Nursing 126 Final Exam
Structure/function of the urinary tract - answer-Function: removal of waste products
-Structure: Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, adrenal glands, orifices, trigone
Draw a diagram of the urinary tract - answer
structure/function/location of kidneys - answer-Function: primary regulators of fluids &
acids, 1500ml of arteriole blood passes for filtration
-Location: found on either side of spinal column, connected to descending aorta
-Structure:
Nephrons - approx. one million, functional unit of kidneys, filter blood, move metabolic
waste product
Draw a diagram of the kidneys - answer
structure/function of nephron - answer-Structure: endothelium thin & porous, renal
corpuscle which consists of glomerulus (group of capillaries) surrounded by a sac called
bowman's capsule, renal tubule
-Function: fluids & solutes move from the capillaries into the endothelium lining the
inside of the glomerular capillaries into glomerular capsule
draw a nephron - answer
Where does urine collection occur? - answerurine is formed in the kidneys & moves
through the collecting ducts into renal pelvis, next enters ureters
Structure/function of ureters? - answer-Function: connects to kidneys to guide urine to
the back of the bladder
-Structure: sphincter acts to prevent reflux of urine back into ureters, 30 cm long & 1.25
cm diameter
structure/function/location of urinary bladder? - answer-Location: behind symphysis
pubis
-Structure:
hollow muscular organ
walls of bladder (1. Inner mucous layer 2. CT tissue layer 3. Three layers of smooth
muscle (detrusor muscle) 4. Outermost layer)
Trigone (at the base, triangular area, marked by ureter opening at the posterior corners
and opening of the urethra)
rugae (folds in mucous membrane & elastic wall)
-Function: reservoir & excretes urine, smooth muscle functions to allow expansion
Structure/function of the urinary tract - answer-Function: removal of waste products
-Structure: Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, adrenal glands, orifices, trigone
Draw a diagram of the urinary tract - answer
structure/function/location of kidneys - answer-Function: primary regulators of fluids &
acids, 1500ml of arteriole blood passes for filtration
-Location: found on either side of spinal column, connected to descending aorta
-Structure:
Nephrons - approx. one million, functional unit of kidneys, filter blood, move metabolic
waste product
Draw a diagram of the kidneys - answer
structure/function of nephron - answer-Structure: endothelium thin & porous, renal
corpuscle which consists of glomerulus (group of capillaries) surrounded by a sac called
bowman's capsule, renal tubule
-Function: fluids & solutes move from the capillaries into the endothelium lining the
inside of the glomerular capillaries into glomerular capsule
draw a nephron - answer
Where does urine collection occur? - answerurine is formed in the kidneys & moves
through the collecting ducts into renal pelvis, next enters ureters
Structure/function of ureters? - answer-Function: connects to kidneys to guide urine to
the back of the bladder
-Structure: sphincter acts to prevent reflux of urine back into ureters, 30 cm long & 1.25
cm diameter
structure/function/location of urinary bladder? - answer-Location: behind symphysis
pubis
-Structure:
hollow muscular organ
walls of bladder (1. Inner mucous layer 2. CT tissue layer 3. Three layers of smooth
muscle (detrusor muscle) 4. Outermost layer)
Trigone (at the base, triangular area, marked by ureter opening at the posterior corners
and opening of the urethra)
rugae (folds in mucous membrane & elastic wall)
-Function: reservoir & excretes urine, smooth muscle functions to allow expansion
