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Use these questions to follow along as you listen to the Study Group audios, to study on your
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review, supplement these questions with the other ancillaries or study the chapter on your own.

Chapter 19: Urinary System

1. What is the hilum?
2. Describe the two regions of the interior of the kidney.
3. What structures extend from the renal cortex?
4. What is the function of the minor calyx?
5. Describe renal circulation.
6. What are the functional units of the kidney, and where do they get their blood supply?
7. Where does blood go after it leaves the glomerulus?
8. Describe the two main structures of the renal corpuscle.
9. Describe the structure and function of the renal tubule.
10. Explain glomerular filtration.
11. Describe how the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system helps maintain blood pressure.
12. Define tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion.
13. Describe the ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.
14. How does the urethra differ between males and females?
15. Summarize how the process of urination occurs.

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