18. Urinary System

Question 1

Includes two kidneys, two ureters, the
urinary bladder, and the urethra.

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Urinary System

Question 2

filter blood to make urine,
which contains extra water, ions, waste
products like urea, and toxins.

Answer 2

Kidney

Question 3

control the composition and volume
of body fluids.

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Major Function of the Urinary System

Question 4

Kidneys perform this function through multiple processes.

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1. Excretion
   2.Regulation of Blood Volume and Pressure
2. Regulation of Extracellular fluid pH
3. Regulation of RBC synthesis
4. Regulation of Vit D Synthesis
5. Regulation of the Concentration of Solutes in the Blood

Question 5

The process of removing waste from the body.

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Excretion

Question 6

Regulate the amount of fluid in the blood and keeps blood pressure stable

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Regulation of Blood Volume and Pressure

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Help regulate the concentration of the major molecules and ions, such as glucose and others in the blood.

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Regulation of the Concentration of Solutes in the Blood

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Help control the acidity or alkalinity of nthe fluid outside of cells bu getting rid of different amounts of hydrogen ions

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Regulation of Extracellular Fluid pH

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Controls the production of rbc in the bone marrow

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Regulation of rbc synthesis

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Help manage the amount of calcium in the blood by controlling the production of vit D.

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Regulation of Vit D Synthesis

Question 11

Beans in shape and are roughly the size of a clenched fist

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Kidneys

Question 12

A layer of connective tissue surrounding each kidney

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Renal Capsule

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Two main parts of the kidney which surrounds the renal sinus

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Outer Cortex and Inner Medulla

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This is like the kidney’s tiny workhorse

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Nephron

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The organ that sorts the substances from the blood for either removal in the urine or return to the blood

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Kidney

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The structural components that perform the sorting things of the kidney

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Nephrons

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Functional units of the kidney

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Nephrons

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Three Categories of Urine Production

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1. Filtration
2. Tubular Reabsorption
3. Tubular Secretion

Question 19

Chemicals that increase the rate of urine formation

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Diuretics

Question 20

Under diuretics which increases renal blood flow and the rate of glomerular filtrate formation.

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Caffeine

Question 21

Small tubes that carry urine from the renal pelvis of the kidney to the posterior inferior portion of the urinary bladder.

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Ureters

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A hollow, muscular container that lies in the pelvic cavity just posterior to the pubic symphysis. It stores urine

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Urinary Bladder

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Tube that carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

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Urethra

Question 24

Triangle-shaped portion of the urinary bladder.

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Trigone

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A junction between bladder and urethra. It contracts to keep semen from entering the bladder during sex.

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Internal Urinary Sphincter

Question 26

Skeletal muscle that surrounds urethra which allows a person to start or stop flow of urine through urethra.

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External Urinary Sphincter

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Two major body fluid compartments

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1. Intracellular Fluid Compartment 2. Extracellular Fluid Compartment

Question 28

Includes the fluid inside all the cells of the body

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Intracellular Fluid Compartment

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Includes all the fluid outside the cells

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Extracellular Fluid Compartment

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High blood pressure at the arterial end of a capillary pushes fluid out of the capillary and into the interstitial space surrounding cells.

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Filtration

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Fluid is pulled back into he capillary from the interstitial space.

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Reabsorption.

Question 32

Occurs when the body's pH falls below 7.35

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Acidosis

Question 33

Body's pH rises above 7.45

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Alkalosis