Chapter 7- Urinary System Flashcards by Chelsea Kuhn

Arteriole

Small artery

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Calyx/calix

Small cup like regions of the renal pelvis

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Catheter

Tube for injecting or removing fluids

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Cortex

Outer region of an organ

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Creatinine

Nitrogenous waste excreted in urine

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Elecrolyte

Chemical element that carries an electrical charge when dissolved in water

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Erythropoietin

Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate production of red blood cells by bone marrow

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poietin

Substance that forms

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Filtration

Process of substance passing through a filter

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Glomerular capsule bowman’s capsule)

structure enclosing each glomerulus

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Glomerulus

Try ball of capillaries in the kidney

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hilum

Depression in the part of an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave

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Kidney

Bean-shaped organ that filter nitrogenous waste from the blood stream to form urine

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Meatus

Opening or canal

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Medulla

Inner portion of an organ

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Nephron

Functional unit of the kidney where filtration, reabsorption, and secretion happens

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Nitrogenous waste

Substances contain nitrogen secreted through urine
Examples urea, uric acids, creatinine

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Potassium (k+)

Renal tubules return materials necessary to the body back into the bloodstream

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Renal Reabsorbation

Renal tubules return materials nesses any

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Renal artery

Blood vessel that carries blood to the kidney

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Renal pelvis

Central collection region in the kidney

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Renal tubules

Microscopic tubes in the kidney where urine is formed after filtration

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Renal vein

Carries blood away from the kidney

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Renin

Enzyme secreted by the kidney to help raise blood pressure

Sodium (na+)

Electrolyte regulated in the blood and urine in the kidneys

Trigone

Triangular area within the urinary bladder

Area

Major nitrogenous waste excreted in urine

Ureter

Tube leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder

Urethra

Tube leading from the urinary bladder to outside the body

Uric acid

Nitrogenous waste product excreted in the urine

Urinary bladder

Hollow muscular sac that holds and stores urine

Urination (voiding)

Process of expelling urine

calic/o

Calyx (calix); cup-shaped

cali/o

Calyx (calix); cup-shaped

Cyst/o

Urmany bladder

Glomerul/o

Glomerulus

Meat/o

Meatus

Nephr/o

Kidney

Pyel/o

Renal pelvis

Reno

Kidney

Trigon/o

Trigon

ueter/o

Ureter

Urethr/o

Urethra

Vesic/o

Urinary bladder

Albumin/o

Albumin

Azot/o

Nitrogen

Bacteri/o

Bacteria

Dips/o

Thirst

Kal/o

Potassium (K for kal/o)

Ket/o

Ketone bodies

Keton/o

Ketone bodies

Lith/o

Stone

Natr/o

Sodium

Noct/o

Night

Olig/o

Scanty

-poietin

Substances that form

py/o

Pus

-tripsy

To crush

Ur/o

Urea

- uria

Urnation; urine condition

Urin/o

Urine

What does specific gravity reflect urinalysis

Amount of wastes, minerals, and solids in the urine