Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Voiding is another term for micturition.
2. Hydronephrosis is caused by an accumulation of calculi in the kidney.
3. Diabetic nephropathy results from damage to the glomerulus capillaries due to chronic high
blood sugars.
4. Nephroptosis results in the formation of multiple cysts within the kidney tissue.
FALSE
5. Wilms' tumor most often occurs in children.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
Hydronephrosis is caused by an accumulation of urine in the kidney, often caused
by an obstruction of a ureter.
3. TRUE
4. Nephroptosis is a downward displacement of the kidney. Polycystic kidneys have
multiple cysts within kidney tissue.
5. TRUE

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