Describe the Anatomy & Physiology of the Genitourinary System

Question 1

What is another term for Genitourinary?

Answer 1

Urogenital

Question 2

The organs in the Genitourinary System function in the ___ process

Answer 2

Excretory

Question 3

Excretion is a necessary function for:

Answer 3

Salt and water hemostasis and getting rid of wastes

Question 4

What is the Genitourinary System composed of?

Answer 4

Kidneys, Ureters, Urinary Bladder, and Urethra

Question 5

Where do the Kidneys lie?

Answer 5

Against the dorsal body wall above the waist, superior to the lumbar region

Question 6

The Kidneys two main regions or layers are:

Answer 6

The Renal Cortex and Renal Medulla

Question 7

What is the Renal Cortex?

Answer 7

The outer layer of the Kidney where blood vessels are located

Question 8

What does the Renal Cortex produce?

Answer 8

Erythropoietin

Question 9

What is Erythropoietin?

Answer 9

A hormone that stimulates the production of new red blood cells

Question 10

What is the Renal Medulla?

Answer 10

The inner region of the Kidney where the concentration of urine is regulated

Question 11

What is the Renal Artery of the Kidney?

Answer 11

It allows oxygenated blood to enter the Kidney

Question 12

What is the Renal Veins of the Kidney?

Answer 12

It allows filtered, deoxygenated blood to leave the Kidney

Question 13

What do the Kidneys manufacture?

Answer 13

Urine

Question 14

Urine travels through the Ureters to the ___ ___ where it is stored until it is excreted through the urethra

Answer 14

Urinary Bladder

Question 15

What all is part of the Excretory System?

Answer 15

The Ureters, Urinary Bladder, and Urethra

Question 16

What are the Ureters?

Answer 16

One for each Kidney, small tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder, which holds the urine until elimination

Question 17

Do male or females have a shorter Urethra?

Answer 17

Females. Males urethra’s pass through the penis and also carries sperm

Question 18

This system helps maintain the balance of Homeostasis by getting rid of waste:

Answer 18

The Genitourinary System

Question 19

Nitrogenous waste from protein digestion is ___ and must be removed because it will form ___

Answer 19

Toxic, Ammonia

Question 20

What are Kidneys responsible for?

Answer 20

Filtering blood, creating urine, stabilizing water balance, maintaining blood pressure, and producing the active form of Vitamin D

Question 21

The ___ System also plays a vital role in several of the Kidneys functions

Answer 21

Endocrine

Question 22

What is the functional unit of the Kidney?

Answer 22

The Nephron

Question 23

What are Nephrons?

Answer 23

A system of microscopic tubes that use various pressure levels to remove wastes and reabsorb important molecules and water

Question 24

Blood enters the Kidney full of waste from ___, especially of protein ___

Answer 24

Metabolism, Metabolism

Question 25

After the blood enters the Kidney, it enters a ___ ___ connected to the renal artery

Answer 25

Nephron Capillary

Question 26

After the blood enters the Nephron Capillary, it then flows to the ___

Answer 26

Glomerulus

Question 27

What is the Glomerulus?

Answer 27

A small, dense group of capillaries in the Nephron. This is where material is filtered from the blood

Question 28

Filtrate is:

Answer 28

The material filtered from the blood which includes water, urea, glucose salts, and other small molecules

Question 29

Filtrate first moves through the ___

Answer 29

Tubule

Question 30

Water and other important substances to the body are reabsorbed through the ___ back into the blood

Answer 30

Capillaries

Question 31

What remains in the tubule, ___, is emptied into a ___ in the Kidney and drains from there to the ___ and then is stored in the ___ ___

Answer 31

Urine, Cavity, Ureter, Urinary Bladder

Question 32

What is the Urinary Bladder?

Answer 32

A hollow, muscular organ that holds 400-800 mL of liquid and has sensors that communicate with the Central Nervous System

Question 33

What happens in order for Excretion to occur?

Answer 33

Both the internal and external sphincters of the bladder must relax

Question 34

From the bladder, the urine is released through the ___

Answer 34

Urethra

Question 35

What is released urine?

Answer 35

Waste product composed of 95% water, with urea, salts, and excess organic molecules

Question 36

What is the Kidney's role in maintaining blood pressure?

Answer 36

By controlling the volume of the blood

Question 37

Secreted Hormones of the Kidneys constrict or dilate blood vessels, causing:

Answer 37

The needed increase or decrease in blood pressure

Question 38

Kidneys help control the production of:

Answer 38

Red Blood Cells

Question 39

The Cardiovascular System pumps blood into the Kidneys through the:

Answer 39

Renal Artery

Question 40

The pressure of the blood helps the Glomerulus:

Answer 40

To filter out wastes and return vital nutrients through the renal vein back to the blood

Question 41

What produces Renin?

Answer 41

The Kidneys

Question 42

What is Renin?

Answer 42

A hormone that regulates blood pressure by retaining or removing water and salt