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The Urinary System Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 organs of the urinary System?

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Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra

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What are the functions of the urinary System?

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Regulation, hormone production, and waste excretion

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What does the urinary System regulate?

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Blood volume, blood pressure, blood glucose, blood ion composition, and blood pH

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What is the function of blood volume in the kidney?

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Absorbing or eliminating water in urine

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What is the function of blood pressure in the kidneys?

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Secreting renin in order to increase or decrease BP

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What is the function of blood glucose in the kidneys?

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Synthesize new glucose molecules and release it into blood

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What is the function of blood ionic composition in the kidneys?

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Regulate levels of NA, K, CL, HPO4

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What is the function of blood pH in the kidneys?

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Excrete H into urine and conserve HCO3 (buffer)

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9
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What hormones are produced from the kidneys?

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Calcitriol and erythropoietin

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10
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What is calcitriol and what does it regulate?

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It is an active form of vitamin D that regulates calcium homeostasis

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What is the function of erythropoietin?

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Stimulate production of red blood cells

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12
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What is the formation of urine?

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Removal of metabolic wastes, foreign substances, drugs, and environmental toxins

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13
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How big is the kidney?

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4-5 inches long, 2-3 inches wide, 1 inch thick

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14
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How much does a kidney weigh?

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4.5-5 ounces

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15
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Where are the kidneys located?

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Between the 12th thoracic and 3rd lumbar vertebrae

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16
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What are the three tissues covering the kidney?

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Renal capsule, adipose capsule, and Renal fascia

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What is the renal capsule?

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It’s the deepest layer of the kidney that is made of dense CT that helps maintain shape and keeps infections out

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18
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What is the adipose capsule?

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The middle layer of fat covering the kidney that protects and holds the kidneys in place

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What is the renal fascia?

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The outer layer covering the kidney made of thin dense irregular CT that holds the kidneys to the abdominal wall

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20
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What is the functional unit of the kidney?

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A nephron

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21
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How many nephrons are in each kidney?

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1 million

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22
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What are the two parts of a nephron?

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The renal corpuscle and renal tubule

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23
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What does the renal corpuscle contain?

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Glomerulus and Bowmans capsule

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24
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What is a glomerulus?

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Capillary network

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25
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What is Bowmans capsule?

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Double walled epithial cells

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26
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What is the function of the renal corpuscle?

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Blood plasma filtration

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27
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What does the renal tubule consist of?

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Proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule

28
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What is the proximal convoluted tubule?

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It Is a highly coiled portion of the renal tubule located in the cortex where reabsorption and secretion take place

29
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Where is the loop of Henle located?

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In the cortex and renal medulla

30
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What is the distal convoluted tubule?

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A highly coiled portion of the renal tubule located in the cortex that empties in the collecting duct

31
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What are the two types of nephrons?

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Cortical nephrons and jextamedullary nephrons

32
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What are cortical nephrons?

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Short nephron loops in the renal cortex

33
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What are juxtanedullary nephrons?

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Long nephron loops in the Renal Medulla

34
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What are the three parts of urine formation?

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Glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion

35
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What is urea?

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A product of amino acid metabolism in the liver

36
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What is the amount of urea eliminated determined by?

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Amount of protein in diet

37
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What percent of urea is excreted in urine?

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50%

38
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What is ur Uric acid?

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A product of nucleus acid bases (adenine and guanine) metabolism

39
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What percent of uric acid is excreted in urine?

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10%

40
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What is urine composed of?

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Water, urea, uric acid, electrolytes, ammonia

41
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What is the pH of urine?

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4.6-8

42
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How do we take in water?

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Drinking, eating foods with water, chemical reactions

43
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How do we lose water?

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Excretion by kidneys, evaporation from skin, exhalation, through feces

44
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What are diuretics?

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Substances that slow reabsorption of water by kidneys that cause elevated urine flow

45
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Give an example of a diuretic.

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Caffeine

46
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What carries urine to the bladder?

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Peristalsis waves in ureters

47
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How much urine can the urinary bladder hold?

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700-800 mL

48
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What is the detrusor muscle?

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Three layers of smooth muscle in the urinary bladder

49
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What is trigone?

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It triangular area on the floor of the bladder that has three openings that open into the urethra

50
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What does the internal urethral sphincter do?

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Holds in urine

51
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What is the urethra?

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Tube conveying urine to the outside of the body

52
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What are kidney stones formed from?

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Calcium and uric acid crystals

53
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What are the symptoms of kidney stones?

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Severe pain, nausea, chills, fever

54
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What causes kidney stones?

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Not enough water intake, gout, IBS

55
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What is gout?

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A form of arthritis that is a buildup of uric acid in blood

56
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What causes gout?

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Too much red meat, alcohol, and rich foods

57
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What are the symptoms of gout?

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Sudden attack of severe pain in area, redness, tenderness in joints

58
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Where is gout most common in?

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Elbow and big toe

59
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What is nephritis?

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Inflammation of kidneys

60
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What are the symptoms of nephritis?

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Reduced urination, edema, blood or cloudy urine

61
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What causes nephritis?

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Poisons, lupus, medications, other kidney infections

62
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What is cystitis?

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A bladder infection caused by E. coli bacteria

63
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What are the symptoms of Crystitis?

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Painful, frequent urination

64
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What are the two types of kidney failures?

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Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney failure

65
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What is acute kidney failure?

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Lack of urine produced caused by nephritis, injury, heart failure, poisoning

66
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What is chronic kidney failure?

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Gradual loss of kidney function caused by other diseases that cause gradual kidney damage over months or years

67
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Give an example of a disease that causes chronic kidney failure.

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Diabetes, high BP, lupus, reoccurring kidney infections

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