m.19 Flashcards
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- The organ that stores urine, before excretion.

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Urinary Bladder
2
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- The kidney is considered [___], it is located in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum.

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RetroPeritoNeal
3
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- The connective tissue covering the external surface of the kidney

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Renal capsule
4
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- Fatty mass that cushions the kidney, helps attach to the body wall

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Adipose Capsule
5
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- The outer layer of dense fibrous connective tissue that anchors the kidney

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renal fascia
6
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- The tube that carries urine from kidney to urinary bladder

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Ureter
7
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- Contains glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.

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Renal Cortex
8
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- Site of urine collection.

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Renal medulla
9
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- Contains pyramid papilla, collects its urine.

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Minor calyx
10
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- Formed by several calyces,
- it drains into the renal pelvis.

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Major calyx
11
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- The central collecting site.

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Renal Pelvis

12
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- Moves blood from the renal artery → interlobar artery

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Segmental artery
13
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- Moves blood from Segmental arteries → Arcuate arteries

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InterLobar arteries
14
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- Interlobar arteries → [___]
- Small vessels found at renal pyramids base.

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Arcuate arteries
15
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- Arcuate-arteries → [___]
- Supplies cortical tissue

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Cortical Radiate Arteries
16
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- Cortical-radiate-arteries → [___]
- Small blood vessels
- Approaches glomerulus (proximal part of the nephron)

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Afferent Arterioles
17
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- Afferent-arterioles → [___]
- Fenestrated vessels
- Allows passage of all plasma elements, but not blood cells.

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GloMeRular Capillaries
18
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- Glomerular-capillaries → [___]
- Small blood vessels
- Exits glomerulus
- Blood glomerulus filtration completion

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Efferent Arterioles
19
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- Most tubular reabsorption occurs.

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Proximal convoluted tubule
20
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- Tubular secretion of H+, potassium, and certain drugs

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Distal convoluted tubule
21
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- Efferent-arterioles → [___]
- Reabsorbed materials reenter the bloodstream

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PerituBular capillaries
22
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- Peritubular-capillaries → [___]
- Takes deoxygenated blood

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Cortical Radiate veins
23
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- Cortical-radiate-veins → [___]
- Receives blood that drains from the interlobular veins,
- Feeds into the interlobar veins

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Arcuate veins
24
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- [___] → Renal-veins
- receives blood that drains from the arcuate veins
- Feeds to renal veins

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Interlobar veins
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* Limits passaged of **formed-elements** (RBCs, WBCs and PLTs).

**Capillary Endothelium**
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* Limits passage of **large-proteins**.

**Basal lamina**
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* Limits passage of **small-proteins**.
* Porous membrane

**Podocyte**
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* reclaims reabsorbed substances,
* such as **water** and **sodium ions**.

**Vasa recta**
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* transports urine from kidney to bladder.
* Peristalsis
* hydrostatic pressure
* gravity.

**Ureter**
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* The Urinary bladder is [\_\_\_] shaped, formed by openings of the ureters and urethra.

**Trigone**
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* The [\_\_\_]-muscle in the urinary bladder constricts to assists in excreting urine (involuntary).

**Detrusor**
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* The [\_\_\_]-urinary bladder sphincter is voluntary.

**External**
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* formed by merger of several collecting ducts

**Renal papillary duct**
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* the location in the kidney where processed **filtrate**, called urine, is collected from the renal tubules

**Collecting duct**
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* supplies adrenal glands

**Suprarenal artery**
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* Extensions of renal cortex found in between renal pyramids

**Renal columns**
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* small projection that extends into each minor calyx

**Renal papilla**
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* triangular-shaped division of the medulla of the kidney

**Renal pyramid base**
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* reabsorbs **Na⁺** and **Cl⁻** from the filtrate into the interstitial fluid⁻

**Ascending nephron loop**
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* **reabsorption** of **water** continues through channels formed by aquaporin proteins

**Descending nephron limb**
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* Space in-between the Bowman's Capsule and Glomerulus

**Capsular space**
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* secretes renin in response to a drop in blood pressure

**Juxtaglomerular cell**
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* sodium concentration sensors of the tubular fluid

**Macula densa**
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* simple squamous epithelium and forms the outer wall of the capsule

**Parietal layer**
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**Pedicles** of a podocyte
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* Small enough to exclude blood cells
* Highly permeable

**Glomerular fenestrated endothelium**
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**Podocyte filtration slits**