Urinary Delmar pp

Question 1

Function of the Urinary system

Answer 1

• remove wastes from the body
• maintains homeostasis

Question 2

Combining forms for urinary system

Answer 2

Urin/o

Ur/o

Question 3

Structures of the Urniary system

Answer 3

Kidenys

Ureters

Urinary bladder

Urethra

Question 4

Location of the kidney

Answer 4

behind the lining of the abdominal cavity or retroperitoneally

Question 5

Hilus

Answer 5

the concave depression where the blood vessels, nerves, and ureter attach

Question 6

The two parts of the kidney

Answer 6

Renal cortex and Renal medulla

Question 7

Renal Cortex

Answer 7

the outer part of the kidney

Question 8

Renal medulla

Answer 8

inner part of the kidney

Question 9

Nephron

Answer 9

Functional unit of the kidney

(at the cellular level)

Question 10

Renal pelvis

Answer 10

area of the kidney where urine collects where urine collects before entering the ureters

Question 11

Pyel/o meaning

Answer 11

renal pelvis

Question 12

Ureters

Answer 12

a pair of narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Question 13

Urinary bladder

Answer 13

a singular hollow muscular organ that holds urine

Question 14

Urethra

Answer 14

tube extending from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Question 15

Uropoiesis

Answer 15

process of urine production

Question 16

Turbid

Answer 16

cloudy