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Chapter 16- Urinary System Flashcards

1
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What are the organs of the Urinary System?

A
  • Kidneys
  • Ureters
  • Urinary Bladder
  • Urethra
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Where are the kidneys?

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Between the dorsal body wall and parietal peritoneum

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3
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The renal artery…

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Branches off of renal artery and then the abdominal aorta

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4
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The renal vein…

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Drains blood from kidneys into inferior vena cava

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What is the position of the kidneys?

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Retroperitoneal

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Wha is the retroperitoneal position?

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The kidneys are tightly covered by the parietal peritoneum on their anterior surface

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What is the function of the renal artery?

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Branch off the abdominal aorta and supply oxygenated blood to the kidneys

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What are the function of the renal veins?

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Drain blood from the kidneys and empty into the inferior vena cava

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What are the main organs in the Urinary System?

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  1. Kidney
  2. Ureter
  3. Urinary bladder
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What are the first five blood vessels? (IARRC)

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  1. Inferior Vena Cava
  2. Abdominal Aorta
  3. Renal Artery
  4. Renal Vein
  5. Common Iliac artery
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What are the next four blood vessels? (IEGG)

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  1. Internal iliac artery
  2. External iliac artery
  3. Gonadal vein
  4. Gonadal artery
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What os the parietal peritoneum?

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Membrane surrounding abdomen

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13
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Which vertebrae level are the kidneys?

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T12 to L3

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14
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What is the fun fact about the right kidney?

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The right kidney is slightly lower than the left (because of position of the liver)

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What is the Renal hilum?

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Es el punto del frijol

A medial indentation where several structures enter or exit the kidney (ureters, renal blood vessels, and nerves)

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16
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What is the Adrenal gland?

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Sits atop each kidney

17
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What are the three regions in the kidneys?

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  1. Cortex
  2. Medulla
  3. Renal Pelvis
18
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What is the renal cortex?

A

Outer region

19
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What is the renal medulla?

A

Deeper region

20
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What are the two parts of the renal medulla ?

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  • Renal puramids

- Renal columns (separate the pyramids)

21
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What are the two parts of the renal pelvis?

A
  • Minor calyx (cup-shaped)

- Major calyx (collect urine)

22
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What is the fun fact about the blood supply in the kidneys?

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  • One- quarter (25%) of the total blood supply of the body passes through the kidneys each minute
23
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What are the divisions of the renal artery?

A
  1. Segmental Artery
  2. Interlobar ateries
  3. Arcuate arteries
  4. Interlobular arteries
24
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What happens with the blood after passing the interlobular arteries?

A
  • Afferent arteriole
  • Glomerular capillaries
  • Efferent arteriole
  • Peritubular capillaries
25
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What happens in the glomerular capillaries?

A

Is where the blood filters

- All fluids are removed except minerals

26
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What happens in the peritubular capillaries?

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Where the modification happens (from artery to vein)

27
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What is the blood flow in the renal vein?

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  • Interlobular vein
  • Arcuate vein
  • Interlobar vein
  • renal vein
28
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What are the nephrons?

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The ones that filter the blood plasma, which is the first step in making urine
Structural and functional units

29
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What does afferent means?

A

In

30
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What does efferent means?

A

Out

31
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The peritubular is…

A

Efferent

32
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The intertobular is…

A

Afferent

33
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What are the parts of the nephron?

A
  • Afferent arteriole
  • Glomerular capillaries
  • Efferent arteriole
  • Glomerular capsule
  • Renal tibule
  • Peritubular capillary
  • Interlobular capillary
34
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The renal corpuscle is composed of which two parts?

A

Bowman’s capsule and glomerulus

35
Q

Th triangular areas of tissue that are visible in a section of a kidney is the…

A

Renal pyramid

36
Q

The structure that transports urine our of the body is the…

A

Urethra

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