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Pipes, tubes, and pathways OH MY!
Urine my thoughts
General Anatomy
You are what you eat!
100

This long tube, sometimes referred to as the gullet, moves via peristalsis and takes food after deglutition to the next area of digestion.

What is the esophagus

100
This last part of the nephron carries urine just before it exits the kidney and heads for the ureters.

What is the collecting duct.

100

This type of muscle is present in most digestive and urinary structures and is involuntarily controlled. 

What is smooth muscle
100

An opening in this sphincter allows stomach acid to travel back into the esophagus causing heartburn

What is the Gastroesophαgeal sphincter
200

Found in a pair, these two pipes transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder. 

What are the ureters
200
The process of urination is otherwise known as this word beginning with the letter "M"

What is micturition

200

This type of movement involuntarily propels food and urine in waves of motion to their next destination.

What is peristalsis

200

This organ produces bile that aids in fat digestion.

What is the gal bladder

300
This tube, located in the renal medulla pyramid of the kidney, has an ascending and descending portion and plays a role in water and ion reabsorption.

What is the Loop of Henle

300

This medical term is used to describe enlarged kidneys

What is Nephromegaly

300

The food uses stomach acid to churn food particles into this substance before sending the remains to the small intestine for further digestion.

What is chyme
300

This part of the small intestine is where most chemical digestion of our food occurs. 

What is the duodenum

400

D.J. Ileum is the pneumonic used to describe which 22 foot tube in our body?

What is the small intestine.
400

This condition describes the presence of blood in urine as a result of urinary tract infections, kidney stones, certain cancers of the kidneys or prostate enlargement.

What is hematuria

400

Water reabsorption occurs mostly in which part of the nephron due to the high presence of aquaporins?

What is the descending Loop of Henle

400

This digestive organ's main goal is water absorption

What is the colon (large intestine)

500

Haustral folds can be found on what tubular structure that has an ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid portions.

What is the colon

500

The process by which our body regulates Hydrogen ion concentration in our blood is also known as:

What is acid base balance. 
500

Commonly referred to as "breaking the seal", those who drink alcohol micturate more frequently due to the lack of production of this hormone?

What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

500

This enzyme present in saliva starts digestion of carbohydrates allowing easier digestion of starches by the other organs of the digestive system.

What is salivary amylase