What Organ am I?
What Disease am I?
All About the Kidneys
What do I do?
Misc.
100
Two organs located on each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity behind the parietal peritoneum
Kidneys
100
Dysuria
Painful urination
100
What are the functional/working units of the kidneys?
Nephrons
100
I surround the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
The Bowman’s Capsule
100
These include: permeable, impermeable, semi-permeable, and selectively permeable.
The different types of membranes
200
A slender tube connected to the bladder that allows urine to leave the body
Urethra
200
Nephrolithiasis
Kidney stones
200
Where are the kidneys located?
On each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity behind the parietal peritoneum
200
Salt and water are reabsorbed here
Loop of Henle
200
What liquid process happens in the kidneys to keep your body in balance?
Urination
300
A muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds urine. As it fills, the thick muscular wall expands and it increases in size.
Bladder
300
Cystitis
Inflammation of the bladder
300
Two Functions of the Kidneys
Filtering blood, getting rid of waste, urine formation, reabsorption
300
This is where water balance takes place. This is the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
Collecting duct
300
What’s occur when a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
Diffusion
400
Receives urine from the kidneys and carries it to the posterior portion of the bladder
Ureters
400
Polynephritis
Inflammation of the kidneys
400
The muscles that must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate are….
The sphincters
400
Blood leaves the Bowman’s capsule through…
Efferent Arteriole
400
The main excretory organs are… (There are 3)
Skin, Lungs, Kidneys
500
The filtering unit of the kidneys
Glomerulus
500
Polyuria
Overactive Bladder
500
The three main parts of the kidneys are…
The medulla, the cortex, and the renal pelvis
500
This system is used to maintain homeostasis in the body
Urinary System
500
Incontinence
Uncontrolled urination