ap ii chapter 23 urinary

What is the function of the vasa recta?

b. collect and transport water and solutes within the renal medulla in the juxtamedullary nephron

Which renal structure begins in the renal cortex, and carries tubular fluid through the osmotic gradient in the renal medulla

b. collecting duct

The prominent indentation on the medial surface of the kidney is the

c. hilum

Major calyces are

c. large tributaries of the renal pelvis

The efferent arteriole of a nephron divides to form a network of capillaries within the cortex called the ________ capillaries.

c. peritubular

The left kidney lies ________ to the right kidney

c. slightly superior

The renal sinus is

e. an internal cavity lined by the fibrous capsule

The outermost layer of the kidney is the

e. fibrous capsule

Glomerular (Bowman's) capsule and the glomerulus make up the

e. renal corpuscle

The cavity of the kidney that receives urine from the calyces is called the

e. renal pelvis

Which of the following is comprised of a layer of collagen fibers that covers the outer surface of the kidney?

fibrous capsule

The proximal convoluted tubule is the main region responsible for _____ .

d. reabsorbing nutrients

Urine is eliminated through the

d. urethra

Which of these components of the nephron is largely confined to the renal medulla?

e. collecting ducts

Urine is carried to the urinary bladder by

e. the ureters

Sympathetic innervation in the kidneys adjusts blood flow and blood pressure at the glomeruli, and stimulates the release of ______.

a. renin

A glomerulus is

a. a knot of capillaries within the renal corpuscle

Blood leaves the glomerulus through a blood vessel called the

a. efferent arteriole

Triangular or conical structures located in the renal medulla are called

a. pyramids

The filtrate first passes from the glomerular capsule to the

b. proximal convoluted tubule

______ deliver blood to the glomerulus

d. Afferent arterioles

The majority of glomeruli are located in the ________ of the kidney

d. cortex

The ______ collects the urine produced by a single kidney lobe

d. minor calyx