Renal

Question 1

Acute Kidney Injury

Answer 1

A sudden loss of kidney function due to a non-renal condition

Question 2

Chronic Kidney Disease

Answer 2

A progressive loss of kidney function over months or years

Question 3

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

Answer 3

Total and permanent kidney failure

Question 4

Nephron

Answer 4

Functional unit of the kidney

Question 5

Glomerulus

Answer 5

a large filtering unit that is located within Bowman’s capsule; the afferent arteriole delivers blood into the glomerulus

Question 6

Proximal Tubule

Answer 6

closest to the Bowman’s capsule (the entry of the nephron) where much of the Na, Ca, Cl, and water is reabsorbed back into the bloodstream

Question 7

Loop of Henle

Answer 7

Long U-shaped portion of the tubule that conducts urine within each nephron with the function of recovery of water and sodium chloride from urine.

Question 8

Distal Convoluted Tubule

Answer 8

Farthest away from the entry of the nephron that regulates K, Ca, Na, and pH

Question 9

Collecting duct

Answer 9

Network of tubules and ducts that connect the nephrons in each kidney to a ureter