EXERCISES, LESSON 8
REQUIREMENT. The following exercises are to be answered by completing the
incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided at the end of the
question.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises," at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.
1.
The human urogenital systems are made up of the u______________
organs, which produce the fluid called
, and the
,
or
, organs of male and female humans, which together can produce a
new human.
2.
The urinary system is specialized to remove certain
from the
circulating blood. These result from the body's use of
.
3.
The major parts of the human urinary system are two
,
two
, one
, and one
.
4.
On the concave, medial side of each kidney, there is a notch called the
. Through this notch pass the
and the
which
service the kidney.
5.
If we compare the structure of the kidney with that of a cantaloupe, the
structure corresponding to the hard rind would be the
.
The structure corresponding to the edible flesh of the melon would be the
. Corresponding to the hollow center (after removal of the seeds) would
be the
. The pyramids of the renal medulla form peaks called
, which empty into the
.
6.
The functional unit of the human kidney is the
. Its main
subdivisions are the
and a
system.
7.
The renal corpuscle is composed of the
and the
. Blood enters by way of the
arteriole,
passes through the tangled mass of capillaries called the
, and
leaves by way of the
arteriole. Leaving the blood, fluid is first collected in
the double-walled sac called the
.
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