Lecture 13 Flashcards
What collects in a renal papilla?
urine
What is a minor calyx?
A cuplike structure that collects urine
Starting at a renal papilla at the top, place the structures through which urine will flow in order.
(1) renal papilla
(2) minor calyx
(3) major calyx
(4) renal pelvis
(5) ureter
Renal artery –> segmental arteries –> __________ arteries –> arcuate arteries.
interlobar
The ______ carries blood out of a glomerulus.
efferent arteriole
What is a renal papilla?
The tip of a renal pyramid
What is a nephron?
A functional unit of the kidney
Urine is drained from a renal pyramid into which structure?
Minor calyx
The glomerulus is surrounded by which of the following?
Glomerular capsule
Urine flows from the renal pelvis directly into ______.
the ureter
About how many nephrons are in a kidney?
1.2 million
The renal artery divides into a few ______ arteries.
segmental
What are the two components of the renal corpuscle?
glomerulus + glomerular capsule
the ___ arteriole carries blood from the glomerulus into the peritubular capillaries.
efferent
Which structure is composed of a proximal convoluted tubule, nephron loop, distal convoluted tubule, and collecting duct?
Renal tubule
The functional unit of the kidney is a ___
nephron
The presence of which structures in the proximal convoluted tubule cause the lining to be referred to as a brush border?
Microvilli
The capillary bed fed by an afferent arteriole and drained by an efferent arteriole is a ______.
glomerulus
The ______ consists of a descending limb and an ascending limb.
nephron loop
What do a renal corpuscle and an attached renal tubule form?
Nephron
renal corpuscle contains glomerulus and glomerular capsule –> connect with renal tubule to form nephron
Which renal tubule segment runs from the nephron loop to the collecting duct?
distal convoluted tube
What is formed by a glomerulus and its surrounding glomerular capsule?
Renal corpuscle
The ______ receives fluid draining from several nephrons, and carries it through the medulla to the papilla.
collecting duct
Running from the glomerular capsule to the tip of the medullary pyramid is a series of ducts that, together, are referred to as what?
Renal tubule
What is longest and most coiled region of the renal tubule?
Proximal convoluted tubule
Nephrons classified as ______ nephrons have short nephron loops and their renal corpuscles are near the kidney surface.
cortical
Which segments of the nephron loop actively transport salts?
Thick
What is the fluid in the glomerular capsule formed by filtration called?
Filtrate
The collecting duct receives fluid from which of the following?
Distal convoluted tubule
The process by which water and some solutes in the blood plasma pass from the glomerular capillaries into the capsular space is called glomerular ___
filtration
The segment of renal tubule indicated in the figure is the ___ duct
collecting