Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are true concerning developmental anomalies of the renal system?

  1. Failure of the ureteric bud to develop causes hypospadias.

  2. Horseshoe kidneys occur when the pronephros fails to regress.

  3. Adult kidneys can only have one renal artery each.

  4. Early splitting of the ureteric bud can result in one kidney having two ureters.

  5. The ureteric bud forms the glans penis.
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Explanation

The ureteric bud forms the collecting system and if it splits before it enters the kidney, the result, which is not uncommon, is that the kidney will have two ureters.

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