The Urinary System Flashcards
Bean-shaped organs that filter nitrogenous wastes from the bloodstream to form urine.
Kidney
A blood vessel that carries blood (oxygenated blood) to the kidneys.
Renal artery
A blood vessel that carries blood (deoxygenated blood) away from the kidney.
Renal vein
The functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
A capsule surrounding a glomerulus and serving as a collection site for urine.
Bowman’s capsule
A group of capillaries in a nephron
Glomerulus
(plural: glomeruli
Microscopic tubes in the kidney where urine is formed after filtration.
Renal tubules
Process of separating solids from liquid by passing them through a porous substance
Filtration
A process of returning essential elements to the bloodstream.
Reabsorption
An organ where urine collects before being excreted from the body.
Bladder
A tube used for injecting or removing fluids.
Catheter
A chemical element that carries an electrical charge when dissolved in water.
Electrolyte
A waste product of nitrogen metabolism. Usually excreted in normal adult’s urine.
Urea
Fluid excreted by the urinary system
Urine
A nitrogenous waste excreted in the urine.
Creatinine
An enzyme produced in the kidneys to regulate filtration rate of the blood by increasing the blood pressure.
Renin
Glomerul(o)
Glomerulus
Ren(o)
Kidney
Nephr(o)
Kidney
Ureter(o)
Ureters
Cyst(o)
Bladder
Vesic(o)
Bladder
Urethr(o)
Urethra
Ur(o)
Urine
Urin(o)
Urine
Uria
Relating to urine
EPO
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