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