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What does the upper urinary tract consist of?
What does the upper urinary tract consist of?
- Urinary bladder
- Ureters
- Urethra
- Kidneys (correct)
What is the main function of the kidney?
What is the main function of the kidney?
- Maintenance of water and electrolyte balance
- Regulation of acid-base balance
- Excretion of toxic metabolic waste products
- All of the above (correct)
Where does blood drain via in the kidney?
Where does blood drain via in the kidney?
- Renal veins (correct)
- Renal arteries
- Aorta
- Inferior vena cava
Which part of the kidney contains the renal corpuscles and proximal and distal segments of tubules of nephrons?
Which part of the kidney contains the renal corpuscles and proximal and distal segments of tubules of nephrons?
What is the space around the pelvis and between calyces filled with in the kidney?
What is the space around the pelvis and between calyces filled with in the kidney?
What is the branching portion of the pelvis that collects the urine in a multilobular kidney?
What is the branching portion of the pelvis that collects the urine in a multilobular kidney?
What does the pelvicalyceal system consist of in the kidney?
What does the pelvicalyceal system consist of in the kidney?
What varies by species in the kidney?
What varies by species in the kidney?
Where do nephrons arise in the kidney?
Where do nephrons arise in the kidney?
What forms one or more cone-shaped pyramids in the inner zone of the kidney?
What forms one or more cone-shaped pyramids in the inner zone of the kidney?
What is the outer zone covered by fibrous capsule in the kidney?
What is the outer zone covered by fibrous capsule in the kidney?
What is the indented area of the kidney where the blood vessels and ureter enter and exit?
What is the indented area of the kidney where the blood vessels and ureter enter and exit?
