Quiz: Urinary System

What an the tubule in the cortex of the kidney with a thick brush border creating a fuzzy nearly closed lumen?

Proximal convoluted tubule

Compared with proximal convoluted tubules, distal tubules are

Less common

What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus primarily detect changes in?

Blood pressure and solute concentration

What do the simple cuboidal cells of collecting ducts show?

Round nuclei and crisp borders

What types of cells line the mucosa of the urinary bladder?

Transitional epithelium

What is the tissue in the inner layer of the ureter muscularis composed of?

Longitudinal smooth muscle

What are the juxtaglomerular, gradular, cells a modified smooth muscle muscle cell of?

Afferent arteriole

What is the lining of the ureter mucosa ?

Stratified with rounded surface cells