These bean shaped organs reside on each side of the spinal column.
What are the kidneys?
100
This inner part of the kidney contains most of the tubules that collect urine from the nephrons.
What is the medulla?
100
Nephrons are how big?
What is microscopic?
100
This is excessive urination and is a symptom of untreated diabetes...
What is polyuria?
100
This inflammation of the glomerulus often follows bacterial illnesses such as strep throat, scarlet fever, or rheumatic fever.
What is glomerulonephritis?
200
The urinary (excretory) system has these 2 main jobs.
What are removing wastes and water from blood and maintaining acid-base balance?
200
This notched or indented area is where all the nerve, blood, and lymph vessels enter.the kidney. It has a strange name...
What is the hilum?
200
This is the first part of the nephron. It is a cluster of capillaries that filters substances form the blood.
What is the glomerulus?
200
This is an abnormally low amt. of urine.
What is oliguria?
200
This inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis (upper end of the ureter) causes fever, chills, back pain, dysuria and pyuria.
What is pyelonephritis?
300
These bones we learned about in Unit 6:4 protect the kidneys.
What are the ribs?
300
These 2 muscular tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
300
This C-shaped structure surrounds the glomerulus and picks up filtered substances to put them in the tubules.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
300
Total absence of urination.
What is anuria?
300
Nephrolithiasis, also known as renal calculus, has nothing to do with math. Symptoms include sudden intense pain, hematuria, and sometimes urinary retention.
What are kidney stones?
400
The kidneys are held in position by this.
What is connective tissue?
400
This tube carries urine out of the body.
What is the urethra?
400
Of course as brilliant CWMP students, we know that these structures are the unit of function of the kidneys..
What are nephrons?
400
Ooh yuck! Pus in the urine.
What is pyuria?
400
Renal failure means the kidneys can not filter waste products out of the blood. Fortunately, we have technology to do this for us using this procedure.
What is hemodialysis?
500
This outermost section of the kidney contains most of the nephrons.
What is the renal cortex?
500
This hollow organ is rugated to allow for expansion in case you drink that jumbo sized slushy you got at 7-11.
What is the bladder?
500
There are 2 convoluted tubules in a nephron. One is close, or (blank). The other is far, or (blank)
What are poximal and distal?
500
Blood in the urine.
What is hematuria?
500
This toxic condition occurs when the kidneys fail and waste products back up in the body. This can be due to any condition that impairs the kidneys ability to function. Treatment consists of dietary changes and hemodialysis or kidney transplant.