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Question: Somatic motor neurons must be ________ to relax the external urethral sphincter to allow urination.
Choices:
stimulated
inhibited
Question: What are the names of the capillaries following the efferent arteriole?
Choices:
arcuate and medullary
interlobar and interlobular
peritubular and vasa recta
peritubular and medullary
Question: Blood filtrate is captured in the lumen of the ________.
Choices:
glomerulus
Bowman's capsule
calyces
renal papillae
Question: Peristaltic contractions occur in the ________.
Choices:
urethra
bladder
ureters
urethra, bladder, and ureters
Question: Diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus would most likely be indicated by ________.
Choices:
anuria
polyuria
oliguria
none of the above
Question: Production of less than 50 mL/day of urine is called ________.
Choices:
normal
polyuria
oliguria
anuria
Question: The color of urine is determined mainly by ________.
Choices:
diet
filtration rate
byproducts of red blood cell breakdown
filtration efficiency
Question: Which part of the urinary system is not completely retroperitoneal?
Choices:
kidneys
ureters
bladder
nephrons
Question: The renal pyramids are separated from each other by extensions of the renal cortex called ________.
Choices:
renal medulla
minor calyces
medullary cortices
renal columns
Question: The right kidney is slightly lower because ________.
Choices:
it is displaced by the liver
it is displace by the heart
it is slightly smaller
it needs protection of the lower ribs
Question: The primary structure found within the medulla is the ________.
Choices:
loop of Henle
minor calyces
portal system
ureter