Urinary System Function and Disorders Quiz

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What is the primary function of natriuretic hormone in diabetic kidney disease?

Regulates calcium reabsorption

Promotes sodium reabsorption

Increases aldosterone secretion

Causes sodium secretion (correct)

Which hormone regulates calcium reabsorption and blocks phosphate reabsorption?

Natriuretic hormone

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) (correct)

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

Aldosterone

Which mechanisms are involved in volume sensing and blood pressure regulation?

Parathyroid hormone and vitamin D receptors

Baroreceptors in the aorta and carotid sinuses, and renin release from the juxtaglomerular apparatus (correct)

Urine pH regulation and acid/base homeostasis

Aldosterone and natriuretic hormone

Which substance promotes vasodilation in the nephron?

Caffeine Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of vitamin D in the kidney?

Regulates calcium reabsorption Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a waste product produced by protein breakdown and excreted by the kidneys?

Creatinine Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidney?

Regulate blood glucose levels Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the glomerulus?

To filter the blood and form urine Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the nephron is responsible for regulating sodium reabsorption in response to aldosterone?

Distal convoluted tubule Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the macula densa?

To secrete renin Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following conditions is associated with oliguria (low urine output)?

Kidney failure Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary mechanism by which the proximal convoluted tubule reabsorbs solutes?

Active transport Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the collecting duct?

To regulate water reabsorption Signup and view all the answers

Urinary System Function and Disorders Quiz

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What is the primary function of natriuretic hormone in diabetic kidney disease?

Which hormone regulates calcium reabsorption and blocks phosphate reabsorption?

Which mechanisms are involved in volume sensing and blood pressure regulation?

Which substance promotes vasodilation in the nephron?

What is the primary function of vitamin D in the kidney?

Which of the following is NOT a waste product produced by protein breakdown and excreted by the kidneys?

Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidney?

What is the primary purpose of the glomerulus?

Which part of the nephron is responsible for regulating sodium reabsorption in response to aldosterone?

What is the main function of the macula densa?

Which of the following conditions is associated with oliguria (low urine output)?

What is the primary mechanism by which the proximal convoluted tubule reabsorbs solutes?

What is the primary function of the collecting duct?

Which of the following substances is NOT reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule?

What is the primary function of the loop of Henle?

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism that regulates renal blood flow?

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