Urinary System
Organ that that filters the blood.
What is the Kidney?
Front of the body.
What is Anterior?
Above or close to the head.
What is Superior?
The organ than produces urine.
What is the kidney?
Number one cause of lung cancer.
What is Smoking?
Tubes that carry the urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is/are the ureter(s)?
The back of the body.
What is Posterior?
Below or closer to the feet of the body.
What is Inferior?
Structure that protects the heart and lungs.
What are the ribs or ribcage?
A condition that can cause dehydration.
What is diarrhea?
Muscular sac that hold urine until it is expelled.
What is the Bladder?
Closer to the mid-line.
What is Medial?
What is the Midline?
Causes frequent, painful and urgent urination.
What is a bladder infection or UTI?
Transfer of nutrients to the blood.
What is absorption?
The tube that extends from the urinary bladder to the outside.
What is the Urethra?
Closer to the side of the body.
What is Lateral?
Person standing, facing you with arms at the sides and thumbs pointing outward (palms facing you).
What is Standard Anatomical Position?
Causes excruciating pain in the back or "flank" area.
What is a kidney stone?
Bitter digestive juice produced by the liver.
What is bile?
Controls blood volume and maintains blood pressure.
What is a function of the Urinary System?
Close to where an arm or leg attaches to the body.
What is Proximal?
The hips are ___________________ to the chest.
What is Inferior?
Sore throat, congestion with a fever.
What are symptoms of an Upper Respiratory Infection?
Primary location for the storage of bile.
What is the Gall Bladder?