URINARY SYSTEM

Question 1

PRODUCES URINE and helps REGULATE BODY FLUIDS

Answer 1

KIDNEY

Question 2

TRANSPORTS urine to the bladder

Answer 2

URETER

Question 3

serves as RESERVOIR for urine

Answer 3

URINARY BLADDER

Question 4

conveys urine to EXTERIOR

Answer 4

URETHRA

Question 5

Kidneys act as _____, cleaning blood of waste materials

Answer 5

PURIFICATION PLANT

Question 6

control electrolyte (Na, K, Cl, CO2) & fluid balances for body

Answer 6

KIDNEYS

Question 7

filter blood, reabsorb & secrete ions, & produce urine.

Answer 7

KIDNEYS

Question 8

what is the shape of kidneys

Answer 8

BEAN SHAPED

Question 9

where are kidneys located

Answer 9

IN SUPERIOR DORSAL ABDOMINAL CAVITY

Question 10

________ a TUBE that carries urine from each kidney to a single urinary bladder, located in inferior ventral pelvic cavity.

Answer 10

URETER

Question 11

expandable sac that holds urine.

Answer 11

BLADDER

Question 12

DIMENSIONS OF KIDNEYS

Answer 12

12 cm long, 6cm wide, 3cm thick

Question 13

color of the kidneys

Answer 13

REDDISH-BROWN

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE:
The right kidney is slightly lower than the left, convex laterally

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE:
The left kidney is slightly lower than the right, convex laterally

Answer 15

FALSE - RIGHT ANG HIGHER

Question 16

Atop each kidney is an _______

Answer 16

ADRENAL GLAND

Question 17

a tube that transports urine from bladder to the Meatus

Answer 17

URETHRA

Question 18

3 PROCESSES IN MAKING URINE

Answer 18

FILTRATION
REABSORPTION OF WATER
SECRETION OF EXCESS WATER

Question 19

Kidney covered by fibrous layer of CONNECTIVE TISSUE.

Answer 19

RENAL CAPSULE

Question 20

Gives kidney its shape.

Answer 20

RENAL HILUM

Question 21

bring blood to kidneys to be filtered

Answer 21

HILUM RENAL ARTERIES

Question 22

take filtered blood away from kidney

Answer 22

RENAL VEINS

Question 23

also attached at hilum to transport urine from kidney to bladder

Answer 23

URETER

Question 24

OUTER LAYER, grainy in appearance, has little obvious structure to naked eye, where BLOOD FILTRATION OCCURS.

Answer 24

RENAL CORTEX

Question 25

MIDDLE LAYER: Transports urine to the renal pelvis via “PYRAMID” (small structures that contain strings of nephrons and tubules that transport fluid into the kidney)

Answer 25

RENAL MEDULLA

Question 26

small structures that contain strings of nephrons and tubules that transport fluid into the kidney

Answer 26

PYRAMID

Question 27

inner layer. Collects urine.

Answer 27

RENAL PELVIS

Question 28

PATH OF URINE PRODUCTION

Answer 28

RENAL CORTEX RENAL MEDULLA RENAL PELVIS

Question 29

consisting of millions of microscopic funnels and tubules.

Answer 29

NEPHRON

Question 30

2 PARTS F NEPHRON

Answer 30

RENAL CORPUSCLE RENAL TUBULE

Question 31

a filter

Answer 31

RENAL CORPUSCLE

Question 32

where reabsorption & secretion take place

Answer 32

RENAL TUBULE

Question 33

Each kidney contains over 1 million tiny structures called _________.

Answer 33

NEPHRONS

Question 34

Each nephron has a _______, the SITE OF BLOOD FILTRATION.

Answer 34

GLOMERULUS

Question 35

a network of capillaries surrounded by a CUPLIKE STRUCTURE

Answer 35

GLOMERULAR CAPSULE

Question 36

glomerular capsule is also known as

Answer 36

BOWMAN'S CAPSULE

Question 37

allows water and small solutes to pass but blocks blood cells and large proteins

Answer 37

FILTRATION MEMBRANE

Question 38

the fluid that has passed through the membrane

Answer 38

FILTRATE

Question 39

duct in the nephron

Answer 39

RENAL TUBULE

Question 40

how many % of water is urine

Answer 40

95%

Question 41

Urine is about __% water and __% waste products

Answer 41

95% WATER, 5% WASTE PRODUCTS

Question 42

Etiology: fecal bacteria into urinary tract S/S: freq, dysuria (painful urination), hematuria, turbid urine, & urine with unusual odor, fever,

Answer 42

Urinary Tract (Bladder) Infection (UTI)

Question 43

Etiology: Genetic S/S: enlarged, cystic kidneys, hypertension, UTI, dilute urine, liver cysts, pain, hematuria, aneurysm

Answer 43

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Question 44

Etiology: decrease blood flow to kidneys S/S: kidney failure, uremia, hypertension or hypotension, oliguria, increase serum creatinine & urea.

Answer 44

Ischemic Nephropathy

Question 45

Etiology: Diabetes Mellitus (type I or II) S/S: early stages: increased glomerular filtration, protein in urine, later: uremia, HTN.

Answer 45

Diabetic Nephropathy