Blood Flow
major artery that supplies the kidney
What is renal artery
The first structure of the nephron considered "plumbing"
What is the Bowman's capsule
Water and dissolved substances move from glomerulus into the Bowman capsule
What is glomerular filtration
The detrusor muscle is located in the _________ ______
What is the urinary bladder
Breathing pattern that helps compensate for metabolic acidosis
What is Kussmauls respirations
What is glomerulus
The plumbing structure contains the ascending and descending limbs
What is the loop of Henle
When the pressure on one side of the membrane is greater than the pressure on the opposite side.
What is filtration
The triangular bladder floor is called the _____
What is the trigone
A H+ ion donor
What is an acid
vascular structure that surrounds the tubules; involved in reabsorption and secretion
This "plumbing" structure empties into the collecting ducts
What is the distal convoluted tubule
Rate at which glomerular filtration occurs is
What is GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
Located between the renal pelvis and the urinary bladder
Normal HCO3-
Blood leaves the kidney through a series of veins that finally merge to form this
What is the renal vein
This "plumbing" structure is closest to the glomerular capsule
What is the proximal convoluted tubule
Water and dissolved substances move from the tubules into the blood of the peritubular capillaries
What is tubular reabsorption
The urinary meatus is a part of the _______
What is the urethra
Hypoventilation is most likely to cause alkalosis or acidosis?
What is acidosis
The renal artery branches into smaller blood vessels that eventually for the ____________
What is the afferent arteriole
Which of the followin is not "plumbing"?
ureters
urinary bladder
glomeruli
urethra
What is glomeruli
Involves the active transport of potassium, hydrogen, uric acid, ammonium and drugs from the peritubular capillaries into the tubules
The process of expelling urine from the bladder and involves the detrusor muscle
What is Micturition
kidney compensates for hyperventilation by excreting more HCO3- or by retaining more bicarbonate
What is excreting more HCO3-