Excretory Flashcards
1
Q
remove waste product/toxins
A
excretory
2
Q
types of waste products from the body
A
- urinary
- feces
- sweat
3
Q
Urinary system; organs
A
- kidney
- ureter
- urinary bladder
- urethra
4
Q
basic unit of the brain
A
neuron
5
Q
basic unit of the kidney
A
nephron
6
Q
basic unit of the respiratory
A
alveoli
7
Q
poisoning or damaging to the kidney
A
nephrotoxic
8
Q
where is the kidney located
A
lumbar area
9
Q
what is flank pain
A
lumbar pain
10
Q
why is right kidney lower?
A
because of liver placement
11
Q
- filter system
- remove waste from blood & return clean blood to the body
- regulate fluid balance
- conserve nutrients (potassium)
- stabilize blood pH
- 7.35 - 7.45 alkaline
A
kidney
12
Q
- pH of body fluid down
- too acidic
- respiratory
- metabolic
A
acidosis
13
Q
- pH of blood too high
- alkaline
A
alkalosis
14
Q
regulate blood pH
A
kidney & lungs
15
Q
back of the peritoneum
A
retroperitoneal position
16
Q
cover of many organs inside visceral layer
A
peritonium
17
Q
- bean shape
- indentation
A
hilus
18
Q
fibrous tunic
A
renal fascia
19
Q
protects kidney
A
adipose capsule
20
Q
anchors the kidney to the body wall, continuous with the peritoneum
A
renal capsule
21
Q
blood in urine
A
microscopic hematuria