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Unit 4

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The term "retroperitoneally" means "positioned ______ the perietal peritoneum
1. beside 2. behind 3. on top of 4. below
behind
The parietal peritoneal membrane lines the wall of the ______.
1. abdominal cavity 2. kidney 3. urinary bladder 4. homeostatic gland
abdominal cavity
The kidney's function primarily is maintaining the body's fluid homeostasis.
1. True 2. False
True
The combining form nephr/o is derived from ______.
1. Latin 2. Greek 3. Old English 4. Norwegian
Greek
The combining form ren/o is derived from ______.
1. Norwegian 2. Old English 3. Greek 4. Latin
Latin
Which of the following is true regarding the kidneys?
1. They carry urine to the bladder. 2. They are primarily responsible for urine storage. 3. They remove metabolic waste products from the blood stream and dilute them with water and electrolytes to excrete urine. 4. They are controlled by an internal urethral sphincter at the bladder-urethra junction.
They remove metabolic waste products from the blood stream and dilute them with water and electrolytes to excrete urine.
Which of the following is not part of the process of creating urine?
1. filtration 2. funneling 3. reabsorption 4. secretion
funneling
Which part of the kidney is most directly involved in the creation of urine?
1. nephron 2. ureter 3. minor calyx 4. hilum
nephron
The clusters of nephron tubules give the renal Bowman's capsule its somewhat granual appearance.
1. True 2. False
False
Typically, there are ______ ureters in the human body.
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4
2
Which of the following is true regarding the ureter.
1. It carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. 2. It carries urine from the bladder to the kidney. 3. It carries urine from the bladder to the urethra. 4. It carries urine from the urethra to the bladder.
It carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Which of the following is not one of the layers of the wall of the ureter.
1. mucosa 2. mucularis 3. ourein 4. adventitia
ourein
The term "ureter" is partially derived from the Greek word "ourein," which means ______.
1. ureter 2. to expel 3. to make water 4. tube
to make water
The nephron is situated on the pelvic floor posterior to the pelvic symphysis.
1. True 2. False
False
Which of the following is not a combining term relating to the urinary system?
1. ren/o 2. ureter/o 3. vesic/o 4. uter/o
uter/o
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