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Another word for the urinary system |
Genitourinary system = GU (Jen-ih-toh-YOO-rih-nair-ee) |
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Main function of the urinary system |
Filter and remove waste products |
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Waste products are removed through a very complicated system of what? |
Blood vessels and kidney tubules |
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The actual filtration of wasted in the blood takes place in what? |
Nephrons |
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What makes up each of the kidneys |
Millions of nephrons |
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How much urine can our bladders hold |
About one quart |
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Outer portion of the kidneys |
Cortex |
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Inner area of the kidneys |
Medulla |
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What are the Triangular shaped areas in the medulla of the kidney |
Renal pyramids |
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What transports the urine to the urinary bladder |
Ureters |
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Where does the renal artery enter the kidney |
Hilum |
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Where does the renal artery enter the kidney |
Hilum |
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Where does the renal vein leave the kidney from |
Hilum |
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The renal artery delivers what kind of blood to the kidneys |
Blood that is full of waste products |
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The renal artery delivers what kind of blood to the kidneys |
Blood that is full of waste products |
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The renal vein does what |
Returns clean blood back to general circulation |
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What is the tip of a renal pyramid called |
Renal papilla |
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What does the calyx contain |
Renal pelvis |
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What is the functional or working unit of the kidneys |
Nephron |
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What does a nephron consist of ? |
Renal corpuscle Renal tubule |
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What is the blood filtering portion of the nephron |
Renal corpuscle |
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Another name for the glomerular capsule |
Bowman’s capsule |
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The glomerular capsule encases a ball of capillaries called what? |
Glomerulus |
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An afferent arteriole carries blood where? |
To the glomerulus |
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An efferent arteriole takes blood where? |
Away from the glomerulus |
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4 sections of the renal tubule |
Proximal convoluted tubule Nephron loop (loop of Henle) Distal convoluted tubule Collecting tubule |
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What is the urinary bladder composed of? |
Three layers of smooth muscle tissue with mucous membranes containing rugae (folds) |
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What protects us from having our bladder empty at the wrong time? |
Internal sphincter |
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what opens on demand to allow emptying of the bladder? |
External sphincter |
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The external opening through which urine passes out of the body |
Urinary meatus |
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How long is the urethra in females |
One to two inches |
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How long is the urethra in females |
One to two inches |
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How long is the urethra in males |
8 inches long |
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What are the two functions of the urethra in males |
An outlet for urine and a passageway for semen to leave the body |
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The urinary system maintains the body’s proper balance of what? (2) |
Water Chemicals |
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What are the 3 stages of urine production |
Filtration Reabsorption Secretion |
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Fluid in renal tubules is called what |
Glomerular filtrate |
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Filtration takes place where? |
Renal corpuscle |
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Urinalysis |
A physical and chemical analysis of urine |
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What is specific gravity |
Indicates the amount of dissolved substances in urine |
