Exercise 40/21 - Urinary

Question 1

Where do the kidney’s filter blood?

Answer 1

Renal Corpuscle

Question 2

What is nitrogenous waste?

Answer 2

Urea, uric acid, creatine

Question 3

What is the function of the urinary system?

Answer 3

#1 Excrete nitrogenous waste 
#2 maintain electrolyte, acid-base and fluid balance in the body

Question 4

How do the kidney’s accomplish their functions?

Answer 4

By filtering blood

Question 5

Where is the urinary system?

Answer 5

Retroparoaneal Cavity

Question 6

What is Ptosis

Answer 6

Loss of perirenal fat corpuscile

Question 7

What are the 3 protective layers of the kidneys?

Answer 7

1) Renal Fascia
2) Perineral Fat Capsule
3) Fibrous Capsule

Question 8

What is the renal fascia?

Answer 8

Outermost covering of kidney

Question 9

What is the perirenal fat capsule?

Answer 9

Yellowy tissue, middle layer, support and protection

Question 10

What is the fibrous capsule?

Answer 10

innermost covering of kidney

Question 11

Flow of urine through kidney

Answer 11

Cortex, medulla, renal pelvis, ureter

Question 12

What is a nephron?

Answer 12

Structural and functional unit of kidney, actually does the filtering

Question 13

What are glomerilus?

Answer 13

Fenestrated capillaries surrouded by bowman’s capsule

Question 14

Stages of urine formation

Answer 14

1) Glomerular Filtration
2) Tubular Reabsorption
3) Tubular Secretion

Question 15

What type of muscle is detrusor muscle?

Answer 15

smooth muscle controlled by autonomic nervous system

Question 16

what is micturition?

Answer 16

Act of urinating, same a urination and voiding the bladder

Question 17

What type of tissue is the bladder made up of?

Answer 17

transitional epithelial for stretch

Question 18

What type of tissue is this?

Answer 18

transitional epithelial

Question 19

What is this?

Answer 19

crystine crystals associated with kidney stones

Question 20

What is this?

Answer 20

triple phsphate associated with UTI - alkaline urine