Test Format
• 40 multiple choice
• 2 matching sections
– The Digestive System picture
– The Urinary System
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Urinary Organs
Renal Failure
Reproductive Organs
System Development
Pregnancy
Meiosis
Urinary
Organs
Renal Failure
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Game Board
Reproductive
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Organs
Development
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Pregnancy
Meiosis
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Urinary Organs - 100
One of the jobs of the kidneys is to convert this
vitamin into its active form.
Answer: D
Urinary Organs - 200
• Which of the following is NOT an organ of the
urinary system?
• epididymis
• kidney
• urethra
• ureter
Answer: epididymis
Urinary Organs - 300
This is a slender tube that carries urine from the
kidney to the bladder.
Answer: ureter
Urinary Organs - 400
This is when a force pushes the smaller
molecules through the glomerulus, but bigger
particles are too large to pass through and are
retained.
Answer: filtration
Urinary Organs - 500
• How does salt affect the movement of water?
Answer: Water will move to
areas of high salt concentration
in an attempt to dilute it.
Urinary Organs - 600
This is when a portion of the renal tubule
actively transports materials back into the
blood capillaries.
Answer: Tubular Reabsorption
Urinary Organs - 700
This is a knot of capillaries that acts as a filter in
the kidneys.
Answer: glomerulus
Urinary Organs - 800
This is a circular smooth muscle at the junction
between the bladder and urethra
Answer: internal urethral sphincter
Renal Failure - 100
This is when filtrate formation in the kidneys
decrease or stops completely and toxic waste
accumulate quickly in the blood?
Answer: renal failure
Renal Failure - 200
What is the only answer when chronic kidney
failure occurs?
Answer: kidney transplant
Renal Failure - 300
Name a material that the kidneys would want to
eliminate from the body.
Answer: urea, uric acid, or
creatinine
Renal Failure - 400
This is an artificial kidney that can be used to
clean the blood of individuals suffering from
renal failure.
Answer: hemodialysis
Renal Failure - 500
How long is a hemodialysis session last?
Answer: 4-8 hours
Renal Failure - 600
Name three possible signs of kidney failure.
Answer: diarrhea, vomiting,
labored breathing, irregular
heartbeat, convulsions, coma,
and death
Daily Double
Make Your Wager
Renal Failure – Daily Double
• Name 4 causes of renal failure.
Answer:
1. lowering of nephrons
2. diabetes mellitus
3. hypertension
4. repeated damaging infections of the
kidneys
5. physical trauma
6. chemical poisoning by heavy metal and
organic solvents
7. inadequate blood delivery
8. prolonged pressure on skeletal muscles
Renal Failure - 800
This is a condition when one or both of the
kidneys are enlarged and have many blisterlike
sacs that contain urine.
Answer: polycystic kidney
Reproductive Organs - 100
This is the name given to immature eggs.
Answer: oocytes
Reproductive Organs - 200
This is the second most common cause of death
in American women.
Answer: breast cancer
Reproductive Organs - 300
This is the female gonad that is responsible for
estrogen production and oogenesis.
Answer: ovaries
Reproductive Organs - 400
This slow growing, but still very dangerous,
cancer is the third most prevalent cancer in
males.
Answer: prostate cancer
Reproductive Organs - 500
This is equivalent to the penis on the female
body.
Answer: clitoris
Reproductive Organs - 600
This is the layer of the uterus has muscles that
are used primarily for childbirth. Their
rhythmic constricting results in contractions.
Answer: myometrium
Reproductive Organs - 700
This is the part of the uterine cycle in which
nutrients are released into the uterine cavity
to help support a potential embryo.
Answer: secretory
Reproductive Organs - 800
This is the layer of the uterus that is sloughed off
during menstruation.
Answer: endometrium
System Development - 100
This is the period of life between 10-15 when
the reproductive organs grow to their adult
size and become functional under the
influence of rising levels of gonadal hormones.
Answer: puberty
System Development - 200
This is a period in a female’s life when hormonal
levels drop resulting in the end of child
bearing capabilities.
Answer: menopause
System Development - 300
Why do the fetal kidneys not have to work as
hard as a newborn’s kidneys?
Answer: the mother’s blood and
placenta does all the work.
System Development - 400
What causes the male or female structures to
form?
Answer: Whether testosterone is
present.
System Development - 500
When do the kidneys begin secreting urine?
Answer: third month of fetal life
System Development - 600
Females have this combination of sex
chromosomes.
Answer: XX
System Development - 700
This is a rare person that has both male and
female reproductive units.
Answer: hermaphrodite
System Development - 800
This is a disorder found only in male babies
when the urethral orifice is located on the
ventral surface of the penis.
Answer: hypospadias
Pregnancy - 100
• During which trimester would limb budding
occur?
Answer: 1st
Pregnancy - 200
A normal human pregnancy last for about this
many weeks.
Answer: 40
Pregnancy - 300
This occurs when a sperm uses an enzyme to
penetrate the egg and fuse with its nucleus.
Answer: fertilization
Pregnancy - 400
During this trimester of pregnancy, the mother
tends to no longer experience morning
sickness, the stomach expands as the fetus
grows, and the baby will begin to move in the
womb.
Answer: 2nd
Pregnancy - 500
This is the phase of childbirth when the infant
passes out of the mother’s body.
Answer: expulsion
Pregnancy - 600
During this stage of labor, true contractions
begin and the cervix reaches a diameter of
about 10 cm
Answer: dilation
Pregnancy - 700
This trimester ends with parturition.
Answer: 3rd (parturition
is childbirth)
Pregnancy - 800
This stage of labor results in the expulsion of
afterbirth.
Answer: placental
Meiosis - 100
This is the process in which the body makes
gametes.
Answer: meiosis
Meiosis - 200
How many chromosomes goes a diploid cell
have?
Answer: 46 (2 of each)
Meiosis - 300
During this phase of cell division, the DNA is
replicated.
Answer: interphase
Meiosis - 400
How many chromosomes does a cell of a human
gamete have?
Answer: 23 (1 of each)
Meiosis - 500
During female gamete production, three of the
gametes are smaller than the one that
becomes the egg. These three smaller cells
are called this.
Answer: polar bodies
Meiosis - 600
Both times this phase occurs, cells are closed by
the process of cytokinesis .
Answer: telokinesis
Meiosis - 700
In which phase does “crossing-over” occur?
Answer: prophase I
Meiosis - 800
Both times this phase occurs, materials are
pulled to opposite sides of the cell.
Answer: anaphase