A diuretic:
1. causes water retention
2. increases urine output
3. prevents water excretion in the urine
4. reduces insensible water loss from the body
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
Identify the correctly matched pair:
1. thirst center: hypothalamus | 2. macula densa: afferent arteriole |
3. rennin: JG cells | 4. aldosterone: adrenal medulla |
Recessed central fissure on the medial surface of the kidney where its vessels, nerves and ureter pass is called as:
1. | hilum | 2. | renal sinus |
3. | renal calyces | 4. | adrenal glands |
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
Glomerular capillaries are drained by:
1. | efferent arteriole | 2. | afferent arteriole |
3. | vasa recta | 4. | peritubular capillary network |
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
Ureters:
1. | transport urine to the urethra |
2. | transport urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder |
3. | collect urine directly from collecting ducts |
4. | are lined with squamous epithelium |
In the male, urethra serves to:
1. transport urine from kidney to bladder
2. transport sperms to ejaculatory ducts
3. store urine and sperms
4. discharge semen and urine
The presence of which of the following in urine would be abnormal?
1. sodium | 2. glucose |
3. urea | 4. creatinine |
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
The major site for the reabsorption of bicarbonate ions in the nephron is the:
1. proximal convoluted tubule | 2. loop of Henle |
3. distal convoluted tubule | 4. Bowman’s capsule |
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
Urine from the major calyces in the kidney is collected by:
1. | minor calyces | 2. | renal pelvis |
3. | ureters | 4. | renal papillae |
The functional unit of the human kidney is the:
1. | glomerulus | 2. | Malpighian body |
3. | nephron | 4. | medullary pyramids |
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.
To unlock all the explanations of this course, you need to be enrolled.