Chapter 9 Flashcards
(37 cards)
azot/o
Nitrogenous waste
cyst/o
bladder
home/o
sameness
noct/i
night
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ren/o
kidney
also nephr/o
olig/o
scanty (small amount)
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
ur/o
urine
-lith
stome
-lysis
to destroy
-ptosis
drooping
-uria
condition of the urine
Retroperitoneal: function
- filter and remove waste from blood
Kidney structures (6)
- Cortex- shell
- Medulla-inner
- Pyramids-tirangular shape
- Papilla-tip of pyramid
- Calyx- small opening that receives urine from papilla
- Renal pelvis- large area that receives urine from calyx and empties into ureter
Ureter:
Drains urine from kidney into urinary bladder
Urethra
Carries urine from bladder to outside body
Nephron
inside kidney pyramid
working unit ofthe kidney
Renal corpuscle
Part of neprhon
-double walled cup like structure AKA glomerular/Bowman’s capsule surrounds glomerulus
Renal tubule/ 4 areas:
Part of nephron
- 4 areas:
1. proximal/2. distal convoluted tubule
3. loop of henle
4. collecting tubile
Urine production:
- Filtration
- Reabsorption
- Secretion
Protein in urine:
-Preeclampsia in pregg
-glomerulonephritis
Blood in urine:
-Medication
-anemia