Kidney Anatomy
The pyramid shaped structure of the kidney.
What is the renal papilla?
Large blood vessel that supplies blood to the kidney.
What is the renal artery.
Transports urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
The tallest breed of dog in the world.
What is a great dane.
You can live with only 1 kidney.
True! Normally there are two kidneys present and display "bilateral symmetry" Think, two eyes, two ears, two arms, two kidneys! But sometimes only one kidney works or someone donates a kidney and you can live with one.
The protective layer of connective tissue or fat that surrounds the kidney.
What is the renal capsule?
A cluster of tiny blood vessels that filter blood as it passes through the kidney.
What is glomerulus?
Expandable sac that holds urine.
What is the bladder?
The largest state in the US.
What is Alaska (more than double the size of Texas!)?
Your kidneys are located in front of your stomach and liver.
False! The kidneys are located in your back behind your rib cage.
A funnel-shaped structure that collects urine and passes it down to the ureter?
What is the renal pelvis?
Filters blood and produces erythropoietin (EPO) to help make red blood cells.
What is the renal cortex?
Urine flows through this to the outside of the body (normally from the body to the toilet).
What is the urethra?
This sweet treat was invented in Winston Salem, North Carolina in 1937.
What is Krispy Kreme Donuts.
Eating asparagus can make your pee smell.
TRUE! Ben Franklin wrote about how " a few stems of asparagus eaten, shall give our urine a disagreeable odor" The ability to smell this odor is linked to genetics, so not everyone can smell it!
What part of the kidney produces a hormone and is the outer layer of the kidney. Name the hormone and the structure.
What is the renal cortex and erythropoietin?
What structure reabsorbs water and sodium chloride from the filtrate in the kidney?
What is the Loop of Henle?
This filters and removes waste products from the body.
The kidney.
The year that the first IPhone was released.
What is 2007.
In ancient Rome, people would brush their teeth with toothpaste.
FALSE. According to the book, people in ancient Rome brushed their teeth with pee because they thought it would give them whiter teeth!
The components of the renal hilum. Name at least 3.
Nerves, ureters, vessels (renal vein, renal artery), lymphatics
A typical kidney may contain 1 million of these and is the functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
Explain the basic flow of urine.
Water products and urine move from the kidney → ureters → bladder → out through the urethra!
In the 1830s, what condiment was sold as a medicine to help cure diarrhea and indigestion?
What is ketchup?
On average, you pee 3-4 times a day.
False, according to the book, on average people pee between 6-7 times per day.