URINARY CONCEPTS 1
ALSO KNOWN AS THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM
WHAT IS THE URINARY SYSTEM?
FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEYS
WHAT IS A NEPHRON?
HOLLOW MUSCULAR SAC
WHAT IS THE BLADDER?
LIQUID WASTE PRODUCED BY URINE
WHAT IS URINE?
USUALLY CAUSED BY PYOGENIC BACTERIA
WHAT IS PYELONEPHRITIS?
KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER, URETHRA
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM?
MICROSCOPIC FILTERING UNIT WITH A NUMBER GREATER THAN ONE MILION PER KIDNEY
WHAT IS A NEPHRON?
CONTROLS THE BLADDER OPENING TO PREVENT EMPTYING
WHAT IS THE CIRCULAR SPHINCTER?
WHAT IS A URINALYSIS?
INFLAMMATION OF THE GLOMERULUS.
WHAT IS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
LOCATED ON THE EITHER SIDE OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN BEHIND THE UPPPER PART OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
WHAT ARE THE KIDNEYS?
C-SHAPED STRUCTURE THAT SURROUNDS THE GLOMERULUS
WHAT IS THE GLOMERULUS?
TUBE THAT CARRIES THE URINE FROM THE BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE?
WHAT IS THE URETHRA?
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER
WHAT IS CYSTITIS?
FORMED WHEN SALTS IN THE URINE FORM A PRECIPITATE.
WHAT IS RENAL CALCULUS?
CORTEX AND MEDULLA
WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN SECTIONS OF THE KIDNEY?
TWO MUSCULAR TUBES ABOUT 10-12 INCHES LONG.
WHAT ARE THE URETERS?
WHAT THE LIVER MAKES FROM NITROGEN WASTE.
WHAT IS UREA?
MOST COMMON BACTERIA THAT CAUSES URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS(CYSTITIS).
WHAT IS E. COLI?
CAUSED BY SHOCK, INJURY, POISONING, HEMORRHAGE OR DEHYDRATION
WHAT IS ACUTE RENAL FAILURE?
THE OUTER SECTION OF THE KIDNEY AND CONTAINS MOST OF THE NEPHRONS THE AID IN URINE PRODUCTION.
WHAT IS THE CORTEX?
THE RHYTHMIC WAVELIKE MOTION OF THE MUSCLE.
WHAT IS PERISTALSIS?
CLUSTER OF CAPILLARIES THAT FILTERS OUT WATER, SALT, SUGAR, AND METABOLIC PRODUCTS FROM THE BLOOD
WHAT IS THE GLOMERULUS?
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY TISSUE AND RENAL PELVIS
WHAT IS PYELONEPHRITIS?
RESULTS FROM PROGRESSIVE LOST OF FUNCTION. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE CONVULSIONS, MENTAL CONFUSION, AMMONIA SMELL OF BREATH AND EVENTUALLY DEATH AND COMA
WHAT IS CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE?