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(B3) Urinary System Structure and Function Flashcards

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1
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What is the role of the kidney?

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As an osmoregulatory organ to regulate the water content of the blood and filter it
As an excretory organ to excrete urea or substances in excess such as salts

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What system are the kidneys a part of?

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The excretory system

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3
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What brings blood towards the kidneys?

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Aorta

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What brings blood away from the kidneys?

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Renal Vein to the Vena Cava

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5
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What is renal?

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Renal relates to the kidneys

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What does the renal artery do?

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Carries oxygenated blood to the kidneys (contains urea and salts)

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What does the renal vein do?

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Carries deoxygenated blood from the kidneys

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What is the renal artery connected to?

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The Aorta

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What is the renal vein connected to?

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The Vena Cava

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What is the ureter?

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The passageway from the kidneys to the bladder that carries urine

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What does the bladder do?

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Stores urine temporarily

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What is the sphincter muscle?

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The muscle that opens and closes the pathway between the bladder and urethra

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What is the urethra?

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The tube that lets urine leave your bladder and body

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14
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What is the fibrous capsule?

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A tough outer layer that surrounds the kidneys

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15
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What are the areas beneath the fibrous capsule?

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  • The Cortex
  • The Medulla
  • The Renal Pelvis
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What does the cortex contain?

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  • The glomerulus
  • The bowman’s capsule
  • The proximal convoluted tubule
  • The distal convoluted tubule
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What does the medulla contain?

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  • The loop of Henle
  • The collecting duct of the nephrons
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18
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What is the renal pelvis?

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Where the ureter joins the kidney

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What is a nephron?

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The functional unit of the kidney which is responsible for the formation of urine

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20
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How many nephrons are there?

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1-2 million per kidney

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21
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What is associated with each nephron?

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A network of blood vessels

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What is inside the bowman’s capsule?

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The glomerulus

23
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Where is the glomerulus supplied blood from?

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From arterioles which have carried blood from the renal artery

24
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What are arterioles?

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Small blood vessels that carry blood, they are connectors between the arteries and capillaries

25
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What do the capillaries of the glomerulus do?

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They rejoin to form a arteriole which flows along the rest of nephron
The blood from here flows eventually into the renal vein

26
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How does filtration happen in the nephron?

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The blood vessels and the nephrons are interconnected (not linked) so waste is filtered through diffusion

27
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What happens in the glomerulus?

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Urea is filtered from the blood

28
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Where does the urine go after leaving the Bowman’s Capsule?

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  1. The Proximal Convoluted Tubule
  2. Loop of Henle
  3. The Distal Convoluted Tubule
  4. Collecting Duct
  5. Renal Pelvis
  6. Ureter
  7. Bladder
29
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What is excretion?

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The removal of waste substance of metabolic reaction, toxic materials and substances that are excess in requirement

30
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What is a metabolic reaction?

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The chemical reactions that take place inside the cell

31
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What do the kidneys mainly excrete?

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Excess water, salts and urea

32
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What waste substances need to be removed from the blood?

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  • Uric Acid
  • Ammonia
  • Urea
  • Creatine
  • Excess Hormones
  • Excess Water
  • Excess Salt Ions (Na+, Cl-, Mg2+)
33
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What are the two stages of urine production in the kidney?

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  1. Ultrafiltration
  2. Selective Reabsorption
34
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Where does ultrafiltration happen?

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Bowman’s Capsule

35
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Where does selective reabsorption happen?

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Proximal Convoluted Tubule and the Loop of Henle

36
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What is ultrafiltration?

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Small molecules that are waste substances are filtered out of the blood capillaries of the glomerulus into the Bowman’s capsule to form glomerular filtrate

37
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What is selective absorption?

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Useful molecules are reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate and is returned to the blood as the filtrate flows along the nephron

38
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What is osmoregulation?

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The control of the water potential of the body’s fluids

39
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What is osmoregulation a part of?

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Homeostasis

40
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What is homeostasis?

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The process of keeping everything in the body the same

41
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What are osmoreceptors?

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Specialized sensory neurons that monitor the water potential of the blood

42
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What happens if the osmoreceptors detect a decrease in the water potential of the blood?

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Nerve impulses are sent along the sensory neurons to the posterior pituitary gland

43
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What happens when the posterior pituitary gland receives nerve impulses?

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It releases ADH

44
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What is ADH?

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Antidiuretic Hormone

45
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What does ADH do?

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Causes the kidneys to reabsorb more water which reduces the loss of water that happens through urine

46
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ADH cycle if too much water is drunked

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  1. Water content of the blood is high
  2. Brain produced less ADH
  3. Low volume of water is reabsorbed by kidney
  4. Urine output is high
47
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What is dialysis?

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A procedure that acts as an artificial kidney to remove urea as well as maintain the water and ion balance of the blood

48
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Why is dialysis needed?

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Humans can only survive if they have at least one kidney, dialysis is used for those who suffer from total kidney failure

49
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How does the dialysis machine work?

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Blood is taken out of the body and given an anti-coagulant

Then the blood passes by dialysis fluid where diffusion will occur removing urea

After the blood passes through a air detector and then goes back into the body

50
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What is a anti-coagulant?

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Something added to the blood to stopping it clotting after being exposed outside of the body

51
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What is in the dialysis fluid and how much is needed?

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A normal level of concentration of glucose and ions so that a normal amount glucose and ions remain in the blood because the concentration gradient is the same

The dialysis fluid needs to be in a constant fresh supply to get rid of the urea it has collected

52
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Advantages of Dialysis

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  • Reduced levels of urea in blood
  • No change in the amount of water, ions and glucose in the body
53
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Disadvantages of Dialysis

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  • Expensive
  • Dialysis is needed multiple times a week for a long period of time

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