The Kidney
The kidneys are located along this anatomical direction of the abdominal wall.
What is posterior?
Urine is 95% water. What makes up the other 5%?
What is solutes?
Fluid output is hormonally regulated. These two hormones decrease fluid loss through urine.
What is aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone?
The Gastrointestinal tract begins at this cavity.
What is the oral cavity?
Name the two types of gametes in the Reproductive System.
What are sperm and ovum?
A nephron consists of a renal corpuscle, a renal tubule, and this type of capsule.
What is glomerular or Bowman's capsule.
During the formation of urine, this phase moves substances from the blood into the capsular space.
What is glomerular filtration?
Angiotensin II stimulates this response in your blood vessels to decrease fluid output of the kidney.
What is vasoconstriction?
Don't drool when you learn that 60-70% of our saliva is formed in this salivary gland.
What is the submandibular salivary gland?
This hormone from the hypothalamus signals the anterior pituitary to produce follicle stimulating hormone and leutenizing hormone.
What is GnRH?
15% of the nephrons consist of this type.
What is a Justamedullary nephron?
What is the Adrenal Medulla?
This peptide causes an inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system.
What is Atrial Natriuretic Peptide or ANP?
In the structure of our permanent teeth, these two types are used to crush and grind.
What are premolars and molars?
Name the outermost layer of the ovary.
What is the germinal epithelium?
Blood is transported to the kidneys in renal arteries which divide into segmental arteries. They then divide into this type of artery.
What is interlobar arteries.
The adrenal capsule is made up of this many zones.
What are 3 zones?
This hormone stimulates reabsorption of both Na+ and water to maintain blood volume and pressure.
What is aldosterone?
The three muscularis layers of the stomach are oblique, longitudinal and this inner layer.
What is circular layer?
This anatomical term can be translated to middle fallopian tube.
What is the mesosalpinx?
There are two types of nephrons in the kidney. 85% of them are made of this type.
What is the Cortical Nephrons?
Micturition involves the relaxation of this muscle and the contraction of this sphincter.
What is the detrusor muscle and the Internal Urethral Sphincter.
This hormone stimulates the thirst center to increase fluid intake.
What is antidiuretic hormone or ADH?
This ligament divides your liver into right and left lobes.
What is the falciform ligament?
This male tubule consists of germination cells, sustentacular cells, and interstitial cells.
What is the seminiferous tubule?