NURS 5315 Exam 5: Concept and Clinical
Conditions (Renal System) What are 7 functions of the Kidneys? - Correct Answers ✅1. Exctetion of metabolic waste
- Water and Electralyte Balance
- BP regulation (RAAS)
- Acid-Base Balance
- RBC Production
- Vitamin production (calcitriol)
- Gluconeogenesis
What are 5 examples of metabolic waste that is released by the Kidneys? - Correct Answers ✅Bilirubin Creatinine Drugs Hormone metabolites Urea In order to maintain acid-base balance what does the kidneys excrete? - Correct Answers ✅H+ ions In order to maintain acid-base balance what do the kidneys reabsorb? - Correct Answers ✅Bicarbonate Which blood vessel is connected to the aorta that started Renal Circulation? - Correct Answers ✅Renal artery 1 / 3
NURS 5315 Exam 5: Concept and Clinical
Conditions (Renal System) What blood vessels go from the Renal Artery and lead to Capillary beds? - Correct Answers ✅Interlobar artery ➡️ Arcuate artery The blood in the kidneys enters the glomerulus through the ____ arteriole and exits through the ____ arteriole? - Correct Answers ✅Afferent , Efferent (E - Exits) The Afferent arterioles aid in filtration, what is another name for this blood vessel? - Correct Answers ✅Glomerular capillaries What is the name of the long efferent arterioles that extend through medullary glomerulus to form the juxtaglomerular cells? - Correct Answers ✅Vasa recta What is the role of the Vasa Recta? - Correct Answers ✅Circulate blood through the medulla to provide nutrients without removing solutes and weakening the osmotic gradient.Blood from the kidney travels back to the inferior vena cava through what vein? - Correct Answers ✅Renal Vein 2 / 3
NURS 5315 Exam 5: Concept and Clinical
Conditions (Renal System) How does filtrate and urine move through the kidney? - Correct Answers ✅1. Bowman's capsule
- Proximal Tubule
- Loop of Henle (Descending (Thin))
- Loop of Henle (Ascending (Thick))
- Macula Densa
- Distal convoluted Tubule
- Collecting tubules
- Medullary collecting tubules
- Collecting duct
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What part of the kidney is a collection of capillaries that receive blood from the renal artery and are responsible for filtering the blood? - Correct Answers ✅Glomerulus (glomerular capillaries) What is the name of the tube where filtrate is processed into urine? - Correct Answers ✅Tubule What are the two types of nephrons? - Correct Answers ✅cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons What do you call the glomerulus in the outer cortex that has tubules that are superficial in the medulla? - Correct Answers ✅Cortical Nephron