24.2 True/False Questions
1) The glomerular capsule and the glomerular capillaries together make up the renal corpuscle.
2) Urine flows from the kidney to the bladder by gravity and peristalsis.
3) The epithelial cells of the distal convoluted tubule have an abundance of absorptive microvilli.
4) The descending thin limb of the nephron loop consists of a simple squamous epithelium.
5) In females, the urinary bladder lies anterior to the vagina and uterus.
6) The location and length of the urethra are two factors that contribute to the high incidence of urinary tract infections in women.
7) The urinary bladder, when empty, lies within both the abdominal and pelvic cavities.
8) A network of peritubular capillaries surrounds the convoluted tubules and nephron loop for the purpose of filtration.
9) The internal urethral sphincter is composed of smooth muscle and is under involuntary control.
10) The kidneys are located just below lumbar vertebrae L2 and L3.
11) The correct sequence of arterial blood flow is the renal artery to the segmental arteries to the interlobar arteries.
12) Venous structures of the kidney mirror those of the arterial circuit, except for the absence of segmental veins.
13) Urine drains from the kidney in the following sequence: from the collecting duct to the minor calyx to the major calyx to the renal pelvis and then to the ureter.
14) The ureters enter the bladder obliquely at the anterolateral corners.
15) Cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons can be distinguished by the absence of a vasa recta in the cortical nephrons.