

- glomerulus

- efferent arteriole (going away from the glomerulus)

- peritubular capillaries (dance across the interstitium and collect whatever is in the interstitium
like water and ions)

- venules

- renal vein



nephron - CORRECT ANSWER -functional unit of the kidneys that jumps between the renal
cortex and the renal medulla



medulla - CORRECT ANSWER -the middle

, very salty because of ion reabsorption



contains the loop of Henle



cortex - CORRECT ANSWER -outer portion; the shell



contains the afferent and efferent arterioles, glomerulus, Bowman's capsule, and proximal
convoluted tubule



renal artery - CORRECT ANSWER -blood going to the kidneys



glomerulus - CORRECT ANSWER -main site for filtration



take blood and turn it into filtrate



leaks out fluid



Bowman's capsule - CORRECT ANSWER -space that collects filtrate



where the fluid that leaks out from the glomerulus collects



located underneath the glomerulus



proximal convoluted tubule - CORRECT ANSWER -extends out of the Bowman's capsule