FINAL EXAM: Urinary System, Reproductive Systems, Lyphatic Systems, Blood Vessels, Immune Systems

The smooth muscle layer in arteries and veins is the tunica

Media

Increased blood viscosity causes blood flow to

Decrease

This factor has the greatest effect on blood flow.

Blood vessel radius

A big difference between apical pulse and radial pulse is called _______________.

Pulse deficit

An increase in blood vessel radius would cause blood flow to _______________.

Increase

Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood toward the heart.

True

Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood toward the heart.

True

Blood flow _____________ when pressure decreases.

Decreases

A fetus has ______________ umbilical vein(s).

1

What fetal strucuture bypasses the liver?

ductus venosus

The umbilical arteries become the ____________ after birth. 

median umbilical ligaments

Most reabsorption  in the nephron takes place in the

proximal convoluted tubule

T cells differentiate in the

Thymus

The afferent arteriole normally has a _______ diameter than the efferent arteriole.

Greater

A normal component of urine is

Urea

The epithelium found in the urinary bladder is

Transitional

The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule make up the

Renal corpuscle

Glucose is a normal component of the glomerular filtrate but is an abnormal component of urine.

True

Urine volume increases when ADH is present.

False

Aldosterone causes potassium reabsorption and sodium is excreted in the urine.

False

The minor calyx, major calyx, and renal pelvis make up the ____________.

Renal sinus

What is the function of the epididymis?

maturation and storage of sperm

Fertilization of an egg usually occurs in the

ampulla of the Fallopian tube (uterine tube)

A person with a blood pH of 7.15 is in

acidosis

Where is testosterone made?

interstitial cells

Metabolic acidosis could be caused by

ingesting too much aspirin

The smooth muscle layer of the uterus is the

Myometrium

The secretion from the bulbourethral glands is

Alkaline

What structure makes the largest amount of progesterone within the ovary?

Corpus luteum

The response of the renal system to acidosis is to

Excrete hydrogen ions in the urine

The renal response to acidosis or alkalosis is slow.

True