Lab Quiz 12 Urinary System Anatomy

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

Renal pyramid

Renal cortex

Nephron

Ureter

Nephron

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

Renal capsule

Renal cortex

Renal medulla

Nephron

Renal capsule

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

Urethra

Kidney

Ureter

Bladder

Ureter

The renal corpuscle consists of the __________ and the __________.

glomerular capillaries; capsule

podocytes; renal tubule

renal tubule; glomerular capsule

glomerular capillaries; podocytes

glomerular capillaries; capsule

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

Renal space

Capsular space

Podocyte space

Renal lumen

Capsular space

Where are the renal corpuscles found in the kidney?

Renal pyramid

Renal papilla

Renal medulla

Renal cortex

Renal cortex

What structure separates the renal pyramids?

Renal capsule

Hilum

Renal column

Renal pelvis

Renal column

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?

Corticol nephron

Medullary nephron

Juxtamedullary nephron

There is not enough information to identify the nephron.

Juxtamedullary nephron

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

Podocytes

Renal tubules

Simple squamous epithelial cells

Endothelium

Podocytes

What is the hilum? Which three structures enter and exit the kidney at the hilum?

Indentation on the lateral surface; renal artery, renal vein, and renal pelvis

Indentation on the medial surface; renal artery, renal vein, and ureter

Indentation on the lateral surface; renal artery, renal vein, and ureter

Indentation on the medial surface; renal artery, renal vein, and renal pelvis

Indentation on the medial surface; renal artery, renal vein, and ureter

The glomerular capsule consists of an inner __________ layer and an outer ___________ layer. Between these two layers is the _________ space.

visceral; parietal; capsular

visceral; podocytes; glomerulus

parietal; visceral; capsular

podocytes; renal tubule; glomerulus

visceral; parietal; capsular

In which plane (frontal, sagittal, or transverse) will you cut the kidney? This cut will divide the kidney into __________ and __________ parts.

sagittal; right; left

oblique; angled right; left

transverse; superior; inferior

coronal; anterior; posterior

coronal; anterior; posterior

What part of the kidney is continuous with the ureter?

Renal papilla

Renal column

Renal calyx

Renal pelvis

Renal pelvis

What urinary organ produces urine?

Ureter

Kidney

Urethra

Bladder

Kidney

What structure drains blood from the kidney?

Renal ureter

Renal artery

Renal vein

Renal pelvis

Renal vein