Biology

Excretion - Urinary System

Short Quiz

Name: _______________________________ Mrs. Salvador

Year & Sec. ____________________________ Date:____________________

A. Matching Type. Match Column A to Column B. Letters only.

Column A Column B

___1. the major system excretion that removes liquid wastes. A. Dialysis
This excretory system consists of the kidneys, ureters,
urinary bladder and urethra. B. Human homeostasis
___2. used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney
function (renal replacement therapy) due to renal failure. C. Kidney transplantation
___3. replacement of the failed kidneys with a working kidney
from another person, called a donor. D. Nephrologist
___4. A physician who specializes in kidney disease.
___5. the state of balance in our body. E. Urinary System

B. Trace the process through which urine is produced. Write 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on the blank according
to order of urine production.

___6. The Urinary bladder (a hollow sac organ) then temporarily stores the urine that passes from the
two ureters. The urethra finally carries urine from bladder to outside of the body.

___ 7. The substances that are useful to the body are brought back into circulation. Together with the
clean blood, they leave the kidneys through the renal veins.

___8. as blood surges through the kidneys, a filtering unit called nephrons filters the blood with
nitrogenous waste urea, uric acid, salts and other metabolic wastes. Excess salts, water, and
wastes remains in the tubule and become urine after filtration.

____9. Blood enters each of the kidneys through a large artery that branches off from the aorta through
the renal arteries.

___ 10. the urine leaves the kidneys through the ureters, a muscular tubes 10-12 inches long that
moves urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
DIAGRAM OF URINARY SYSTEM