Anatomy
This is the primary function of the kidneys in the urinary system.
What is to filter blood and produce urine?
This is the process involves the movement of water and solutes from the blood into the nephron.
What is filtration?
This is the condition characterized by the presence of kidney stones.
What is nephrolithiasis?
This is the term for frequent urination
What is polyuria?
Inflammation/infection of the bladder commonly known as this.
What is cystitis?
This is the tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
This is the primary purpose of reabsorption in the nephron.
What is to reclaim water and essential nutrients back into the bloodstream?
Name a common urinary tract infection (UTI) symptom.
What is a burning sensation during urination?
This is the term for the involuntary leakage of urine.
What is urinary incontinence?
Name a risk factor for developing urinary incontinence.
What is age, pregnancy, or obesity?
Name the structure in the kidney where urine formation begins.
What is the nephron?
The nephron also actively secretes these substances from the blood into the ureter.
What are waste products (like urea and creatinine), excess ions, and drugs?
This is the chronic disease that causes gradual loss of kidney function?
What is chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
Name the disorder characterized by a sudden, intense urge to urinate.
What is overactive bladder?
This is a common cause of acute kidney injury.
What is dehydration, obstruction, or exposure to nephrotoxic drugs?
These are the three main regions of the kidney.
What are the cortex, medulla, and pelvis?
This is how blood pressure affects kidney function.
What is that high blood pressure can damage blood vessels in the kidneys, affecting filtration?
Identify a treatment option for end-stage renal disease.
What is dialysis or kidney transplant?
Each kidney contains this many nephrons.
What is approximately one million?
What is the presence of blood in the urine?
Describe the pathway urine takes from the kidneys to the outside of the body.
What is from the kidneys to the ureters, then to the bladder, and finally out through the urethra?
This is how the body respond to dehydration regarding urine concentration.
What is it produces concentrated urine to retain water?
Explain the effects of diabetes on the urinary system.
What is it can lead to diabetic nephropathy, causing kidney damage and dysfunction?
Name the blood vessels that supply blood to the kidneys.
What are the renal arteries?
Describe the impact of prostate enlargement on urinary function in men.
What is it can lead to difficulty urinating and increased frequency due to pressure on the urethra?