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Kidneys
What am I
Terminology
What do I do
Diseases
100

This gland sits on top of the kidneys

Adrenal

100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100

This is the inner portion that extends from the end of the cortex to the calyces

Medulla

100
Blood is under high pressure here and toxins are pushed out of the blood to become filtrates.
What are the glomerulus and bowman's capsule?
100

What is the sixth most common cancer in the United States?

Bladder cancer

200

What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?

The nephrons.

200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200

This follows the PCT and includes a straight descending section, a loop, and then a straight ascending section.

Henle loop

200
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
200

Changes in urine, such as hematuria, cola-colored urine, proteinuria, oliguria, pain over the kidney region, puffy eyes, fatigue, and low-grade fever are symptoms of this 

Glomerulonephritis

300
What are the four functions of the kidneys?
getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine
300
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
300

Multiple distal tubules join and form this straight collecting duct, which empties into the calyx.

Collecting duct

300
This is where PH balance happens and hydrogen ions are secreted or reaborbed.
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
300

With this condition, the kidney function is gradually lost and may require dialysis

Chronic Kidney Disease

400

As the blood leaves the kidneys, it moves from the peritubular capillaries to the venules and then empties into the  

The renal veins

400
I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule in mammals and birds. Fish don't have one of me.
What is the loop of Henle?
400

This is a cone-shaped structure located in the medulla and containing straight tubular structures and blood vessels

Medulla Pyramid

400
This is where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct?
400

This disease occurs more often in males than in females and can affect children ages 2-6 and adults. Minimal change disease is the most common cause of this disease in children while membranous glomerulonephritis is the most common cause in adults.

Nephrotic syndrome

500

During the passage of filtrate from the Bowman capsule to the renal pelvis, water and electrolytes move between the urine and the blood to maintain what

Homeostasis

500
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
500

Folds in the walls of some organs; when the organ (bladder, stomach, uterus) fills or needs to expand, this unfolds. 

Rugae

500
This is where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
500

This disease has two types; autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant and those who suffer may also have cysts in their liver and pancreas

Polycystic Kidney Disease