Urinary System Flashcards
Mincturition
Means releasing or urinating
Ureter
Connects kidney bladder
Anuria
Condition of no urination
Meatus
Opening of urethra
Dureisis
Increase of urine
Medulla
Inner portion of kidney
Diabetes insipidus
Diffiency of diarrhetic hormone
Extensions of ureter
Cilyces and renal pelvis
Trigome
Triangle range of tissue at base of bladder between ureters and urethra
Nephron
Functional unit of kidney
Nephron located in
Cortex not renal pelvis
Hematuria
Blood in urine
Loop Henley
Nephronic loop
Glomerulus
Tiny ball of dranial cavities
Incontinence
Loss of bladder control
Glomeral filtration
Begins urination process doesn’t start in hilem
Kidney failure can cause
Edema
Polyurea
Excessive urination
Dynurea
Painful urination
Polycystic kidney diease
Bilateral cysts and reduced urine formation
Filtration, reabsorption, and secreation
Are part of process of urine formation
Cystocele
Bulge of bladder into urinary wall
Veseicoureteral reflux
Urine flows into ureters from bladder
Intravenous urography
Images of kidneys, ureters, and bladder using contrast
