Structures
Which organ processes blood and forms urine (shaped like a lima bean)?
What is a kidney?
what moves water and protein-free solutes from plasma in the glomerulus?
what is filtration
What is it called when the effectiveness of the kidneys significantly reduced, causing you to experience discomfort or pain?
What is a urinary disorder?
What is the process of waste leaving the body called?
Excretion
Name some components that make up urine?
Nitrogenous wastes, electrolytes, water, toxins, pigments, and hormones
Which organ is a muscular, collapsible bag that serves as a reservoir for urine before it leaves the body?
What is the bladder?
What moves molecules out of various segments of the tubule and into the peritubular?
what is tubular reabsorption
What is true?
What is the the name of the main excrement of the Urinary system?
Urine
What is Renal Hypertension?
High blood pressure in the renal artery
Which organs are the two tubes that actively convey urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
What are the ureters?
What is the movement of molecules out of peritubular blood and into the tubule for excretion?
What is tubular secretion?
What disorder is caused by the disruption of nervous input to the bladder that results in loss of normal control of voiding?
What is neurogenic bladder?
What are the names of the main arteries and veins that lead into the kidneys?
Renal vein and Renal Artery.
What is ADH?
Antidiuretic hormone
Which organ is a small tube that leads from the floor of the bladder to the exterior of the body?
What is the urethra?
What does the Kidney filter out besides excess or harmful material?
What is plasma
What is the formal name for kidney stones?
What is renal calculi?
What is the name of the main tube that carries urine to the bladder?
The Ureter
What is the unit (mOsm/L)?
Milliosmoles per Liter
What is the large branch of the abdominal aorta that brings blood into each kidney called?
What is the only blood constituents that do not move out?
Blood solids (cells)
What is it called when you have the need for frequent urination because of abnormally strong or frequent micturition contractions of the bladder?
What is an overactive bladder?
What are the glands that sit above the kidneys called?
Adrenal Glands.
Name the 7 most prevalent electrolytes in urine.
Sodium, Potassium, Ammonium, Chloride, Bicarbonate, Phosphate, and Sulfate