Physiology Mastering the
Urinary System; Essential
Questions and Answer test
bank.( Guaranteed success)
1) The urinary system does all the following,
except that it A) secretes excess glucose
molecules.
A
2) Urine is produced by the
C) kidney.
C
3) Urine is carried to the urinary bladder by C) the ureters.
C
4) Each of the following organs is part of the urinary system, except the
C) liver.
C
,5) All of the following are true of the kidneys, except that they areC)
located within the peritoneum.
C
6) The prominent indentation on the medial surface of the kidney is the
D) hilus.
7) The renal sinus is
C) an internal cavity lined by the fibrous capsule and located in the area of the hilus.
C
8) The outermost layer of kidney tissue is theA) renal
cortex.
A
9) The innermost layer of kidney tissue is theB) renal
medulla.
B
10) Conical structures that is in the renal medulla are
calledA) pyramids.
A
11) Renal columns are
, D) bundles of tissue that lie between pyramids and extend from the renal cortex toward the
renal sinus.
D
12) The expanded end of the ureter forms the
B) renal pelvis.
B
13) Major calyces are
A) large branches of the renal pelvis.
14) Bowmans capsule and the glomerulus make up the C)
renal corpuscle.
C
15) The region known as the macula densa is part ofB) the
distal convoluted tubule.
B
16) The cells of the macula densa and the juxtaglomerular
cells form theD) juxtaglomerular apparatus.
D
17) The expanded end of a nephron is theB) renal
corpuscle.