Urinary System Anatomy 1
Location of the kidneys.
What is retroperitoneal (lower back)?
the middle part of the "C" shape of the kidney.
What is the hilus/hilum?
Area where filtration occurs.
What is the glomerulus/Bowman's capsule?
Holds Urine
What is the urinary bladder?
Tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
Fanned-out portion of the ureter that collects urine from the kidney.
What is the renal pelvis?
Region where filtrate first enters the renal tubules.
What is Bowman's capsule?
Liquid part of urine.
What is water?
Dialysis
What is the treatment for kidney failure/ artificial filtering of the kidney?
Urine leaves the bladder through this structure.
What is the urethra?
Middle region of the kidney that contains numerous collecting ducts.
What are the medulla/renal pyramids?
Urea and Uric Acid
What are two waste products in urine?
Bladder is controlled by this type of muscle.
What is sphincter muscle?
Outer portion or region of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?
Blood fluid that filtrate is mixed with.
What is plasma?
Exercise usually causes this change in urine volume.
Decrease in urine production (to retain water).
Renal Corpuscle contains these two structures.
What is the glomerulus and bowman's capsule?
4 main organs of the urinary system.
What is kidney, ureters, bladder, urethra?
The functional unit of the kidney (millions of_____).
What is the nephron?
Number of nephrons found in each kidney.
What is > 1 million?
May be found in urine when diabetes is not controlled and reabsorption of this vital nutrient does not happen.
What is glucose/sugar?
The pathway of filtrate (urine) through the nephron AND out of the body.
Glomerulus, Bowman's Capsule, Proximal Tubule, Loop of Henle, Distal Tubule, Collecting Duct, Ureter, Bladder, Urethra