Urinary System

Question 1

Kidneys

Answer 1

Filter blood

Question 2

How much blood do the kidneys filter per day?

Answer 2

180 L

48 Gal

Question 3

Nephron

Answer 3

Concentrate filtrate into urine

Question 4

Glomerulus

Answer 4

Coiled capillary where filtering occurs

Question 5

How much blood is reabsorbed in kidney?

Answer 5

99%

Question 6

How much urine is produced a day?

Answer 6

1-1.5 L

Question 7

Renal Pelvis

Answer 7

Basin/funnel like part of the proximal part of the ureter in the kidney

Question 8

Ureters

Answer 8

Transport urine from kidneys to bladder

Question 9

Urinary Bladder

Answer 9

Holds urine

Question 10

Urethra

Answer 10

Releases urine to outside of body

Question 11

Functions of Urinary System (5)

Answer 11

Waste removal
Water balance
Salt balance Na+/K+
pH balance
B.P. Control

Question 12

Combining Forms For Kidney (2)

Answer 12

Nephro

Reno

Question 13

Combining Form For Urine

Answer 13

Urino

Question 14

Suffix for Urine

Answer 14

Uria

Question 15

Combining Form For Ureters

Answer 15

Uretero

Question 16

Combining Form For Urinary Bladder

Answer 16

Cysto

Question 17

Combining Form For Urethra

Answer 17

Urethro

Question 18

Combining Form For Glomerulus

Answer 18

Glomerulo

Question 19

Combining Form For Renal Pelvis

Answer 19

Pyelo

Question 20

Cystitis

Answer 20

Bladder Infection

Lower UTI

Question 21

Symptoms of cystitis

Answer 21

Frequency

Dysuria

Question 22

Frequency

Answer 22

You feel like you have to go pee, but you have nothing in your bladder

Question 23

What causes frequency?

Answer 23

Inflammation

Question 24

Dysuria

Answer 24

Pain with urination

Question 25

Pyelonephritis

Answer 25

Infection within kidney and renal pelvis Upper UTI Flank pain

Question 26

What is the treatment for pyelonephritis?

Answer 26

Antibiotics

Question 27

Hematuria

Answer 27

Blood in urine

Question 28

Glucose in urine

Answer 28

Glycosuria | Glucosuria

Question 29

Nocturia

Answer 29

Excessive urination at night

Question 30

Enuresis

Answer 30

Involuntary discharge of urine

Question 31

Incontinence

Answer 31

Inability to control urine or stool

Question 32

Nocturnal enuresis

Answer 32

Bedwetting

Question 33

Oliguria

Answer 33

Very little urination

Question 34

Polyuria

Answer 34

Excessive urination

Question 35

Nephrectomy

Answer 35

Surgical removal of a kidney

Question 36

Kidney Stones

Answer 36

Nephrolithiasis | Renal calcus

Question 37

Why do kidney stones happen?

Answer 37

Crystals forming from dehydration

Question 38

What causes the pain with kidney stones?

Answer 38

The muscle contractions in ureters

Question 39

Treatment for kidney stones

Answer 39

Wait and see method Lithotripsy Surgery

Question 40

Lithotripsy

Answer 40

Sit in water bath and a lithotripter (sound wave machine) is used to break apart stone to pass easier bc it was too big originally

Question 41

Staghorn Calculus

Answer 41

Fills whole renal pelvis and looks like antlers