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1
Q

What is homeostasis?

A

Maintenance of the body’s internal environment

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2
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What r the 4 major structures that make up the urinary tract?

A

Kidneys x2
Ureter x2
Bladder
Urethra

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3
Q

Where is the urinary tract?

A

Retroperitoneum

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4
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What protects the kidneys? 5 things

A
  1. Retroperitoneal: posterior to other organs
  2. Vertebral column: T12, L1-3
  3. Ribs 11&12
  4. Skeletal muscles
  5. Fat, fascia and capsule of kidney
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5
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Position of the right kidney with vertebral column

A

L1-3

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6
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Position of left kidney with vertebral column

A

T12, L1, L2

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7
Q

What’s in the renal hilum? 3 things

A

Renal artery
Renal vein
Renal pelvis

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8
Q

Name this section of the kidney

A

Superior pole

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9
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Name this part of the kidney

A

Inferior pole

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10
Q

What is this structure?

A

Renal artery

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11
Q

What’s this structure?

A

Renal vein

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12
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What is this structure?

A

Renal pelvis

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13
Q

What is this structure?

A

Ureter

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14
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In the renal hilum what is the most anterior and most posterior?

A

Renal vein most anterior, renal pelvis most posterior

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15
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal papillae

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16
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal cortex

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17
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Name this structure

A

Renal pyramid

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18
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal capsule

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19
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal medulla

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20
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal pelvis

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21
Q

Name this structure

A

Renal sinus

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22
Q

Name this section of the nephron

A

Renal corpuscle

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23
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Name this section of the nephron

A

Proximal convoluted tubule

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24
Q

Name this section of the nephron

A

Loop of henle

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25
Q

Name this section of the nephron

A

Distal convoluted tubule

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26
Q

Name this section of the nephron

A

Collecting duct

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27
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Name this section of the nephron

A

Renal papilla

28
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Where in the kidney is this part of the nephron?

A

Renal cortex

29
Q

Where in the kidney is this section of the nephron?

A

Renal medulla

30
Q

What is the junction called between the renal pelvis and the ureter?

A

Pelviureteric junction

31
Q

Name this section/ structure

A

Nephron collecting ducts

32
Q

Name this section/structure

A

Minor calyx

33
Q

Name this section/structure

A

Major calyx

34
Q

Name this section/structure

A

Renal pelvis

35
Q

Name this section/structure

36
Q

What happens during micturation ?

A

Bladder releases via urethra

37
Q

What is the smooth muscle in bladder walls which contract during micturition called?

38
Q

What does urine enter and exit the bladder through and into what?

A

Enters: ureteric orifices
Exits: internal urethral orifices
Into: urethra

39
Q

Name this structure

40
Q

Name this structure

A

Internal urethral orifice

41
Q

Name this structure

A

Internal urethral sphincter

42
Q

Name this structure

A

Prostate gland

43
Q

Name this structure

A

Prostatic urethra

44
Q

Name this structure

A

External urethral sphincter

45
Q

Name this structure and what it is within

A

Spongy urethra within corpus spongiosum

46
Q

Name this structure

A

External urethral orifice

47
Q

Name this structure

48
Q

Name this structure

A

Internal urethral orifice

49
Q

Name this structure

50
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Name this structure

A

External urethral sphincter

51
Q

Name this structure

52
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Name this structure

A

External urethral orifice

53
Q

Name this structure

A

Vaginal orifice

54
Q

Name this structure

55
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Name this structure

56
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Name this structure

57
Q

What supplies blood to the kidneys?

A

Renal arteries branched from abdominal aorta

58
Q

What supplies the ureter with blood?

A

Multiple arterial branches from the abdominal aorta

59
Q

Name the structure

60
Q

Name this structure

A

Left kidney

61
Q

Name this structure

A

Left and right renal arteries

62
Q

Name this structure

A

Abdominal aorta

63
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Name this structure

A

Right kidney

64
Q

Name this structure

A

Inferior vena cava

65
Q

Name this structure

A

Left renal vein

66
Q

Name this structure

A

Right renal vein

67
Q

Renal veins drain deoxygenated blood into the IVC to be returned to the what?

A

Right atrium

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