NURS 5315 Exam 5: Concept and
Clinical Conditions (Renal System)
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What are 7 functions of the Kidneys? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Exctetion of
metabolic waste
2. Water and Electralyte Balance
3. BP regulation (RAAS)
4. Acid-Base Balance
5. RBC Production
6. Vitamin production (calcitriol)
7. Gluconeogenesis
What are 5 examples of metabolic waste that is released by the Kidneys? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bilirubin
Creatinine
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,Drugs
Hormone metabolites
Urea
In order to maintain acid-base balance what does the kidneys excrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔H+ ions
In order to maintain acid-base balance what do the kidneys reabsorb? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Bicarbonate
Which blood vessel is connected to the aorta that started Renal
Circulation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Renal artery
What blood vessels go from the Renal Artery and lead to Capillary beds? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Interlobar artery ➡️ Arcuate artery
The blood in the kidneys enters the glomerulus through the ____ arteriole
and exits through the ____ arteriole? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Afferent , Efferent
(E - Exits)
The Afferent arterioles aid in filtration, what is another name for this blood
vessel? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Glomerular capillaries
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, What is the name of the long efferent arterioles that extend through
medullary glomerulus to form the juxtaglomerular cells? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Vasa recta
What is the role of the Vasa Recta? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Circulate blood
through the medulla to provide nutrients without removing solutes and
weakening the osmotic gradient.
Blood from the kidney travels back to the inferior vena cava through what
vein? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Renal Vein
How does filtrate and urine move through the kidney? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Bowman's capsule
2. Proximal Tubule
3. Loop of Henle (Descending (Thin))
4. Loop of Henle (Ascending (Thick))
5. Macula Densa
6. Distal convoluted Tubule
7. Collecting tubules
8. Medullary collecting tubules
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Clinical Conditions (Renal System)
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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What are 7 functions of the Kidneys? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Exctetion of
metabolic waste
2. Water and Electralyte Balance
3. BP regulation (RAAS)
4. Acid-Base Balance
5. RBC Production
6. Vitamin production (calcitriol)
7. Gluconeogenesis
What are 5 examples of metabolic waste that is released by the Kidneys? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bilirubin
Creatinine
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,Drugs
Hormone metabolites
Urea
In order to maintain acid-base balance what does the kidneys excrete? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔H+ ions
In order to maintain acid-base balance what do the kidneys reabsorb? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Bicarbonate
Which blood vessel is connected to the aorta that started Renal
Circulation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Renal artery
What blood vessels go from the Renal Artery and lead to Capillary beds? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Interlobar artery ➡️ Arcuate artery
The blood in the kidneys enters the glomerulus through the ____ arteriole
and exits through the ____ arteriole? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Afferent , Efferent
(E - Exits)
The Afferent arterioles aid in filtration, what is another name for this blood
vessel? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Glomerular capillaries
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, What is the name of the long efferent arterioles that extend through
medullary glomerulus to form the juxtaglomerular cells? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Vasa recta
What is the role of the Vasa Recta? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Circulate blood
through the medulla to provide nutrients without removing solutes and
weakening the osmotic gradient.
Blood from the kidney travels back to the inferior vena cava through what
vein? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Renal Vein
How does filtrate and urine move through the kidney? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Bowman's capsule
2. Proximal Tubule
3. Loop of Henle (Descending (Thin))
4. Loop of Henle (Ascending (Thick))
5. Macula Densa
6. Distal convoluted Tubule
7. Collecting tubules
8. Medullary collecting tubules
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