25. The Urinary System

Which hormone is produced by the kidneys?

The __________ is the darker, reddish-brown area of the kidney that exhibits cone-shaped tissue masses called renal pyramids.

In medical terminology, a surgical incision into the kidney is a/an:

All of the following functions are associated with the kidney except:

Which organ is primarily responsible for filtering blood in the human body?

The perirenal fat capsule is a transparent capsule that prevents infections in surrounding regions from spreading to the kidney.

Arrange the following structures to represent the sequence in which urine passes through them to the external environment: (1) ureter, (2) renal pelvis, (3) calyx, (4) urinary bladder, and (5) urethra.

The renal hilum lies on the __________ surface of the kidney.