RNSG 1430 Elimination Exam
Questions with Answers
What is elimination? - Answer-The excretion of waste products from the kidneys and
intestines
The excretion of waste products from the kidneys and intestines - Answer-GI system
(intestines) passage of stool through intestinal tract and dispel...
RNSG 1430 Elimination Exam Questions with Answers What i s elimination? - Answer -The excretion of waste products from the kidneys and intestines The excretion of waste products from the kidneys and intestines - Answer -GI system (intestines) passage of stool through intestinal tract and dispelling stool by means of intestinal smooth muscle contraction. Urinary system (kidneys) - passage of urine through urinary tract by means of urinary sphincters and urethra. Skin lungs micturition - Answer -urination anuria - Answer -without urine dysuria - Answer -painful urina tion polyuria - Answer -many urinations oliguria - Answer -productions of small amounts of urine nocturia - Answer -frequent urination at night enuresis - Answer -bed wetting glycosuria - Answer -sugar in the urine urinary frequency - Answer -small amounts of urine frequency urinary hesitancy - Answer -the urge to urinate but theres difficulty to get started continence - Answer -able to hold urine appropriate incontinence - Answer -the innability to hold in urine retention - Answer -bladder feels full but you cant make it come out Interrelated concepts of elimination - Answer -Nutrition Fluids and Electrolytes Acid base balance Mobility Cognition Coping bladder elimination antecedents - Answer -Urge to urinate Feeling of fullness or possible contraction of bladder bladder elimination attributes - Answer -Presence of urine Passage of urine Retention of urine Color of urine Frequency of urination Amount of urine bowel elimination antecedents - Answer -Urge to defecate Possible intestinal cramping or feeling of fullness in rectum bowel elimination attributes - Answer -Presence of stool/feces Passage of stool Form of stool Color of stool Frequency of stool passage Retention of stool The production and excretion of urine pathway - Answer -Kidneys Ureters Bladder urethra Urinary Elimination - Answer --Normally occurs under voluntary control. -Kidneys are responsible for removal of metabolic waste and other elements from the blood in the form of urine. function of the kidney s - Answer -regulate the volume and composition of ECF and excrete waste products (such as byproducts of drugs, excess minerals, vitamins and electrolytes) from the body. They also function to -control BP -activate vit D -Regulate acid base balance how do the kidneys control BP - Answer -Renin is produced and secreted by kidneys. Renin is released in response to decreased renal perfusion, decreased arterial BP, decreased ECF, Decreased serum Na concentration and increased urinary Na concentration -produce erythropoietin erythropoietin - Answer -- a hormone produced in the kidneys and secreted in response to hypoxia and decreased renal blood flow. It stimulates RBC production in the bone marrow. Erythropoietin deficiency occurs with kidney failure and leads to anemia. parts of a nephron - Answer -1. blood vessels 2. renal tubules function of the nephron - Answer -filtration and collection. Formation of urine occurs through - Answer -Glomerular filtration Tubular reabsorption Tubular secretion Glomerula r filtration represents the beginning of - Answer -urine formation glomerular filtration - Answer -substances in blood pass through the filtration membrane and the filtrate enters the proximal convoluted tubule of the nephron. tubular reabsorption - Answer -process of reclaiming water, electrolytes, and other necessary elements from the tubular fluid and returning them to the blood tubular secretion - Answer -selectively moves substances from blood to filtrate in renal tubules and collecting ducts The amoun t of water and electrolytes that are reabsorbed into the blood or excreted in renal tubules is controlled by which hormones (5) - Answer -Aldosterone, ADH, PTH, Renin, atrial natriuretic factor). min 20 - Answer - micturition reflex - Answer -Micturition re flex causes the internal sphincter muscles to relax and bladder wall to contract. External sphincter relaxes and urine passes out of the body through the urethra through a ___ movement. - Answer -Voluntary Internal sphincter (smooth muscle) contracts involuntarily to prevent what - Answer -
leakage from the bladder. External sphincter (skeletal muscle) is ___controlled. - Answer -voluntarily Bladder holds ___ -___ mL of urine before the stretch receptors signa l a need to urinate. - Answer -300-500
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