Functions
A stable internal environment
Homeostatis
glomerul/o
glomerulus
hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside your kidneys (medical term)
Nephrolith or Nephrolithiasis
An indentation or a vertical slit on the medial border of the kidney. Allows renal vein, artery, and ureter to enter and exit kidney.
Hilium
More than __________ make up each kidney
nephron
The kidneys remove...
waste products: urea and creatinine
home/o
sameness
Nephromalacia
is the funnel-like dilated part of the ureter in the kidney. It is formed by the convergence of the major calyces, acting as a funnel for urine to flow from the major calyces to the ureter.
Renal pelvis
the part of a nephron that collects the urine from the distal convoluted tubule and discharges it into the pelvis of the kidney.
collecting tubule
By adjusting water levels and the hormone renin, the kidneys also regulate this vital sign.
Blood pressure
ur/o
urine
painful urination
Dysuria
a cuplike cavity or structure. chambers of the kidney through which urine passes
Calyx/calyces
cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood.
glomerulus
The kidneys are central to maintaining correct balances and the effective functioning of all the cells of the body by controlling electrolytes and acidity (often referred to as __ __)
ph
-lithiasis
condition of stones
a condition in which the kidney descends more than two vertebral bodies (or >5 cm) during a position change from supine to upright.
Nephroptosis
located behind the peritoneum
retroperitoneal
long U-shaped portion of the tubule that conducts urine within each nephron of the kidney
loop of Henle
Name the four functions of the kidneys:
Maintain stable internal environment
Remove waste products
Adjust water and electrolyte levels
Maintain correct ph
olig/o
scanty (small or insufficient in quantity or amount)
a sudden, acute pain in the kidney area caused by the obstruction of urine flow from the kidney to the bladder
renal colic
Name the organs that make up the urinary system
two kidneys
two ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
the two convoluted tubules that make up the nephron