The Urinary System Flashcards
The indented area on the medial side of the kidney where blood and lymph vessels, nerves, and the ureters enter and leave the kidney
Hilus
What is the name of the funnel shaped area inside the Hilus that acts as a urine collection chamber, forming the beginning of the ureter?
Renal pelvis
What is the outer portion of the kidney called?
Renal Cortex
What is the inner portion around the renal pelvis of the kidney called?
Renal Medulla
What 2 species have multilobar (multipyramidal) kidneys?
Bovine & Swine
The cup like extension of the Renal pelvis That each medullary pyramid fits into is called what?
Calyx
The basic functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
How many nephrons per kidney should a medium size cat have?
200,000
How many nephrons per kidney should a medium sized dog have?
700,000
How many nephrons per kidney should sheep, pigs, and humans have?
1,000,000
How many nephrons per kidney should cattle have?
4,000,000
What two things make up the renal corpuscle?
Glomerulus & Bowman’s capsule
The double walled capsule that surrounds the glomerulus in the renal corpuscle is called what?
Bowman’s capsule
The tuft of glomerular capillaries inside the renal corpuscle is called what?
glomerulus
What is the visceral layer of Bowmans capsule made up of?
Podocytes
What part of the kidney functions to filter blood in the first stage of urine production?
Renal corpuscle
The fluid that is filtered out of blood is called what? 
Glomerular filtrate
What part of the kidney is responsible for concentrating urine?
loop of Henle
What vessel contains the purest blood in the body?
Renal vein
What is the term used to describe how fast plasma is filtered as it passes through the glomerulus?
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
The tubes that exit The kidney at the Hilus and connects to the urinary bladder near The neck of the bladder and it’s caudal end are called what?
Ureters
What part of the urinary system continuously move urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
Ureters
The triangular piece of tissue near the opening of the urethra and is often referred to as the neck of the bladder
Trigone
I what type of cells line the urinary bladder?
Transitional epithelium
Micturition or Uresis is also known as?
Urination
What part of the urinary system carries urine from the urinary bladder to the external environment?
Urethra
