Urinary Flashcards
Pair of organs that filters blood and produces urine
Kidney
Outer layer of the kidney
Renal Cortex
Hormone stimulated in the production of new red blood cells
Erythropoietin
Inner layer of the kidney
Renal Medulla
Layer that contains the renal pyramids an blood vessels
Renal Cortex
Layer that helps to concentrate urine
Renal Medulla
Pair of tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
Ureters
Sac that stores urine until it is ready to be stored
Bladder
Tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
Urethra
System helps excrete ____ and maintain _____
Waste; Balance
Structural unit of kidney
Nephron
Responsible for the filtration of blood by removing waste and reabsorbing water and molecules
Nephron
Ball of capillaries that is the sight of filtration within in neuron
Glomerulus
Leads from glomerulus to the renal pelvis
Renal Tubule
Responsible for reabsorption and secretion
Renal Tubule
What remains in the tubule will be carried into the ____ and drained out from the ______
Kidney; Ureter
What system transports blood to the kidney so they can filter it
Cardiovascular
How does the urinary system help regulate blood pressure
Excreting waste and controls the volume of blood
What produces the hormone Erythropoietin (stimulates production of new red blood cells in the cardiovascular system
Kidneys
