Atlas of plant and animal histology

Choose true or false. Each right answer scores 1, and each wrong answer scores -1. Not answered questions score 0.

1) The function of the excretory system is to remove waste products generated from the metabolism or coming from the meal.

2) Kidneys are the main organs for filtering the blood and removing waste products.

3) Arteries that bring the blood into the kidney enter through the hilum and exit through the dorsal part of the kidney once the blood is filtered.

4) The capsule is the layer that covers the hilum of the kidney.

5) The cortex is the deeper layer of the kidney.

6) The nephron glomeruli are found in the kidney cortex.

7) The kidney pyramids are formed by the loops of Henle of nephrons.

8) The papilla is the region through which the urine exits the pyramids.

9) The nephron is the functional and structural unit of the kidney.

10) The glomerulus of the nephron is where ions and water are retrieved after the blood filtration.

11) The urinary pole is from where the distal convoluted duct emerges. El polo urinario es donde surge el tubo contorneado distal.

12) The dense macula densa is found in the vascular pole of the glomerule.

13) The Bowman's capsule is formed of two cell layers.

14) Podocytes help with blood filtration in the glomerule.

15) Cells that form the distal convoluted duct bear microvilli in the apical domain to increase the absorptive surface.

17) The ability of the urinary bladder to increase its volume depends on the blood irrigation.

18) The ureter connects the urinary bladder with the urethra.

19) Las mujeres tienen un conducto uroseminal.

F-1) A indicates the cortex and B the kidney papilla.

F-2) If the hilum of the kidney is shown in this image, A indicates the papilla and B the ureter.

F-3) B is placed in the vascular pole of the glomerule.

F-4) Crosses are on the proximal convoluted ducts, and asterisks are on the distal convoluted ducts.