Test 5- Urinary System Flashcards
Excretes water, NaCl through sweat
Skin
Excretes CO2
lungs
exerts bile pigment
Liver
Elimination of feces, which are composed of undigested food and bacteria
Digestive via defacation
Anatomy of the urinary system
2 kidneys
2 ureters
1 urinary bladder
1 urethra
Primary excretory organs
Kidneys
Sits at the top of each kidney
adrenal gland
Covers the kidney
renal capsule
3 layers of kidney capsule
renal fascia
adipose capsule
fibrous capsule
Outermost layer, thin fibrous CT that connects the kidney to surrounding tissues
Renal fascia
Mass of fatty tissue that holds the kidney against the posterior muscles of the body wall and cushions the kidney
Adipose capsule
Inner layer, fibrous and transparent and protects kidney against physical trauma and infection
Fibrous capsule
Lies just deep to the fibrous capsule in the kidneys
Cortex
Deep to the cortex and is divided into 6-18 cone-shaped segments called renal pyramids
Medulla
Where a portion of the nephrons are located
Renal pyramids
Empties urine into a calyx
Medulla
Functional unit of the kidney that forms urine
Nephron
2 components of the nephron
glomerulus
tubular
Vessels that get blood to the nephron
Glomerulus