Urinary Structures
The function of the kidney
What is filtering and reabsorbing blood to help remove waste from the body as well as regulating fluid levels.
The inner most portion of the kidney that stores urine before it goes into the ureters
What is the renal pelvis
The functional unit of the kidney
What is the nephron
UTI stands for
What is Urinary Tract Infection
pH of normal urine
The function of the ureters
The vessel that brings oxygenated, unfiltered blood to the kidney
What is the renal artery
An electrolyte that your body will filter out if there is excess
What is sodium
A symptoms of azotemia
What is polydipsia/polyuria
Color of normal urine in a dog or cat
What is light yellow to amber
The function of the bladder
What is storing urine
The vessel that brings unoxygenated, filtered blood back to the body
what is the renal vein
An electrolyte that your body will filter out if there is excess
What is potassium
A symptom of azotemia
What is halitosis
High specific gravity
What is > 1.026
The function of the urethra?
The outer portion of the kidney where the glomerulus is located
What is the cortex
What we consider normal urine to be
What is hypertonic
An accumulation of nitrogenous wastes in the body due to kidney failure
What is azotemia
When protein can show up in urine
After a large meal or from kidney damage
Cow kidneys are called
What is lobulated
The middle portion of the kidney, where the loop of Henle dips into
A toxin that your kidneys filter out, a metabolite that comes from muscle
What is creatinine
When a loss of nephrons causes other nephrons to compensate and "work overtime" to filter the body's blood
What is hypertrophy
The glucose results of a patient with diabetes mellitus
What is positive