A dialysis technician is providing care for a client with chronic renal failure. The technician would recognize which of the following characteristics of healthy kidneys?
Select all that apply.
A)
The kidneys are contained within the peritoneal cavity.
B)
Blood vessels, nerves, and ureters all connect with the kidney at the hilus.
C)
The medulla of the kidney contains the glomeruli.
D)
Each kidney consists of lobes, with each lobe comprised of nephrons.
E)
Each nephron contains several hundred glomeruli that perform filtration.
Ans:
B, D
Feedback:
The hilus is the point of nerve and blood input and urine output for each kidney, and each kidney is composed of up to 18 lobes. The kidneys are outside the peritoneal cavity, and glomeruli exist in the outer cortex. Each nephron contains just one glomerulus.
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