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Anatomy
Definitions
Urine
Diseases
Miscellaneous
100
The main organ of the urinary system that produces urine and regulates body fluids.
What is the kidney?
100
The elastic, muscular sac that stores urine.
What is the bladder?
100
The percent water composition of urine.
What is 95%?
100
Inflammation of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
100
The part of the nephron that consists of both a descending and ascending portion.
What is the Loop of Henle?
200
The tube that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter? (the URETHRA is the tube and opening that brings urine to the exterior)
200
Triangular shaped structures that are visible in the medulla of the kidney.
What are the (renal) pyramids?
200
The term for NO urine output.
What is anuria? (oliguria is decreased urine output)
200
Artificially filtering blood; it is used to treat kidney disease.
What is dialysis? (aka hemodialysis)
200
"Honeymooners disease."
What is cystitis?
300
The outer portion of the kidney.
What is the cortex? (Medulla is the inner portion- PICTURE)
300
Inside cells.
What is intracellular? (as opposed to extracellular)
300
Name 1 of the 4 substances mentioned that should not be found in urine.
Blood/blood cells, glucose, ketones, or large proteins.
300
The inability to remove waste products from the blood; can be acute or chronic.
What is kidney disease/renal failure?
300
The buildup of urea (waste product) in the body.
What is uremia?
400
The microscopic functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
400
Increased urine output.
What is polyuria?
400
True or False: A slightly pink color is sometimes normal for urine.
False: Indicates the presence of blood.
400
The buildup of precipitated salts (usually calcium) that leads to obstruction and bleeding in the kidney.
What are kidney stones/urinary calculi?
400
The process of breaking up kidney stones with ultrasonic vibrations.
What is lithotripsy?
500
The structure that actually filters out the blood and creates the filtrate; consists of a capillary network and a surrounding collection area.
What is the glomerulus? (PICTURE)
500
The process of removing substances from the filtrate and putting them back into the blood.
What is reabsorption?
500
The normal pH range for urine.
What is 5-8? (usually below 7 [acidic])
500
Infection of the kidney.
What is (pyelo)nephritis? (glomerulonephritis is inflammation of the glomeruli)
500
The normal urine output per day.
What is 1-2 liters? (1.5 OK)