Urinary Anatomy
Tubes and Vessels
Processess
Combining forms
Abbreviations
100
One of two bean-shaped organs on either side of the backbone in the lumbar region
What is the kidney
100
A small artery
What is an arteriole
100
Process of expelling urine
What is urination (voiding)
100
noct/o
What is night
100
UA
What is urinalysis
200
The outer region of an organ
What is the cortex
200
The vessel that carries blood into the kidney
What is the renal artery
200
The final process in the formation of urine where waste products move from the bloodstream to the renal tubule
What is secretion
200
dips/o
What is thirst
200
ADH
What is anti-diuretic hormone
300
Central collecting region in the kidney
What is the renal pelvis
300
A tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder
What is a ureter
300
The process whereby some substances, but not all, pass through a filter
What is filtration
300
natr/o
What is sodium
300
pH
What is potential hydrogen
400
The cup-like collecting region of the renal pelvis
What is the glomerular capsule (Bowman's capsule)
400
A tiny ball of blood capillaries in the kidney
What is a glomerulus
400
When substances cross a barrier from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
What is diffusion
400
olig/o
What is scanty
400
CKD
What is chronic kidney disease
500
There are approximately one million of these in each kidney
What is Glomeruli
500
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney
What is the renal vein
500
This active process ensures that the body retains essential substances such as water, sugar and sodium.
What is reabsorption
500
azot/o
What is nitrogen
500
eGFR
What is estimated glomerular filtration rate
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