25. The Urinary System

What is considered the functional unit of the kidney?

Which of the following is primarily regulated by the urinary system?

What is the process of separating wastes from body fluids and eliminating them from the body called?

Which of the following functions does the urinary system regulate?

In which body system does kidney disease originate?

Which of the following is not a component of the filtration membrane in the kidney?

Of the following urinary system organs, major homeostatic functions are performed by the ________.

In the urinary system, what structures merge to form a papillary duct?

Which of the following structures is responsible for filtering blood to form urine in the urinary system?

Which body system is primarily responsible for eliminating metabolic waste from the body?

Which vessel supplies blood to the nephron?

The renal pelvis of each kidney funnels urine into a tube called a:

Which organ system is responsible for transporting waste products to the excretory system in the human body?

Which part of the brain controls the micturition (urination) reflex?

Urine passes through the ______ on its way from the kidneys to the bladder.