As venous blood is drained from the kidney, which path does it follow:
A) cortical radiate veins, arcuate veins, interlobar veins, renal vein
B) renal vein, interlobar veins, segmental veins, arcuate veins
C) arcuate veins, cortical radiate veins, interlobar veins, renal vein
D) renal vein, segmental veins, interlobar veins, arcuate veins, cortical radiate veins
E) cortical radiate veins, arcuate veins, interlobar veins, segmental veins, renal vein
Answer: a
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Biology Chapter 15
- From childhood through late middle age, one of the most common bacteria to infect and inflame the urinary tract and cause urethritis and cystitis is:
- Control of the voluntary urethral sphincter in normal children is related to:
- The average output of urine for a normal healthy adult is:
- The degenerative condition in which blister like sacs (cysts) containing urine form on the kidneys and obstruct urine drainage is called:
- Functional kidneys develop within the womb by the third month after conception from the _________ set of tubule systems.
- The most potent of all mechanisms and substances that the body uses to regulate blood pH are:
- When blood pH begins to rise, the respiratory control centers in the brain are:
- When carbon dioxide enters the blood from tissue cells, it is converted to __________ for transport within blood plasma.
- The chemically buffered combination of strong acids that dissociate completely in water with weak bases such as hydroxides leads to a:
- The chemical buffer system that includes carbonic acid and its salt, which ties up the H+ released by strong acids, is called the:
- The proper pH for the blood is:
- The results of the renin-angiotensin mechanism mediated by the juxtaglomerular apparatus of the renal tubules include all of the following EXCEPT:
- A simple rule concerning water and electrolyte regulation is:
- Antidiuretic hormone prevents excessive water loss by promoting water reabsorption in the:
- The main hormone that acts on the kidneys to regulate sodium ion concentration of the extracellular fluid (ECF) is:
- Extracellular fluid is found everywhere in the body EXCEPT:
- In a healthy young adult female, water accounts for:
- Which one of the following is NOT one of the major roles of the kidneys in normal healthy adults:
- In contrasting urine and filtrate by the time it reaches the collecting ducts, it could be said that:
- In one 24-hour period, the kidneys of an average-sized healthy adult filter approximately __________ through their glomeruli into the tubules.
- Enlargement of the prostate that surrounds the neck of the bladder in adult men is called __________ , which may cause voiding difficulty.
- Which one of the following is NOT true of incontinence:
- The process of emptying the bladder is referred to as voiding or:
- The voluntarily controlled sphincter fashioned by skeletal muscle at the point where the urethra passes through the pelvic floor is called the:
- The average adult bladder is moderately full with __________ of urine within it.