Ch. 12 Urinary System Key Terms
the tube that carries the urine from the bladder to the outside.
What is the urethra?
The external opening is called the urinary meatus.
What is the urinary meatus?
responsible for removing certain wastes and excess water from the body and for maintaining the body's acid-base or pH balance.
What is the urinary system?
a hollow, muscular sac that lies behind the symphysis pubis and at the midline of the pelvic cavity.
What is the bladder?
a notched or indented area through which the ureter, nerves, blood vessels, and lymph vessels enter and leave the kidney.
What is the hilum?
a C-shaped structure that surrounds the glomerulus and is the start of the convoluted tubule.
What is the bowmans capsule?
The outer section of the kidney.
What is the cortex?
The urinary system, also known as the excretory system, is responsible for removing certain wastes and excess water from the body and for maintaining the body's acid-base or pH balance
What is the excretory system?
a cluster of capillaries.
What is glomerulus?
a state of equilibrium or constant state of natural balance in the internal environment of the body.
What is homeostasis?
two bean-shaped organs located on either side of the vertebral column, behind the upper part of the abdominal cavity, and separated from this cavity by the peritoneum.
What are kidneys?
the inner section of the kidney
What is the medulla?
microscopic filtering units located in the kidneys.
What are the nephrons?
a funnel-shaped structure that is the first section of the ureter.
What is the renal pelvis?
two muscular tubes approximately 10–12 inches in length.
What are the ureters?
the concentrated liquid called urine... the liquid waste product produced by the urinary system.
What is urine?
Urinaye or micturate