Anatomy
This structure is where urine is stored before being eliminated from the body.
What is the bladder.
What is the main role of the kidneys?
What is the filtration of waste products from circulation/production of urine
This term is used to describe the outer layer of the kidney.
What is the Renal Cortex.
How does the kidney of a cow differ from a human's?
What is, that it is multi-lobulated and not smooth.
What is the preferred way of collecting a sterile urine sample?
What is Cystocentesis?
These bilateral tubes transport urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureters.
The kidneys produce which hormone?
What is erythropoietin.
This structure is made up of the glomerulus and bowman's capsule
What is the Renal Corpuscle.
What area of the body contains the purest, cleanest blood?
What is the Renal Vein.
What does the urine specific gravity test measure?
What is the concentration of the urine.
Where are the kidneys located in the body?
What is the retroperitoneal space.
The kidneys balance the pH by removing which two ions from circulation?
What is hydrogen and bicarbonate.
This structure allows reabsorption of fluid and traverses the renal cortex and medulla.
What is the loop of henle.
Where does oxygen exchange take place in the kidney?
What are the peritubular capillaries.
What blood test can be run to give an earlier indication of kidney disease compared to BUN?
What is SDMA.
Which kidney is typically located more cranial than the other?
What is the right kidney
Which two hormones mainly control the amount of water excreted to the urine?
What is Antidiuretic Hormone ADH and Aldosterone.
What do we call the fluid found within the Renal Corpuscle?
What is glomerular filtrate.
100% of what two substances are reabsorbed into the body ?
What is glucose and amino acids.
A deficiency in Antidiuretic hormone leads to developing this disease.
What is Diabetes Insipidus.
This structure, located within the kidney, acts as a funnel to guide waste into the ureter.
What is the Renal Pelvis.
When blood pressure drops, the kidneys secrete which hormone to cause vasoconstriction and sodium retention?
What is Renin.
This structure connects the loop of henle to the collecting ducts and manages acid-base balance.
What is the Distal convoluted tubule, DCT.
At what point of kidney disease do we begin to see changes in renal chemistry tests such as BUN?
What is, when 2/3 to 3/4 of nephrons are lost.
What species is it normal to have urine with a cloudy appearance?
What is Equine/Horses