True or False
True or false in general you need both kidneys to live a healthy life?
T or F
False, for healthy indivuals they can sucessfully donate their kidney and or live with one kidney.
What vitamin do Kidneys help activate
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. Vitamin K
Answer: C,
The kidneys help activate vitamin D. This essential vitamin absorbs calcium and phosphorus to make your bones strong. Your kidneys also work to keep the right balance of these minerals in your body. Your body might not get the vitamin D it needs if your kidneys aren't working properly. Then your bones can become brittle or weak and more likely to break.
What are two key things kidneys play a role in the body?
Waste Removal and Urine Production
Kidneys produce urine, which is the way the body gets rid of waste and excess fluid.
Kidneys filter out waste products from the blood, including those from food and normal cell turnover
What system in the body are kidneys are apart of?
A. Digestive tract
B. Urinary tract
C. Biliary Tract
D. Sensory tract
B. Kidneys are part of the urinary system, which also includes the ureters and bladder.
When was the first artifical kidney first worked on?
A. 1930's
B. 1960's
C. 1950's
D. 1940's
D. 1940s:
Willem Kolff developed the first working artificial kidney, a rotating drum dialyzer
True or false Kidneys are the size of a clenched fist
Kidneys are bean shaped and are around 10-12cm long (about the size of a clenched fist).
For stage 1-3 of Kidney problems, what are two things that can help manage your kidney health?
A.manage diabetes and high blood pressure
B. Drink water and stretch
C. Eat less salt and test your urine/blood
D. All of the above
For patients with early-stage, stage 1-3, treatments often focus on lifestyle change and managing related conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure
How many quarts of fluid does your kidneys filter daily?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 300
C. Your kidneys filter about 200 quarts of fluid from your blood daily, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Most of this fluid is reabsorbed, with about 2 quarts becoming urine
What is the average weight of a kidney?
A. 3-5 oz
B. 2-4 oz
C. 6-8 oz
D. 4-6 oz
D. An average kidney weighs about 4-6 ounces.
In what organism was the early kidney found in?
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Protoza
C. prokaryotic microbes
B. Protoza, used simple methods to excrete their metabolic waste products
True or false- Warning signs of Kidney problems dont mimic other conditions or syomtpms?
True
What are some ways to stay physically active? which can help your kidney health
Open answer, stretch, water therapy- water aerobics, bike, walk, dance, clean, etc
How many ounces of blood does your kidneys filter daily?
A. 44
B. 30
C. 52
D. 35
A.Your kidneys filter about 44 ounces of blood every minute,
When did the name for kidneys first show up in recorded human history?
A. 3000 b.c
B. 4000 b.c
C. 1600 b.c
D. 800 b.c
A. 3500 b.c to 3000,
Names for urine and kidneys appear in Sumerian writings (3500-3000 BC), indicating early awareness of these organs. Votive offerings, like a bronze kidney from Cyprus (13th century BC), suggest a focus on the kidney as a subject of medical concern. Hippocrates and Galen also contributed to early knowledge of kidney function and diseases.
What organism was one of the first to have a more evolved kidney?
A. Earthworms
B. Fish
C. Birds
D. Mammals
A. (Earthworms) developed a more evolved excretory system called “nephridia”. Each segment of the earthworm has a pair of nephridia.They have a tubule with cilia similar to flame cells. Excretion was by a pore called “nephridiopore”. As opposed to flame cells, these nephridia have a tubular system for reabsorption by a capillary network making them more evolved than the flame cells.
True or False- Diabetes is one of the leading causes of kidney failure?
Around 30% of people diagnosed with Type 1 (juvenile-onset) diabetes and up to 40% of people who have Type 2 diabetes suffer kidney failure at some point in their lives.
- Blood sugar
- Sodium
- High blood preassure
What painful condition can occur in your kidneys as result of moderate to severe dehyration.
Kidney stones- can form as your kidneys fliter out blood and produce urine. Build up salt, protein and sugar can lead to painful kidney stones forming.
Kidneys besides being filitering blood and liquid can also help with?
A. Circulate blood
B. Break down food
C. Remove carbon dioxide
D. Regulate blood pressure
Kidney contain many tiny filiters called nephrons. How many of these filters are in each kidney?
A. 1 million
B. 2 Million
C. 500,000
D. 750,000
A. Each kidney contains about one million tiny filters called nephrons.
Human kidneys resemble the most to what group of mammals?
A. Whales
B. Big cats
C. Apes
D. Marsupials
C. Apes
True or False
Living a healthy lifestyle means you will never have kidney problems?
False! Anyone can deveolp kidney problems in their life time.
Risk Factors- genetics, family history, medications, etc.
What is one test we dicussed that can help the provider see what condition your kidneys are in?
GFR- glomerular filtration rate, albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) urine test for protein.
Kidneys play a key role in fluid retention, filitration etc.
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance:
Kidneys are crucial for maintaining the right balance of fluids and electrolytes in your body,
When did the first recorded sucessful kidney transplant occur?
A. 1910
B. 1930
C. 1945
D. 1954
D. The first successful kidney transplant was performed by Joseph Murray and his team, using a kidney from a twin to avoid rejection.
When was dialysis first become sucessful?
A. 1900's
B. 1930's
C. 1920's
D. 1940's
C. Dialysis techniques were first explored, with peritoneal dialysis emerging in the 1920s and hemodialysis in the 1940s.