The urinary system

Question 1

creatine

Answer 1

A waste product that breaks down with the normal breakdown of muscle

Question 2

Urochrome

Answer 2

a pigmented blood product that gives urine its yellow colour

Question 3

renal capsule

Answer 3

tough fibrous capsule that has a transparent sheet of connective tissue which gives the kidney its distinctive shape.

Question 4

Adipose capsule

Answer 4

Perirenal fat, forms a protective layer

Question 5

Renal fascia

Answer 5

Encloses the kidneys. It is a thin layer of dense connective tissue which anchors the kidney in its surroundings.

Question 6

Pararenal fat

Answer 6

Mainly located on the posterior aspect of the kidney

Question 7

Nephron

Answer 7

Cleanses the blood and balances the constituents of the circulation

Question 8

glomerulus

Answer 8

A tuft of high-pressure capillaries formed from the afferent arterioles.

Question 9

bowmans capsule

Answer 9

A continuous sophisticated tubule whose proximal end surrounds the glomerulus

Question 10

efferent arteriole

Answer 10

The capillaries form a second arteriole after passing through the renal corpuscle called the efferent arteriole.

Question 11

renal corpusle

Answer 11

The glomerulus and bowman’s capsule together form the renal corpuscle.

Question 12

ureters

Answer 12

Muscular tubes that convey urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder

Question 13

Bladder

Answer 13

A pear shaped highly distensible sac-like reservoir within the pelvis that temporarily stores urine.

Question 14

urethra

Answer 14

a narrow tube from the bladder to the exterior that allows urination

Question 15

hypertrophy

Answer 15

the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells.