ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

Exercise: Urinary System

MARIA PILAR S.M. MELENDRES BSN 1F
NAME:_______________________________

I. The figure below is an anterior view of the entire urinary system. Identify the following parts
labeled in the leader line.

1. KIDNEY

2. URETER

3. BLADDER

4. URETHRA

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 II. The Illustration below is a longitudinal section of the kidney. Using the correct anatomical
terminology, label the following regions/ structures indicated by leader lines.

1. CALYCES

2. RENAL ARTERY

4. MEDULLA

3. RENAL VEIN

5. CORTEX

III. Using the key choices, identify the structures that best fit the following descriptions. Insert the
letter in the answer blanks.
Key Choices:
A. Bladder B. Urethra C. Ureter

____________1.
URETHRA
Drains the bladder
____________2.
BLADDER Storage area for urine
____________3.
BLADDER Contains the trigone
____________4.
URETHRA In males has prostatic, membranous and spongy parts
____________5.
URETER Conducts urine by peristalsis
____________6.
URETHRA Substantially longer in males than in females
____________7.
URETER A common site of trapped renal calculi
____________8.
BLADDER Contains transitional epithelium
____________9.
URETHRA Also transports sperm in males

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IV. Complete the following statements by inserting your answers in the answer blanks.

Another term that means voiding or emptying of the bladder is (1) ____________________.
MICTURITION

Voiding has both voluntary and involuntary aspects. As urine accumulates in the bladder,(2)
_____________________
RECEPTORS are activated. This results in a reflex that causes the muscular wall
of the bladder to (3) _____________________, and urine is forced past the
CONTRACT

(4)_________________________
INTERNAL URETHRAL sphincter. The more distal (5) _______________________
EXTERNAL URETHRAL
sphincter is controlled (6) __________________________;
VOLUNTARY this an individual can temporarily
postpone emptying the bladder until has accumulated (7) __________ml
600 of urine.
(8)_____________________ is a condition in which voiding cannot ve voluntarily controlled. It
INCONTINENCE
is normal in (9) __________________
INFANTS because nervous control of the voluntary sphincter has
not been achieved. Other conditions that might result in an inability to control the sphincter
include (10) __________________
NEURAL PROBLEMS and (11)________________.
PREGNANCY (12) __________________
URINARY RETENTION
is essentially opposite of incontinence and often is a problem in elderly men because of (13)
______________________
PROSTATE
enlargement.

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