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Anatomy-Urinary
Question | Answer |
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An increase in the permeability of collecting tubule cells to water is due to: | |
What is found in the rebal corpuscle? | podocytes, the glomerulus, glomerular capsule |
The part of the uriniferous tubule whose epithelial cells are most responsible for reabsorption and secretion is the: | proximal tubule |
How much of the fluid is filtered by the kidney actually becomes urine? | |
Vessels and nerves enter and leave the kidney through the: | medial hilium |
The most superficial layer of the kidney is the: | cortex |
The kidneys lie behind what cavity? | abdominopelvic |
The name of the inferior of the three openingsin the trigone of the bladder is the: | internal urethral orifice |
Based on what you know about the location of the kidneys in the posterior abdominal wall, the hilium of the kidney must be at the level of which vertebra? | |
Which vessels lie within the renal columns> | interlobar arteries |
The left renal vein is what in comparison to the right renal vein? | it is longer |
If you looked closely at the tip of a renal papilla with a hand lens, the hundreds of littleopenings you would see on its surface are what> | |
Urinary tract infections are more common in females than in males because: | in females the urethra is shorter than in males |
Large cells with complex "foot-like" processes that wrap around the glomerular capillaries. | Podocytes |
Voiding of urine; involves symoathetic, parasympathetic and somatic fibers. | micturition |
located between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules; u-shaped | loop of henle |
the urinary bladder is found in what region? | hypogastric region |
The tube leading from the kidney to the bladder | ureter |
the structural and functional unit of the kidney | nephron |