Welcome To The Kidney Quiz
1. How many kidneys do most people have?
- Correct – Most people are born with two kidneys, but only need one. Here's why. Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood called nephrons. Nephrons purify blood and remove waste products. Your body can survive on as few as 300,000 nephrons, but if the number of nephrons drops below 300,000 you may need dialysis treatment.
That's why most people can live perfectly normal healthy lives with only one kidney, and why thousands of people each year donate one of their kidneys to tranplantation to save a life.
Kidney donation is an altruistic and generous act. - Incorrect – Most people are born with two kidneys, but only need one. Here's why. Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood called nephrons. Nephrons purify blood and remove waste products. Your body can survive on as few as 300,000 nephrons, but if the number of nephrons drops below 300,000 you may need dialysis treatment.
That's why most people can live perfectly normal healthy lives with only one kidney, and why thousands of people each year donate one of their kidneys to tranplantation to save a life.
Kidney donation is an altruistic and generous act. - Incorrect – Most people are born with two kidneys, but only need one. Here's why. Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood called nephrons. Nephrons purify blood and remove waste products. Your body can survive on as few as 300,000 nephrons, but if the number of nephrons drops below 300,000 you may need dialysis treatment.
That's why most people can live perfectly normal healthy lives with only one kidney, and why thousands of people each year donate one of their kidneys to tranplantation to save a life.
Kidney donation is an altruistic and generous act.
2. How big are your kidney?
- Incorrect – Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist. Despite their relatively small size, the kidneys perform complex functions that keep the rest of the body in balance.
- Correct – Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist. Despite their relatively small size, the kidneys perform complex functions that keep the rest of the body in balance.
- Incorrect – Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist. Despite their relatively small size, the kidneys perform complex functions that keep the rest of the body in balance.
3. Where are your kidneys?
- Correct – Your kidneys are located on either side of your spine at the lowest level of the rib cage in a very remote part of your abdomen partially covered by ribs. This provides some protection against injury. Although they are somewhat difficult to approach for surgery, specialized techniques have been developed for kidney surgery including robotic and laparoscopic surgery, sound wave technology and small scopes for approach through the bladder.
- Incorrect – Your kidneys are located on either side of your spine at the lowest level of the rib cage in a very remote part of your abdomen partially covered by ribs. This provides some protection against injury. Although they are somewhat difficult to approach for surgery, specialized techniques have been developed for kidney surgery including robotic and laparoscopic surgery, sound wave technology and small scopes for approach through the bladder.
- Incorrect – Your kidneys are located on either side of your spine at the lowest level of the rib cage in a very remote part of your abdomen partially covered by ribs. This provides some protection against injury. Although they are somewhat difficult to approach for surgery, specialized techniques have been developed for kidney surgery including robotic and laparoscopic surgery, sound wave technology and small scopes for approach through the bladder.
4. Which of the following are main functions of your kidneys?
- To clean the blood
- To support healthy bones and tissues
- To keep your blood pressure normal
- All the above
- True – The kidneys DO clean the blood by getting rid of waste, but they also keep your blood pressure normal and support healthy bones and tissues by producing the active form of Vitamin D.
- True – The kidneys DO support healthy bones and tissues by producing the active form of Vitamin D, but they also clean the blood and keep your blood pressure normal.
- True – The kidney DO keep your blood pressure normal, but also clean your blood and support healthy bones and tissues by producing the active form of Vitamin D.
- Correct – The kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining overall health but are rarely appreciated until they become damaged and can no longer do their jobs.
In addition to cleaning the blood to get rid of waste by producing urine, your kidneys also keep your blood pressure normal and support healthy bones and tissues by producing the active form of Vitamin D, regulate your body's salt, potassium and acid content, and produce a variety of hormones that affect the way your other organs function.
5. Who can get kidney disease?
- True – It is true that children can get kidney disease, most often due to congenital birth defects or genetic diseases. But they are not the only ones. Anyone at any age can be affected by kidney disease.
- True – It is true that adults and teens can get kidney disease. Kidney disease in teens is most often due to congenital birth defects or genetic diseases. As you get older, other acquired diseases are more common such as high blood pressure, diabetes and inflammatory diseases such as glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney). Certain diseases run in families and affect all age groups. Anyone at any age, including children, can be affected by kidney disease.
- Correct – Kidney disease in children and teens is most often due to congenital birth defects or genetic diseases. As you get older, other acquired diseases are more common such as high blood pressure, diabetes and inflammatory diseases such as glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney). Certain diseases run in families and affect all age groups. Anyone at any age, including children, can be affected by kidney disease.
6. What happens if your kidneys stop working?
- True – If your kidneys stop working, toxins build up in your body and within two weeks you need to go on dialysis, which is ONE treatment option. Dialysis cleans your blood, becoming an artificial kidney. It gets rid of your body's wastes, extra salt and water, and helps to control your blood pressure. Another alternative is receiving a kidney transplant.
- True – If your kidneys stop working, toxins build up in your body and within two weeks you need a kidney transplant, which is one treatment option. Last year, nearly 14,000 people received a kidney transplant. Dialysis is another treatment option in which a dialysis machine cleans your blood, becoming an artificial kidney. It gets rid of your body's wastes, extra salt and water, and helps to control your blood pressure.
- Incorrect – If your kidneys stop working, toxins build up in your body and within two weeks you need dialysis or a kidney transplant in order to live.
- Correct – Before dialysis was available, total kidney failure meant death. When your kidneys stop working, toxins build up in your body and within two weeks you need to go on dialysis. Dialysis is a way of cleaning your blood, becoming an artificial kidney. It gets rid of your body's wastes, extra salt and water, and helps to control your blood pressure. Another alternative is receiving a kidney transplant. Currently, there are 430,000 Americans are on dialysis, and more than 101,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant.
7. What can you do to keep your kidneys healthy?
- Don't overuse over-the-counter painkillers
- Watch your blood pressure
- Eat healthy and exercise
- All of the above
- True – To keep your body healthy, you should drink plenty of water, but this is only one of the ways to keep your kidneys healthy. Watching your blood pressure and eating healthy and exercising are also important.
- True – To keep your body healthy, you should watch your blood pressure, but this is only one of the ways to keep your kidneys healthy. Drinking plenty of water and eating healthy and exercising are also important.
- True – To keep your body healthy, you should eat healthy and exercise, but this is one of a few ways to keep your kidneys healthy. Watching your blood pressure and drinking plenty of water are also important.
- Correct – Kidney disease has no symptoms until much of the function is already lost. That's why engaging in healthy activities and following a healthy diet before any symptoms arise helps avoid the risk factors that are associated with chronic kidney disease such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.
A healthy lifestyle also makes unhealthy kidneys last longer.;
8. You're at risk for kidney disease if you have?
- True – Diabetes IS a risk factor for kidney disease, but not the only one. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk. African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians are at increased risk for kidney disease. One reason is that diabetes is more common in these groups than in the population at large.
- True – Family history of kidney failure IS a risk factor for kidney disease, but not the only one. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk.
- True – High Blood Pressure IS a risk factor for kidney disease, but not the only one. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk.
- Correct – If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease.
The most common cause of death in patients with CKD is heart and cardiovascular disease. If you have risk factors for heart diesease, then screening for CKD is also appropriate.
9. Every day our kidneys perform an essential job of filtering how many liters of blood?
- Incorrect – The kidneys do not filter 50 liters of blood, but 4 times as much. Two hundred liters of blood, enough to fill a large bathtub, are filtered every day, removing two liters of toxins, wastes and water from your body.
- Incorrect – The kidneys do not filter 50 liters of blood, but 4 times as much. Two hundred liters of blood, enough to fill a large bathtub, are filtered every day, removing two liters of toxins, wastes and water from your body.
- Correct – The kidneys filter 200 liters of blood evey day, enough to fill a large bathtub, removing two liters of toxins, wastes and water from your body.
10. How many adults in the US have chronic kidney disease?
- Incorrect – According to a recent study, the kidney disease is becoming more prevalent. Studies estimate that 37 million adults now suffer from chronic kidney disease, up from 20 million just a few years ago. And most don't even know it. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease and should be tested.
Check with your medical practitioner or contact the nearest office of the National Kidney Foundation for information about free screenings. - Incorrect – According to a recent study, the kidney disease is becoming more prevalent. Studies estimate that 37 million adults now suffer from chronic kidney disease, up from 20 million just a few years ago. And most don't even know it. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease and should be tested.
Check with your medical practitioner or contact the nearest office of the National Kidney Foundation for information about free screenings. - Incorrect – According to a recent study, the kidney disease is becoming more prevalent. Studies estimate that 37 million adults now suffer from chronic kidney disease, up from 20 million just a few years ago. And most don't even know it. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease and should be tested.
Check with your medical practitioner or contact the nearest office of the National Kidney Foundation for information about free screenings. - Incorrect – According to a recent study, the kidney disease is becoming more prevalent. Studies estimate that 37 million adults now suffer from chronic kidney disease, up from 20 million just a few years ago. And most don't even know it. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease and should be tested.
Check with your medical practitioner or contact the nearest office of the National Kidney Foundation for information about free screenings. - Correct – According to a recent study, the kidney disease is becoming more prevalent. Studies estimate that 37 million adults now suffer from chronic kidney disease, up from 20 million just a few years ago. And most don't even know it. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure and a family history of kidney failure you are at increased risk for kidney disease and should be tested.
Check with your medical practitioner or contact the nearest office of the National Kidney Foundation for information about free screenings.
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