ATI TEAS - URINARY SYSTEM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
circulatory, endocrine, and urinary systems - Answer-systems aiding in urinary
excretion, absorption, and filtration
waste elimination, osmoregulation of blood and water, hormone secretion - Answer-
functions of the urinary system (3)
kidney - Answer-helps maintain the balance of water and salt in the blood; including
levels of metabolites or electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and calcium
kidney - Answer-secrete hormones to regulate processes that rage from blood pressure
and red blood cell production to calcium uptake via Vitamin D
kidney - Answer-bean shaped organs that excrete wastes in the urine out of the body
ureters - Answer-tubes that send urine from the kidney to the bladder
bladder - Answer-stores urine until the body expels the fluid from the body
urethra - Answer-tubes where urine from the urinary bladder travels to an external
opening; removes urine from the body
kidney - Answer-filters and excretes waste from blood producing urine
renal artery - Answer-blood from the heart flows through the kidneys via
renal vein - Answer-blood draining from the kidney exit via
two for the ureters and one for the urethra - Answer-the bladder has how many
openings?
1. kidney filters and excretes waste from the blood producing urine
2. urine flows in the ureters
3. urine empties into the bladder and is temporarily stored
4. bladder when filled empties urine out of the body via urethra - Answer-steps of how
urinary system works
blood - renal artery - capillaries - glomerulus of the nephron - bowman's capsule -
proximal convoluted tubule - loop of Henle - distal convoluted tubule - collecting duct -
Answer-pathway of urine formation
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