Urinary MCB 246 UPDATED ACTUAL and Correct Answers

Urinary MCB 246 UPDATED ACTUAL and Correct Answers
Question: What are the four main organs of the urinary system?
Answer:
Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder,
and urethra.

Question: What is the primary function of the kidneys?
Answer:
Filter blood and produce urine.

Question: What is the function of the ureters?
Answer:
Transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Question: What is the function of the urinary bladder?
Answer:
Stores urine.

Question: What is the function of the urethra?
Answer:
Eliminates urine from the body.

Question: What structures make up the urinary tract?
Answer:
Ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.

Question: What are the major processes involved in urine formation?
Answer:
Glomerular filtration,
tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion.

Question: What hormone do kidneys release to stimulate RBC production?
Answer:
Erythropoietin
(EPO).

Question: What active vitamin do kidneys produce?

, Answer:
Calcitriol.

Question: What is gluconeogenesis?
Answer:
Production of glucose from noncarbohydrate sources.

Question: What does the kidney regulate regarding acid-base balance?
Answer:
Levels of H+ and
HCO3−.

Question: What is the hilum of the kidney?
Answer:
The concave medial border where vessels, nerves, and ureter
connect.

Question: Are kidneys retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal?
Answer:
Retroperitoneal.

Question: Which kidney sits lower and why?
Answer:
The right kidney because of the liver.

Question: What tissue layer directly covers the kidney surface?
Answer:
Fibrous capsule.

Question: What surrounds the fibrous capsule and cushions the kidney?
Answer:
Perinephric fat.

Question: What anchors the kidney to surrounding structures?
Answer:
Renal fascia.

Question: What are the two major regions of the kidney?
Answer: