ATI LPN
Urinary System Questions and Answers Questions
Question 1 of 5
How will the nurse assess for flank tenderness in a 30-year-old female patient with suspected pyelonephritis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Percussing the CVA effectively checks for flank pain in pyelonephritis.
Question 2 of 5
Urethra is characterized by:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Urethra is the tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body.
Question 3 of 5
In what part of the kidney are the glomeruli located?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Glomeruli are exclusively in the cortex of the kidney.
Question 4 of 5
What effect is achieved by having an arteriole that supplies blood and another that drains blood from the glomerulus?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Arterioles adjust glomerular pressure for filtration control.
Question 5 of 5
Which statement about kidney anatomy is correct? Renal pyramids are in the:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pyramids in medulla end at papillae into minor calyces.