Test your basic knowledge |

PCAT A And P Urinary System

Subject : pcat
Instructions:
  • Answer 27 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Main processing center of the urinary system






2. Cortical tissue extensions that come down between each of the 18 pyramids






3. Ducts that carry urine from the renal pyramid of the medulla to the renal pelvis for excretion through the ureters






4. Major functioning structure of the kidneys; consists of the renal corpuscle and proximal and distal convoluted tubules and nephronic loop






5. Place where urine collects before it leaves the body






6. Microvilli-covered tubule that leaves Bowman's capsule and goes to the loop of Henle






7. Found mostly in the cortex; 95% of all nephrons






8. Outermost layer of the kidney - composed of kidney tissue - and serves to anchor the kidney to surrounding body structures






9. Region where blood vessels and lymphatic vessels enter the kidney






10. Ball of capillaries containing endothelium - filtrate - the efferent arteriole and the efferent arteriole






11. Filtering device at the opening of the nephron; filters out large solutes and sends water and small solutes to the renal tubule






12. Composed of cuplike epithelium that do not have microvilli and which helps to regulate the salts in the kidneys






13. Part of the nephron through which the filtrate passes to the collecting ducts






14. Give medullary pyramids striations






15. Layer of fat that attaches to the posterior wall of the abdomen and serves to cushion the kidney






16. Inner layer of the internal kidney; consists of 18 cone-shaped subsections called the renal pyramids






17. Made up of the descending LOH and the ascending LOH






18. Picks up solutes that have been filtered out in the glomerular bed and reabsorb them






19. Help to concentrate urine






20. Filtration - reabsorption - secretion and excretion






21. Deepest layer of the kidney and functions to prevent from spreading to the kidney






22. Cuplike sac that has two layers


23. Point of the pyramid that points inward






24. Large structure that is continuous with the ureter - composed of minor calyces that drain into major calyces






25. Ball-shaped; in glomerulus where filtrate is formed from blood






26. Found closer to the junction between the cortex and the medulla of the kidneys






27. Outer most layer of the internal portion of the kidney