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What is the primary function of the kidneys?
What is the primary function of the kidneys?
- Discharging urine from the body
- Storing urine and expelling it into the urethra
- Regulation of blood volume and composition (correct)
- Transporting urine from kidneys to urinary bladder
What is excreted in urine by the kidneys?
What is excreted in urine by the kidneys?
- Blood ionic composition
- Blood volume
- Blood pH
- Ammonia, urea, bilirubin, creatinine, uric acids, and foreign substances (correct)
What is the main function of the ureters?
What is the main function of the ureters?
- Storing urine and expelling it into the urethra
- Regulation of blood volume and composition
- Transporting urine from kidneys to urinary bladder (correct)
- Discharging urine from the body
What does the urinary bladder do?
What does the urinary bladder do?
Where are the kidneys located?
Where are the kidneys located?
Which hormone is produced by the kidneys?
Which hormone is produced by the kidneys?
Which structure within the kidney anchors it to the surrounding structures and to the abdominal wall?
Which structure within the kidney anchors it to the surrounding structures and to the abdominal wall?
What is the function of the renal capsule?
What is the function of the renal capsule?
Which structures receive urine from the papillary ducts and deliver it into the major calyx?
Which structures receive urine from the papillary ducts and deliver it into the major calyx?
Within the kidney, where do papillary ducts drain their filtrate?
Within the kidney, where do papillary ducts drain their filtrate?
What is the division of the renal cortex into outer and inner zones called?
What is the division of the renal cortex into outer and inner zones called?
Which component of the renal corpuscles is described as a capillary network?
Which component of the renal corpuscles is described as a capillary network?
What is the main function of ureters?
What is the main function of ureters?
Where is the urinary bladder situated in the body?
Where is the urinary bladder situated in the body?
What is the shape of the urinary bladder when filled with urine?
What is the shape of the urinary bladder when filled with urine?
What is the function of Adipose capsule?
What is the function of Adipose capsule?
What is the function of the renal capsule?
What is the function of the renal capsule?
Where are the kidneys located?
Where are the kidneys located?
What is the primary function of the ureters?
What is the primary function of the ureters?
Which hormone is produced by the kidneys?
Which hormone is produced by the kidneys?
What is excreted in urine by the kidneys?
What is excreted in urine by the kidneys?
What is the function of the renal sinus within the kidney?
What is the function of the renal sinus within the kidney?
Where is the trigone located?
Where is the trigone located?
Where is the urinary bladder situated in the body?
Where is the urinary bladder situated in the body?
What are the components of the renal corpuscles?
What are the components of the renal corpuscles?
What is the main function of the papillary ducts within the kidney?
What is the main function of the papillary ducts within the kidney?
What is the division of the Renal cortex into outer and inner zones called?
What is the division of the Renal cortex into outer and inner zones called?
What are the structures within the Renal medulla?
What are the structures within the Renal medulla?
What is the primary function of the adipose capsule in relation to the kidney?
What is the primary function of the adipose capsule in relation to the kidney?
