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Lesson Quiz 6 Rio
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
Question | Answer |
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Mucosa, muscular, and fibrous adventitia are layers of what organ? | Bladder |
A pigment metabolite that is responsible for the color of urine. | Urochrome |
A condition caused by Diabetes mellitus in which body cells are unable to absorb glucose from the blood. | Glycosuria |
The presence of excessive amounts of the by-products of fat metabolism. | Ketonuria |
Hardened cell fragments that are flushed out of the urinary tract. | Casts |
The major homeostatic organ of the body. | Kidney |
Drains urine from the kidneys. | Ureters |
In urine formation, filtration is the role of what? | Glomerulus |
The anatomically functional units responsible for urine formation. | Nephrons |
Drains the bladder and is a urine conduit to the body exterior. | Urethra |
This region of the bladder has two ureteral and one urethral orifice. | Trigone |
The process in which urine empties from the bladder. | Micturition |
Part of the nephron that contains an ascending portion and a descending portion. | Loop of Henle |
A condition often seen in cases of uncontrolled hypertension or kidney infection. | Albuminuria |
The presence of white blood cells in the urine. | Pyuria |
A condition seen in cases of hepitis or bile duct blockage. | Bilirubinuria |
The yellow color of urine is due to ________. | Urochrome |
The largest component of urine by weight, other than water, is ________. | Urea |
The mass of a specific volume of liquid. | Specific gravity |
A by-product of bacterial metabolism; useful in early detection of bladder infections. | Nitrites |
The mechanical and chemical receptors that control digestive activity are located: | In the walls of the tract organs |
The chemical and mechanical processes of food breakdown are called: | Digestion |
The sheets of peritoneal membrane that hold the digestive tract in palce are called: | Mesenteries |
The capillaries that nourish the epithelium and absorb digested nutrients lie in the: | Lamina propria |
Hydrochloric acid is secreted by which of the secretory cells of the stomach? | Parietal cells |
Nervous control of gastric secretion is provided by: | The vagus nerve and enteric plexus |
Which of the following enzymes is specific for proteins? | Trypsin |
After eating French fries, buttered toast, ice cream, and whole milk. Which of the following glands would be active in helping you to digest this food? | The pancreas |
A baby is in the hosp. with a hx of project. vomiting after each feeding. The sphincter controlling food passage from the stomach to the duodenum is thickened and does not open readily. B/c of the pt's loss of gastric juice, his blood indicates: | Alkalosis |
Hormones that inhibit gastric secretion include: | Secretin |