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Parts of the system
General
Pathologic Conditions 1
Pathologic Conditions 2
Miscellaneous
100
Reddish-brown bean shaped organ
What is a kidney
100
Kidneys maintain it by filtering waste products from blood
What is homeostasis?
100
The inability to excrete waste products and retain electrolytes.
What is kidney failure?
100
Inability to control urination.
What is incontinence?
100
This is in a constant state of motion in the body.
What is water?
200
The three sections of the kidneys
What are Medulla, Cortex, and Pelvis
200
Approximate amount of blood filters by kidneys
What is 100 L?
200
Also known as cystitis.
What is a bladder infection?
200
Fluid balance problem that results in tissue swelling. Common whenever lymphatic blockage occurs
What is Edema?
200
The most plentiful extracellular electrolyte
What is chlorine?
300
two narrow tubes that run from the kidneys to the bladder
What are the ureters
300
Amount of total body weight that is water.
What is 40-60%
300
When kidneys suddenly stop working.
What is acute kidney failure?
300
Small crystalline substances that develop in the kidney
What are kidney stones?
300
The attraction of water to large molecules such as proteins.
What is Osmotic Pressure?
400
Muscular organ that rests on the pelvic floor
What is the urinary bladder?
400
Two kidneys, two ureters, bladder and urethra make this up.
What is the urinary system?
400
The type of dehydration in which both the fluid and electrolytes decrease at the same time.
What is hypotonic?
400
Infection of the kidneys that affects the nephrons
What is pyelonephritis?
400
Electrolyte that helps regulate pH balance.
What is Potassium?
500
Special tube-shaped filters that reabsorb or excrete substances to form Urine
What are nephrons
500
Another word for urination
What is micturition?
500
A group of disorders that affect the tiny tufts of capillaries which carry blood within the kidneys
What is Glomerulonephritis?
500
The terminal stage of kidney failure
What is Uremia?
500
pH level in body is higher than 7.45
What is alkalosis?