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SCFHS Nursing Licensing Exam The Urinary System — practice questions

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Trace a drop of filtrateRead the answer and worked solution →Order the blood pressure cascadeRead the answer and worked solution →Reabsorbed or secreted?Read the answer and worked solution →Work out the filtration pressureRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and match the kidney hormonesRead the answer and worked solution →Which kidney value is higher?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap only what belongsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false, the kidneyRead the answer and worked solution →Roughly how much filtrate do the glomeruli of both kidneys create in a day?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group of blood constituents is held back by the glomerular filter on the basis of size?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pigment gives normal urine its yellow colour?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is ammonia rarely detected in a fresh urine sample?Read the answer and worked solution →What produces the strong ammonia smell of a neglected public toilet?Read the answer and worked solution →Anuria is defined as a urine output of what magnitude?Read the answer and worked solution →Above what daily volume is urine production called polyuria?Read the answer and worked solution →Which dietary pattern pushes urine pH upward?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the normal range of urine pH?Read the answer and worked solution →How does the specific gravity of urine compare with that of pure water?Read the answer and worked solution →Urine osmolarity runs from a low of about 50 milliosmoles up to what maximum?Read the answer and worked solution →Leukocyte esterase found in a urine sample is taken as indirect evidence of what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does finding ketones in the urine suggest about the body's fuel use?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does the presence of nitrite in urine point to infection?Read the answer and worked solution →Approximately how much protein does a normal random urine sample contain?Read the answer and worked solution →What minimum daily urine volume must the kidneys produce to clear the body of wastes?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of the urinary tract differs significantly in anatomy between males and females?Read the answer and worked solution →The trigone at the base of the bladder is marked out by which three openings?Read the answer and worked solution →How long is the female urethra, and why does that length matter clinically?Read the answer and worked solution →Voluntary control of the external urethral sphincter travels along which nerve?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the average length of the male urethra?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region of the male urethra is incorporated into the bladder wall itself?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Trace a drop of filtrate

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Steps
  1. Glomerulus
  2. Bowman's capsule
  3. Proximal tubule
  4. Descending limb
  5. Ascending limb
  6. Distal tubule
  7. Collecting duct
  8. Renal papilla
Instructions
Tap the parts of the nephron in the order the forming urine flows through them.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology, section 25.4 Microscopic Anatomy of the Kidney_

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Order the blood pressure cascade

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Steps
  1. Pressure drops
  2. Renin released
  3. Angiotensin I made
  4. ACE from the lungs
  5. Angiotensin II
  6. Aldosterone rises
  7. Sodium is kept
Instructions
Tap the steps in the order they follow a fall in blood pressure.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology, section 25.10 The Urinary System and Homeostasis_

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Reabsorbed or secreted?

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Left
Reabsorbed
Items
  1. Item
    Glucose
    Answer
    Reabsorbed
  2. Item
    Amino acids
    Answer
    Reabsorbed
  3. Item
    Creatinine
    Answer
    Secreted
  4. Item
    Bicarbonate
    Answer
    Reabsorbed
  5. Item
    Hydrogen ions
    Answer
    Secreted
  6. Item
    Ammonium ion
    Answer
    Secreted
  7. Item
    Sodium
    Answer
    Reabsorbed
  8. Item
    Some drugs
    Answer
    Secreted
Right
Secreted
Instructions
Swipe left if the nephron reabsorbs it, swipe right if the nephron secretes it.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology, section 25.6 Tubular Reabsorption_

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