ch 7 urine null and void Flashcards
What is the main responsibility of urinary system?
removal of wastes from the body by constantly filtering
The major waste product of protein metabolism is?
urea - filtered by the kidney and used in some diagnostic tests to determine health
The stable environment in the body is?
homeostasis
urin/o and ur/o is?
Urine or pertaining to urinary organs
What part of the urinary system produces hormones and affects the secretory rates of other hormones?
Kidney
What structures are in the normal urinary system?
a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a single urinary bladder, and a single urethra
Kidneys are located?
Retroperitoneally - means located behind the lining of the abdominal cavity or outside the peritoneal cavity
One kidney sits where?
on each side of the vertebra column below the diaphragm
Ren/o and nephr/o means?
Kidney
Combining form ren/o= - what part of speech?
adjective - renal pelvis, renal disease
Nephr/o = describes?
pathology and surgical (sx) procedures as in nephritis and nephrectomy
What can affect the rate at which filtration takes place in the kidney?
Blood pressure
Cortic/o?
outer region and is used to describe the outer region of many organs
Medull/o?
Middle or inner portion and is used to describe the inner portion of many organs
What contains the majority of the nephron?
Cortex
What contains the most of the collecting tubles?
Medulla
The functional unit of the kidney is?
nephron
The nephron consists of?
glomerous, bowmans capsule,a proximal convoluted tubule, a loop of Henle, a distal convoluted tubule, and a collecting duct
How do nephrons form urine?
By the process of filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
Filtration occurs in the?
glomerous
Reabsorption occurs in the?
proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, and collecting tubule
Secretion occurs in the?
Distal convoluted tubule
