Processes
Anatomy & Physiology
Nephron
Disorders
Urine
100
Blood flowing through the glomeruli and pushing water and dissolved solutes through a membrane is what process
What is Filtration
100
Drains urine from the kidney sending it to the bladder
What is Ureters
100
The network of capillaries tucked in the Bowman's capsule
What is Glomerulus
100
Inflammation of the bladder
What is Cystitis
100
Normal Specific Gravity
What is 1.005-1.030
200
The movement of substances out of the renal tubules into the blood capillaries is
What is Reabsorption
200
Located behind the symphysis and holds urine
What is Urinary Bladder
200
Tubule leaving Bowman's capsule
What is Proximal Convoluted tubules
200
Kidney stones AKA
What is Renal Calculi
200
Urine pH
What is approximately 6.0
300
The process of substances moving into the urine at the distal and collecting tubules.
What is Secretion
300
Urine leaves the body through this
What is Urethera
300
The extension of the proximal convoluted tubule that extends into the medulla and concentrates the urine
What is Loop of Henle
300
Painful, burning urination
What is Dysuria
300
Sugar in urine
What is Glycouria
400
The bladder wall stretches, the emptying reflex is initiated, the internal sphincter and external sphincters relax..what is happening
What is urination
400
The functional unit of the urinary system
What is Nephron
400
The cup around the glomerulus
What is Bowman's Capsule
400
The Blood in urine
What is Hematuria
400
Stones in urine are called
What is Calculi
500
The process of filtering the blood through a machine to clean the blood or waste products when the kidneys no longer work is called
What is Dialysis
500
The straight part of the nephron the drains into the calyx
What is Collecting Duct
500
Enlarged Prostate gland
What is Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (hyperplasia)
500
Protein in urine
What is Proteinuria
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