Questions: “The excretory apparatus”

1. Where does the blood enter the kidneys through?

a) through the renal arteries
b) through the renal veins
c) through the renal capillaries
d) none of them
2. Purified blood returns to the body via the ....
a) renal arteries
b) renal capillaries
c) renal veins
d) all of them
3. How many nephrons carry out the filtering process?
a) more than ten millions
b) less than two millions
c) more than two millions
d) all are false
4. Why is urine not allowed to remain inside the body?
a) because it is harmful
b) because it is useful
c) because it is unuseful
d) all of them are true
5) Apart from removing metabolism waste products, what other functions do
kidneys do?
a) regulate the level of waste
b) regulate the level of ions
c) both a and b
d) none of them
6) What is the name of the basic unit of the kidney where filtration occurs?
a) nephron
b) kidney
c) urinary unit
d) none of them
7) Where does filtration occur?
a) Bowman's capsule
b) Glomerular capillaries
c) blood vessels
d) all of them
8)Sort out the four parts of a nephron ( 1. loop of Henle 2. Browman's capsule
3. Distal convoluted tubule 4. Proximal convoluted tubule)
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 2, 1, 4, 3
c) 3, 2, 1, 4
d) 2, 4, 1, 3
9) Which of these chemicals are not reabsorbed into the blood stream at the
proximal convoluted tubule?
a) glucose
b) potassium
c) urea
d) bicarbonate
10) What is the name of the U-shape tubule?
a) Loop of the nephron
b) Loop of Henle
c) U of the tubule
d) All are false
11) What is the destination of the water and ions that leave the tubule of the
nepron?
a) the instertitial media
b) the convoluted tubule
c) the capillary system
d) none of them

12) Which of these waste chemicals are not secreted from blood vessels into
the distal convoluted tubule?
a) penicillin
b) ammonia
c) uric acid
d) sodium
13) What is the part of the kidney where the urine is stored after flowing from
the nepron collecting ducts?
a) renal pelvis
b) ureter
c) kidney medulla
d) none of them
14) How does the urine pass through the ureters towards the bladder?
a) by muscular contraction of the ureters
b) by the action of gravity
c) by the help of kidney muscles
d) by the contribution of all of them
15) How does the bladder control the release of urine from the body?
a) by a valve
b) by two valves
c) by a sphincter
d) by a sphincter and a valve