Human Anatomy Multiple Choice Questions on “Urogenital Apparatus – Ureters & Urinary Bladder”.
1. __________ is located at the junction with the bladder made of smooth involuntary muscle.
A. Urethra
B. Internal Urethral sphincters
C. External Urethral Sphincters
D. Bladder
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Answer: B
Clarification: Internal Urethral sphincters are a muscle which constricts the internal urethral orifice. It is made of smooth muscle so it is involuntary.
2. Located on the pelvic floor and is made of skeletal muscle- Internal Urethral.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
Clarification: It is External Urethral Sphincters. External Urethral Sphincters surrounds whole length of the membranous portion of the urethra. It is enclosed in urogenital diaphragm.
3. Just posterior to the symphysis pubis; hollow, collapsible sac empty=deflated balloon; full=pear shape. Name this part.
A. Bladder
B. Urters
C. External Urethral Sphincters
D. Urethra
Answer: a
Clarification: Urine is made in kidneys and flows from them to the bladder. From the bladder, urine flows through the urethra to the outside of the body.
4. How many ureters are present?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B
Clarification: There are 2 ureters present. One from each kidney. The upper half is located in the abdomen and lower half is located in pelvic area.
5. The bladder is lined with _________ epithelium.
A. Simple columnar
B. Transitional
C. Stratified squamous
D. Simple cuboidal
Answer: b
Clarification: Unlike mucosa of other hollow organs, urinary bladder is lined with transitional epithelium, it is able to stretch significantly to accommodate large volume of urine, it also provides protection to underlying tissues from acidic or alkaline urine.
6. Urine that has glucose in it usually an indicator of _________
A. Diabetes
B. Bacterial infection
C. Kidney stones
D. Muscle atropy
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Answer: A
Clarification: Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose level is very high. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose to get into the cells and give them energy.
7. The trigone is an area located within the _____________
A. Urethra
B. Urinary bladder
C. Renal Pelvis area
D. Kidneys
Answer: B
Clarification: Trigone is a smooth triangular region of an internal urinary bladder formed by two ureteric orifices and internal urethral orifice, the area is very sensitive to expansion and once stretched to a certain degree the urinary bladder signals brain of its need to empty.
8. Urinary bladder is divided into ________ regions.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: D
Clarification: Anatomists divide the bladder into 4 parts. They are a broad fundus, a body, an apex, a neck.
9. Your bladder fills as faster as you age.
A. True
B. False
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Answer: A
Clarification: True. As you age your body makes less hormone that helps you hold on to fluids and your bladder can’t hold as much as it used to.
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