Anatomy
The bean shaped organ near the vertebral column
What are the kidneys?
The inner portion of the kidney
What is the renal medulla?
A cluster of capillaries in the nephrons
What is the Glomerulus?
The inability to empty the bladder
What is retention?
Inflammation of the nephrons
What is nephritis?
The hollow muscular sac that holds urine
What is the bladder?
The outer portion of the kidneys
What is the renal cortex?
The c-shaped structure that surrounds the glomerulus
What is the Bowman's Capsule?
The absence of urination
What is anuria?
Inflammation of the bladder
What is cystitis?
The tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside
What is the urethra?
The artery that carries blood to the kidneys
What is the renal artery?
Filtration occurs in the part of the nephron
What is the Glomerulus and Bowman's Capsule?
The urge to void occurs when the bladder has this amount of urine
What is 250 mL?
Inflammation of the kidney tissue and renal pelvis, usually caused by a pyogenic bacteria
What is pyelonephritis?
The action that helps move urine through the ureters
What is peristalsis?
The folds of the mucous membrane in the bladder that allows for expansion
What is rugae?
Reabsorption occurs in the part of the nephron
What is the Proximal/Distal Convoluted Tubule and the Loop of Henle?
The amount of urine produced daily
What is 1,500-2,000 mL?
Formation of stones in the urinary system
What is urinary calculi/renal calculi?
The structures that protect the kidney
What are the ribs and cushions of fat
This area of the kidneys contains most of the nephrons
What is the renal cortex?
The products filtered out of the blood in the glomerulus
What is water, mineral salts, glucose and metabolic products?
The four waste products dissolved in urine
What is urea, uric acid, creatinine and mineral salts?
The condition where the kidneys fail and urinary waste products are found in the blood
What is uremia?