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Function of the Urinary System |
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- Excretion of water and electrolytes from body
- Removal of toxins
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Location of urine production |
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Structures involved in urine production and excretion... |
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- Kidney
- Ureter
- Urinary bladder
- Urethra
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Another word for "urination" |
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The kidneys empty into a _________. |
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The ureter drains into the _________. |
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The urinary bladder empties into the _________. |
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The kidneys are located in _________. |
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The upper posterior abdominal cavity |
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Kidney hilus faces ________. |
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The kidneys are ______ cm long. |
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The _________ enters the kidney's hilus, while the _________ and _________ leave. |
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- Renal artery
- Renal vein
- Ureter
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The capsule of the kidney is surrounded by _____________. |
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The kidney's medulla is composed of ___________ medullary pyramids. |
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The papillae of the medullary pyramids point towards the _________. |
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Urine passes towards the papillae by means of the _______________. |
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Urine passes our of the papilla into the _____________. |
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The renal pelvis is formed by ______________________________. |
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The renal pelvis becomes the ______________. |
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Renal columns are made up of _______________. |
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Between each of the medullary pyramids are ________________. |
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Renal columns are the site of _____________. |
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Blood supply and drainage |
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The basic functional unit of the kidney. |
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Nephron is made up of: ____________ and _____________. |
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- The renal corpuscle
- The renal tubule
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The renal corpuscle is found in ____________. |
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The renal tubule is found in: _____________ and ______________. |
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The glomerulus is ____________. |
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The glomerulus is supplied by the ___________ arteriole and drained by the _____________ arteriole. |
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The afferent and efferent arterioles enter and leave at the ________________ of the glomerulus. |
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Length of the Renal Tubule |
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Function of the Renal Tubule. |
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- Carries filtrate from corpsucle to collecting ducts
- Adjusts the volume of water secreted
- Regulates flow of ions/metabolites across epithelium
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Parts of the Renal Tubule (4). |
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- Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT)
- Loop of Henle
- Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT)
- Collecting Tubule
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Proximal convoluted tubule forms a ______ in the corpuscle within the __________. |
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Proximal convoluted tubule is lined with __________________. |
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Simple cuboidal epthelium |
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The proximal convoluted tubule retains ___% of the water and ions in the filtrate. |
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The loop of Henle is made up of: the ______________ and ______________ __________ segment AND a ___________ _________________ and _______________ limb (loop). |
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Ascending, descending, thick; thin, ascending, descending |
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The distal convoluted tubule continues from ______________________. |
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The distal convoluted tubule is ___________ than the proximal convoluted tubule. |
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The distal convoluted tubule is located near the ______________ of the corpuscle. |
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The juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) is made when ______________________. |
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The distal convoluted tubule and afferent arteriole are in close proximity. |
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The juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) releases the enzyme ___________ which ___________________. |
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renin; increases blood pressure |
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The collecting tubules feed the _________________. |
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The terminal portion of the renal tubule. |
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The collecting ducts empty through the ______________ and into the _____________. |
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The renal arteries split at the _____________ into ___________________. |
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renal pelvis; interlobular arteries |
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The interlobular arteries turn into __________________ which run in the __________________ junction. |
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arcuate arteries; corticomedullary |
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The __________ arteries exist at the corticomedullary junction which give off the _______________ arterioles. |
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The ___________ run parallel to the loops of Henle. |
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vasae rectae (capillaries) |
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The radial arteries give off the _____________ arterioles. |
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The ____________ arterioles supply the vasae rectae. |
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The vasae rectae drain into (1)________ veins then to (2)________ veins to (3) _________ veins and finally to (4) _________ veins. |
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- radial
- arcuate
- interlobular
- renal
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Muscular tubes that run from hilus of the kidneys to the posterior abdominal walls into the pelvis.
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The ureters are lined with __________ epithelium. |
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The ureters run along the _______ wall of the bladder and enter it near its ______. |
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The ureters have a thick _______ and _______. |
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lamina propria; muscularis |
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Stores urine until excretion through the urethra. |
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The bladder is lined with ________ epithelium. |
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Anterior pelvis behind the pubic bones. |
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Three sided pyramid with the apex pointing forward. |
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The ________ enter the bladder; the ________ exit the bladder. |
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Parts of the male sex organs are located on the ___________ surface of the bladder. |
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