Chapter 6 anatomy

Question 1

2 bean shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column. Function is to remove waste products from blood and to aid in maintaining water and electrolyte balances

Answer 1

Kidneys

Question 2

Urine-producing microscopic structure. Approximately 1 million located in each kidney.

Answer 2

Nephron

Question 3

Cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron.

Answer 3

Glomerulus (pl. glomeruli)

Question 4

Funnel-shaped reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine and passes it to the ureter.

Answer 4

Renal pelvis

Question 5

2 slender tubes , approximately 10 -13 inches long that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder – passes urine from kidney to bladder

Answer 5

Ureters

Question 6

Muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine.

Answer 6

Urinary bladder

Question 7

Lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

Answer 7

Urethra

Question 8

Opening through which the urine passes to the outside.

Answer 8

Urinary meatus