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Urinary System Anatomy 1
Urinary System Anatomy 2
Nephron
Urine
Renal Disease
100
Location of the kidneys.
What is retroperitoneal?
100
Area on the medial surface of the kidney where the ureter and blood vessels join to the kidney.
What is the hilus/hilum?
100
Area where filtration occurs.
What is the glomerulus?
100
Average daily volume produced.
What is 1 - 1 1/2 liters?
100
Bladder inflammation.
What is cystitis?
200
Tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
200
Fanned-out portion of the ureter that collects urine from the kidney.
What is the renal pelvis?
200
Region where filtrate collects when initially formed.
What is Bowman's capsule?
200
Main constituent.
What is water?
200
Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney.
What is pyelonephritis?
300
Urine leaves the bladder through this structure.
What is the urethra?
300
Region of the kidney that contains numerous collecting ducts.
What are the medullary pyramids?
300
Structure that nephrons empty filtrate into.
What are collecting ducts?
300
Main waste product found in urine.
What is urea?
300
Kidney stones.
What are renal calculi?
400
Folds found in the bladder when empty.
What are rugae?
400
Outer portion or region of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?
400
Body fluid that filtrate is most like.
What is plasma?
400
A measure of the kidneys ability to concentrate urine; compared to distilled water.
What is specific gravity?
400
May result from an untreated streptococcal pharyngitis.
What is glomerulonephritis?
500
Lines the urethra, urinary bladder, and ureters.
What is a mucous membrane?
500
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
500
Number of nephrons found in each kidney.
What is approximately 1 million?
500
May be found in urine when diabetes is not controlled and the renal threshold is exceeded.
What is glucose?
500
Condition that requires dialysis until a kidney can be found for transplant.
What is end stage renal disease? (or chronic glomerulonephritis)