Deck 29: Anatomy of the Urinary System

Question 1

What do you call the outermost connective tissue wrapping that surrounds the kidney?

A)Nephron
B)Renal cortex
C)Renal medulla
D)Renal capsule

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Identify the structure labeled "d."

A)Renal pyramid
B)Renal pelvis
C)Renal corpuscle
D)Renal calyx

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What urinary organ transports urine from the kidney to the bladder?

A)Urethra
B)Bladder
C)Kidney
D)Ureter

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is the term used to describe the space between the inner and outer layers of the glomerular capsule?

A)Renal lumen
B)Capsular space
C)Renal space
D)Podocyte space

Question 5

Identify the structure labeled "c."

A)Renal column
B)Renal cortex
C)Renal pyramid
D)Renal pelvis

Question 6

What tissue lines the inside (deepest layer)of the urinary bladder?

A)Transitional epithelium
B)Moist stratified squamous epithelium
C)Skeletal muscle
D)Elastic cartilage

Question 7

What structure drains blood from the kidney?

A)Renal ureter
B)Renal artery
C)Renal vein
D)Renal pelvis

Question 8

What urinary organ produces urine?

A)Urethra
B)Kidney
C)Ureter
D)Bladder

Question 9

What microscopic structure is the "functional" unit of the kidney?

A)Renal cortex
B)Renal pyramid
C)Ureter
D)Nephron

Question 10

What is found in the inner layer of the glomerular capsule?

A)Simple squamous epithelium
B)Podocytes
C)Capillaries
D)Simple cuboidal epithelium

Question 11

A frontal plane of section will divide the mammalian kidney into ________ parts.

A)anterior and posterior
B)left and right
C)superior and inferior
D)medial and lateral

Question 12

What two structures create the renal corpuscle?

A)Podocytes and renal tube
B)Glomerular capillaries and capsule
C)Renal tube and glomerular capsule
D)Glomerular capillaries and podocytes

Question 13

What is the function of the hilum?

A)An indentation where urine collects before transport to the bladder
B)An indentation where vessels enter/exit the kidney
C)Microscopic structure that creates urinary filtrate
D)Protects the kidney by being a barrier

Question 14

When dissecting a mammalian kidney in your lab, what is recommended plane of section to view the majority of the internal structures?

A)Oblique
B)Sagittal
C)Coronal
D)Transverse

Question 15

What is found in the outer layer of the glomerular capsule?

A)Simple cuboidal epithelium
B)Podocytes
C)Capillaries
D)Simple squamous epithelium

Question 16

Identify the structure labeled "a."

A)Renal pelvis
B)Renal cortex
C)Renal medulla
D)Renal capsule

Question 17

Identify the structure labeled "l."

A)Renal column
B)Renal pyramid
C)Renal pelvis
D)Renal calyx

Question 18

Which of these structures does not enter/exit the kidney at the hilum?

A)Renal pelvis
B)Renal artery
C)Renal vein
D)Ureter

Question 19

Identify the structure labeled "d."

A)Renal cortex
B)Ureter
C)Renal medulla
D)Renal pelvis

Question 20

Identify the structure labeled "g."

A)Renal vein
B)Renal artery
C)Renal pelvis
D)Ureter

Question 21

What structures in the glomerular capsule interdigitate to form filtration slits?

A)Podocytes
B)Simple squamous epithelial cells
C)Renal tubules
D)Endothelium

Question 22

Identify the structure labeled "a."

A)Renal tubule
B)Glomerular capillaries
C)Glomerular capsule
D)Capsular space

Question 23

Identify the structure labeled "a."

A)Lumen
B)Mucosa
C)Muscle
D)Basement membrane

Question 24

What term describes the pores found in the visceral layer of the glomerular capsule?

A)Podocytes
B)Filtration slits
C)Fenestrations
D)Pedicles

Question 25

Where are the renal corpuscles found in the kidney?

A)Renal cortex
B)Renal pyramid
C)Renal papilla
D)Renal medulla

Question 26

-What tissue type is found in the structure labeled "a"?

A)Simple squamous epithelium
B)Stratified squamous epithelium
C)Transitional epithelium
D)Areolar connective tissue

Question 27

What connective tissue covering of the kidney is continuous with the visceral peritoneum?

A)Renal fascia
B)Adipose capsule
C)Renal capsule
D)Cortex

Question 28

-Identify the structure labeled "b."

A)Lamina propria
B)Muscle
C)Basement membrane
D)Transitional epithelium

Question 29

You are viewing a microscopic specimen of a kidney and are examining structures at the cortex-medulla boundary. You see a glomerulus at the boundary. What type of nephron is the glomerulus connected to?

A)Juxtamedullary nephron
B)Corticol nephron
C)Medullary nephron
D)There is not enough information to identify the nephron.

Question 30

What structure separates the renal pyramids?

A)Renal column
B)Hilum
C)Renal capsule
D)Renal pelvis

Question 31

Identify the structure labeled "c."

A)Glomerular capsule
B)Podocytes
C)Capsular space
D)Glomerular capillaries

Question 32

Identify the smooth muscle that, when contracted, propels urine to the urethra.

A)Detrusor muscle
B)External urethral sphincter
C)Internal urethral sphincter
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 33

After leaving the major calyx, what structure does urine flow to next?

A)Renal pelvis
B)Minor calyx
C)Collecting duct
D)Ureter

Question 34

What are the cells of the inner most layer of the glomerular capsule called?

A)Macrophages
B)Simple cuboidal
C)Simple squamous
D)Podocytes

Question 35

What structure cushions the kidney from traumatic blows or jostling?

A)Renal fascia
B)Adipose capsule
C)Renal capsule
D)Hilum

Question 36

What part of the kidney acts as a physical barrier to protect the kidney from infections?

A)Renal corpuscle
B)Renal papilla
C)Adipose capsule
D)Renal capsule

Question 37

What two structures create the filtration membrane of the nephron?

A)Capsular space and podocytes
B)Podocytes and parietal glomerular capsule
C)Podocytes and glomerular capillaries
D)Capsular space and renal tubule

Question 38

What part of the kidney is continuous with the ureter?

A)Renal papilla
B)Renal calyx
C)Renal pelvis
D)Renal column

Question 39

You are viewing a microscopic section of the kidney cortex and note a tubule composed of simple cuboidal cells that possess microvilli and contain numerous mitochondria. Identify the tubule.

A)Proximal convoluted tubule
B)Distal convoluted tubule
C)Collecting duct
D)Nephron loop