Urinary System
What the Urinary System is also called
What is the Excretory System?
The main component of all body fluids
What is water?
I am the part of the nephron where most reabsorption takes place
What is the PCT?
Measures how acidic or alkaline body fluid is
What is pH?
I am the part of the Urinary System that does the major part of the work
What is the kidney??
Cortical and Juxtamedullary are two types of this
What is a nephron?
Fluid contained within the cells
What is Intracellular fluid?
I am the nephron type that is most plentiful at about 85%
What is the Cortical Nephron?
What this is called when blood pH is above 7.45
What is Alkalosis?
I am the "tubes" that pass urine from the kidney to the bladder
What are the Ureters?
The two layers of this are the cortex and medulla
What is the kidney?
Part of the Extracellular fluid in between cells
What is Interstitial fluid?
I am like a control center that releases the hormone renin
What is the JGA?
The normal pH of blood.
What is 7.35 to 7.45?
I am the part of the Urinary System that has an internal and external sphincter
What is the Urethra?
Reabsorption of water based on need
What is Facultative Reabsorption?
An important constitute of body fluids positive or negatively charged
What are electrolytes?
The part of the nephron where fluid is filtered
What is the Renal Corpuscle?
The organ that helps control acid base balance through excretion of hydrogen and/or reabsorption of Bicarbonate
What is the kidney?
I am the hoemone produced to increase blood pressure and volume and am part of the RAA pathway
What is Aldosterone?
Hormone produced by kidney to increase blood volume and pressure
What is Renin?
Major extracellular Cation
What is Sodium?
The filtering unit of the Nephron
What is the Endothelial Capsular Membrane?
This is caused by hyperventilation
What is Respiratory Alkalosis?
I am where most of Reabsorption takes place
What is the PCT?