About two-thirds of body fluid is found within living cells; this fluid is called the ________.
A) lymph
B) plasma
C) extracellular fluid or ECF
D) intracellular fluid or ICF
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Question 2) The process of emptying the urinary bladder is known as voiding or ________.
A) urgency
B) incontinence
C) micturition
D) nocturia
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Question 3) The inability to voluntarily control the external urethral sphincter is known as ________.
A) incontinence
B) urinary retention
C) urgency
D) hyperplasia
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Question 4) What is the name of the involuntary sphincter that keeps the urethra closed when urine is not being passed?
A) external urethral sphincter
B) internal anal sphincter
C) internal urethral sphincter
D) ileocecal sphincter
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Question 5) Inflammation of the urethra is called ________.
A) pyelonephritis
B) urethritis
C) cystitis
D) glomerulonephritis
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Question 6) The smooth triangular region of the urinary bladder base that is outlined by the openings of the two ureters and the urethra is called the ________.
A) trigone
B) calyx
C) pelvis
D) hilum
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Question 7) What tube connects each kidney to the urinary bladder?
A) urethra
B) calyx
C) ureter
D) ductus (vas) deferens
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Question 8) Substances intended for tubular reabsorption travel from the filtrate of the proximal convoluted tubule next to the ________.
A) distal convoluted tubule
B) glomerular (Bowman's) capsule
C) peritubular capillaries
D) glomerulus
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Question 9) Filtrate contains everything in blood plasma EXCEPT for ________.
A) water
B) blood proteins
C) solutes
D) electrolytes
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Question 10) The process that removes ions such as potassium and hydrogen from the blood and places them into the nephron for removal from the body as urine is known as ________.
A) glomerular filtration
B) tubular reabsorption
C) tubular secretion
D) osmosis
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