Module 26.1-26.3
What parts of the kidney make up the juxtaglomerular complex (JGC)?
Distal convoluted tubule and afferent arteriole
In which of the basic processes involved in urine formation does blood pressure force water and solutes across the wall of the glomerular capillaries?
Filtration
What are the blood vessels found in the renal corpuscle that produce filtrate?
Glomerular caplillaries
Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system?
Introduction of plasma proteins into blood plasma
What are the cells that surround the glomerular capillaries and limit filtration?
Podocytes
What is the process that can return useful solutes like electrolytes and glucose to the blood?
Reabsorption
Which of the following brings oxygenated blood into the kidney?
Renal artery
Blood enters each kidney through the renal arteries. What is the order in which blood travels from the renal artery to the glomeruli?
Segmental arteries, interlobar arteries, arcuate arteries, cortical radiate arteries
In a nephron, the long tubular passageway through which the filtrate passes includes the __________.
proximal and distal convoluted tubules and the nephron loop
The kidneys are protected by all of the following except the ______________.
renal pelvis
Contraction of the muscular bladder forces urine out of the body through the __________.
urethra
Which of the following is NOT a function of the urinary system?
Adaptive immunity
Which of the following is NOT a waste product normally found in urine?
Glucose
Which of the following is a dense, fibrous layer that anchors the kidney to surrounding structures?
Renal fascia
In what part of the kidney are the renal pyramids located?
Renal medulla
What is the expanded, funnel-shaped structure in the kidney that leads to the ureter?
Renal pelvis
Which process in the formation of urine removes chemicals from the blood and puts them into the urine and is not driven by blood pressure?
Secretion
Which part of the kidney functions as an endocrine organ to produce erythropoietin and the enzyme, renin?
The juxtaglomerular complex
What is the most abundant nitrogenous waste that the kidneys remove from the blood?
Urea
Which of the following organic wastes is generated by the catabolism of amino acids?
Urea
Which organ in the urinary system temporarily stores urine?
Urinary bladder
The group of tall cells in the distal convoluted tubule that serve as either chemoreceptors or baroreceptors are the __________ cells.
macula densa