UMDPC Medical & Dental Licensing Urinary System — practice questions
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Practice UMDPC Medical & Dental Licensing Urinary System in the app →The functional units of the kidney that cleanse the blood are the:A frontal section of the kidney shows an inner medulla and an outer:The tuft of capillaries at the start of a nephron is called the:That capillary bed sits between efferent and afferent vessels, so it runs at a pressure that is:Openings in the glomerular capillaries prevent filtration of blood cells and large:Substances cross the filtration barrier readily if smaller in size than:The specialised structure monitoring fluid in the distal tubule is the juxtaglomerular:The enzyme that converts the pro-enzyme angiotensin I is:The prominent microvilli on the proximal tubule cells form what is called a brush:Normal daily urine volume falls in the range of one to:To rid the body of wastes the kidneys must make a minimum daily volume of about:The pH of urine can range from a low of 4.5 up to a maximum of:Eating a lot of meat shifts the pH of urine:A measure of solutes per unit volume, easier to take than osmolarity, is specific:Leukocytes appearing in a urine sample may indicate a urinary tract:Ketones found in urine suggest the body is using as an energy source instead of glucose:Nitrite in the urine is indirect evidence of:The tube carrying urine from the bladder out of the body is the:The smooth muscle of the bladder wall is called the:The proper term for urination or voiding is:Normal voiding begins with signals from stretch receptors in the wall of the:Protein does not normally leave the glomerular capillaries, so urine should contain only: