Nephron
The basic functional unit of the Kidney
What is nephron?
Renal
What is kidney?
Blood flow through the kidney starts by way of...
What is the renal artery?
Protective covering of the kidney
What is renal capsule?
Hollow muscular sac and expands and contracts
What is bladder?
Arteriole that arrives in the glomerulus
What is afferent arteriole?
Study of the urinary system
What is urology?
Water secretion is happening in...
What is distal convoluted tube?
Carries 20% of blood to the kidney
What is the renal artery?
The structure where filtrate becomes urine
What is the collecting tubule?
Substance that fills the bowman's capsule space
What is filtrate?
to void; urinate
What is micturition?
Order of blood flow
renal artery, interlobar A, interlobular A, afferent A, glomerulus, efferent A, interlobular V, interlobar V, Renal V
Indentation in kidney where renal vessels enter the kidney
What is hilum?
The urinary system influences...
What is blood pressure?
2/3 of solutes are reabsorbed here
What is proximal convoluted tube?
Kidneys are not making any urine
What is suppression of urine?
The four steps of blood flow
What is...
Glomerular Filtration-creates plasma like filtrate
Tubular Reabsorption-removes useful solutes from filtrate, returns them to blood
Tubular Secretion-removes extra wastes from blood
Water Secretion-removes water from urine
Outer 1/4 section of kidney and contains most of nephron that aid in production of urine.
What is cortex?
The three main processes of urine
What are filtration, reabsorption, and secretion?
The two principle components
What are renal corpuscle and renal tubule?
Kidneys are producing urine but bladder is not able to empty
What is retention of urine?
Inner part of the kidney and contains most of the collecting tubules that carry urine from the nephrons through the kidney.
What is medulla?
The four structures of the urinary system
What is kidney, ureter, urethra, and bladder?