Chapter 37 Flashcards
The process of urination
Micturition
Red blood cells in the urine
Hematuria
The bladder wall muscle
Detrusor
Accumulations of precipitated material in the urine that have a cylindrical shape like a mold of a section of tubule
Casts
Precipitated material in the urine that increases as urine cools
Crystals
The area of the bladder between the openings of the ureters and the urethra
Trigone
White blood cells in the urine
Pyuria
All of the glomeruli are located in the renal….
cortex
Small openings in the glomerular endothelium, called… are maintained by the vascular endothelial growth factor secreted by the ….
fenestrae/ podocytes
The….. urethral sphincter is under voluntary control and is innervated by the ….somatic nerve
external/ pudendal
Urea is a product of … breakdown; recycling of urea within the renal medulla is necessary to …urine
protein/ concentrate
Elimination of a substance in the urine is called
excretion
The amount of plasma filtered per unit time is the…
glomerular filtration rate
Natriuretic peptides…. renal excretion of sodium and water; ADH …. renal excretion of water, which….urine specific gravity
increase/ decreases/increases
Blood entering the peritubular capillaries has….. hydrostatic pressure and… oncotic pressure, which facilitates …. of fluid from the proximal convoluted tubules
low/high/reabsorption