Urinate
How many ureters are in the urinary system?
2
This is the route in which urine travels to the urinary bladder
Ureter
What is responsible for conducting urine from the body?
Urethra
How many kidneys are there?
2
This collects, stores and releases urine:
Urinary bladder
What species has about 4,000,000 nephrons/kidney
cattle
Potentially harmful substances are called:
Waste Products
What is the term for RBC?
Erythrocytes
What is the kidneys most obvious role?
Urine production
Which kidney sits more cranial?
Right kidney
What is the outer portion of the kidney called?
Renal Cortex
Where are the kidneys located?
Dorsal abdomen
"poietin" means:
"to make"
How many gallons of blood do your kidneys filter per day?
About 45 gallons
A medium sized cat has about _______________ nephrons/kidney
200,000
What does ADH stand for?
Antidiuretic Hormone
What is the minimum # of nephrons a human needs to filter blood?
300,000
What do sweat glands eliminate?
Water, Salts, Small amounts of Urea
Group of lipids made at sites of tissue damage or infection
Prostaglandins
Production of small amounts of urine is called:
Oliguria
_________Is maintained by: blood filtration, reabsorption and secretion
Homeostasis
Urea, from protein metabolism is an example of:
Metabolic Waste Products
Specialized cells in the kidney produce______ which is necessary for RBC production
Erythropoietin
How much urine should dogs and cats create?
1 to 2 ml/hr
What are the combining forms/prefixes for Kidney
Nephro
Reno