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Chapter 27 Urinary System Flashcards

1
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  1. What structures make up the Urinary Tract?
A

Ureters or
Urethra or
Urinary Bladder

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  1. What is found in the Renal Lobes?
A

Renal Columns or
Minor Calyx or
Renal Pyramid

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  1. What is found in the Urogenital Diaphragm surrounding the Urethra in the male?
A

External Urethral Sphincter

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  1. What tubes/ducts are found in the medulla of the Kidney?
A

Vasa Recta or
Collecting Duct or
Ascending Limb of Nephron Loop

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  1. What tissue is found on/in the inner layer of the Urinary Bladder?
A

Transitional Epithelial Tissue or
Rugae

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  1. What structures make up an Arterial Portal System in the Kidneys?
A

Vasa Recta or
Glomerulus

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  1. What is the pathway that blood takes from the Descending Abdominal Aorta to a Glomerulus in the Left Kidney?
A

Left Renal Artery - Left Segmental Arteries - Interlobar Arteries - Arcuate Arteries - Interlobular Arteries - Afferent Arterioles

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  1. What are the Areas of the Male Urethra?
A

Prostatic Urethra, Membranous Urethra, Spongy Urethra

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  1. What cells form the Visceral Layer of the Glomerulus?
A

Podocytes

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  1. What forms the majority of the outer layer of the Urinary Bladder?
A

Adventitia

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  1. Where does the Afferent Arteriole enter the Renal Corpuscle and the Efferent Arteriole leave the Renal Corpuscle?
A

Vascular Pole

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  1. What type of capillaries make up the glomerulus?
A

Fenestrated Capillaries

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  1. Where is 70% of the filtered water Reabsorbed in the Kidney?
A

Proximal Convoluted Tubule

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  1. What is the Apex of a Renal Pyramid called?
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Renal Papilla

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  1. What structures make up an Arterial Portal System in the Kidneys?
A

Vasa Recta, Glomerulus

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  1. What part of the Male Ureters are found within the Penis?
A

None

17
Q
  1. What Capillary system surrounds the Nephron Loop?
A

Vasa Recta

18
Q
  1. What structures form the Renal Corpuscle?
A

Glomerulus and Glomerular Capsule

19
Q
  1. Where are the Arcuate Veins found?
A

Corticomedullary Junction

20
Q
  1. What do the Interlobar Veins merge to form?
A

Renal Veins

21
Q
  1. What causes the filtrate to leave the glomerulus and enter the space between the glomerulus and the renal capsule?
A

None

22
Q

SEVERAL MINOR CALYCES FUSE TO FORM

A

Major Calyx

23
Q

ALL OF THE MAJOR CALYCES FUSE TO FORM

A

Renal Pelvis

24
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What volume of blood is filtered how many times in a 24 hour period?

A

5 Liters, 36 times

25
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How much of the blood that enters the Glomerulus is filtered at a time?

A

20%

26
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What does the Nephron consist of?

A

Renal Corpuscle, Proximal Convoluted Tubule, A Nephron Loop, Distal Convoluted Tubule

27
Q

What has their renal corpuscle near the corticomedullary junction?

A

Juxtamedullary Nephron

28
Q

The bulk of this nephron is located in the Renal Cortex?

A

Cortical Nephron

29
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What percentage of Nephrons are Cortical Nephrons?

A

85%

30
Q

The tubules of the Kidney process the Filtrate, also known as

A

TUBULAR FLUID

31
Q

THE DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE BECOMES

A

THE COLLECTING TUBULE

32
Q

MANY COLLECTING TUBULES DRAIN INTO

A

A COLLECTING DUCT

33
Q

What is the pole where the proximal convoluted tubule begins?

A

TUBULAR POLE

34
Q

This limb terminates in the distal convoluted tubule?

A

Ascending Limb

35
Q

THE SMOOTH MUSCLE FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE URINARY BLADDER IS

A

THE DETRUSOR MUSCLE

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