Exam #7: Urinary System Flashcards
How many kidney do we have?
2
What are other systems that eliminate waste?
- Digestion
- Urinary
- Respiratory
- Integumentary
Ureters
2
How many urethras do we have?
1
Where are the kidneys located?
In the retro peritoneal space
What is the outer portion of the kidney?
Cortex
What is found in the nephrons, wastes products pass through a series of urine, collecting tubules and are transported before entering the renal pelvis?
Calyces
How many divisions are in the nephrons?
- Vascular
2. Tubular
What is the functional part of the kidney?
Nephron
What is an ENZYME that is released at the JG junction I’d blood pressure falls too low for effective glomerular filtration?
Renin
What PROTEIN is released in the kidney when blood pressure falls too low which causes vasoconstriction that raises blood pressure?
Angiotensin
What are small vessels that deliver blood TO the glomerulus?
Afferent arteriole
What’s the glomerulus + bowman capsule; filtration continuously takes place here?
Renal corpuscle
What carries blood to the peri tubular capillaries?
Efferent artiole
What is found in the nephrons and are a clusters
Glomerulus
Where does water absorption begin?
Proximal convoluted tubule
What is a toxic condition caused by an excessive amount of urea to the waste products in the blood stream?
Uremia
What is the pigment that is responsible for urine color?
Urochrome
What is 2 ways urine is moved from the kidney to the bladder?
- Gravity
2. Peristalsis
What are muscular tubes that convey urine from the kidney to
The bladder?
Ureters
What is another word for urination?
Micturation
What is a surgical procedure that consists of surgical fixation of the urethra correct urinary stress incontinence?
Urethropexy
What is the tube extending from the bladder to the outside of the bladder?
Urethra
What is an action also known as voiding that requires the coordinated contraction of the bladder muscle and sphincter relaxation?
Micturation
