Urinary Flashcards
This route removes nearly all the soluble waste products from blood and transports them out of the body.
urinary system
The kidney hilus is:
the indented area on the medial side of the kidney
The blood in these vessels contains the least amount of waste in the body:
renal vein
Insufficient production of antidiuretic hormone by the posterior pituitary gland can result in:
polyuria
The blood in the efferent arterioles in the kidney is:
Oxygenated
The kidneys are located in the:
Retroperitoneal space of the abdominal cavity
Which substances do not leave the blood through the fenestrations of the glomerular capillaries?
Proteins
What percentage of amino acids and glucose in the tubular filtrate are reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule?
100%
What percentage of all tubular reabsorption occurs in the proximal convoluted tubules?
65%
An animal that is “house trained” has learned to control:
the muscle sphincter around the neck of the urinary bladder
This is the basic functional unit of the kidney:
nephron
The kidney produces this hormone that is necessary for red blood cell production:
erythropoietin
The urinary bladder is lined with:
transitional epithelial cells
The kidneys of these animals have a multipyramidal or multilobar appearance:
pigs
Ureters
These propel urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder
Urethra
This structure carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
peritubular capillaries
Oxygen transfer to cells of the nephron take place here
Renal corpuscle
This is composed of the glomerulus & Bowman’s capsule
Secretion
The process of transferring substances from the peritubular capillaries to the tubular filtrate.
Proximal convoluted tubules
Most of the tubular reabsorption takes place here.
Distal convoluted tubules
Most of the tubular secretion takes place here.
Reabsorption
The process of transferring substances from the tubular filtrate to the peritubular capillaries.
no urine produced
Anuria
large amount of urine produced
Polyuria
