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what are the functions of the urinary system (excretory system)

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excretion
regulates volume (water hydration), acid base balance (blood pH), and electrolyte composition of body fluids

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what are other systems that function in excretion

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digestive
respiratory
integumentary

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what are the main parts of the urinary system

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kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra

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the kidneys are vital organs. they are essential for

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homeostasis ad maintenance of life

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What happens if the kidneys fail

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nitrogenous waste products (i.e urea and ammonia) can accumulate and reach toxic levels

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5 functions of the kidneys include

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waste excretion
homeostasis of body fluids
BP homeostasis
hormone production
blood glucose control

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Low BP stimulates the production of

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renin
(enzyme which activates angiotensin aka blood protein) which increases BP

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what hormone is produced by the kidney? what does this hormone stimulate

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produces erythropoietin (EPO). this stimulates RBC production in bone marrow

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9
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the kidney also activates what vitamin

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vitamin D

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10
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where are the kidneys located

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retroperitoneal space under back muscles in upper abdomen (protected by lower ribcage)

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Blood enters kidney via

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renal artery

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blood leaves the kidney through what and goes into where?

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leaves via renal vein and goes into inferior vena cava

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the kidney is what shape

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bean shaped

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Kidney structure: what is the hilum

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notch on medial border
(connects renal artery, renal vein and ureter to kidey)

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Kidney structure: what is the renal pelvis

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funnel shaped basin, forms upper end of ureter (lies inside kidney)

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16
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Calyces is

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Extensions/divisions of the renal pelvis

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17
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Kidney structure is divided into 2 regions which are

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Renal cortex
Renal medulla

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18
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Outer portion of the kidney

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Renal cortex

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Inner portion of kidney; contains tubes in which urine is formed and collected

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Renal medulla

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20
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Within the renal medulla there is renal pyramids which are

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Cone shaped, formed from tubes and points toward renal pelvis

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Highly convoluted microscopic functional (filtration) unit; over a million in each kidney

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Nephron

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22
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Afferent arteriole brings blood to

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The glomerulus

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Efferent arteriole carries blood from the

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Glomerulus

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Renal corpuscle contains the

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Bowman capsule and glomerulus

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Cup shaped top of a nephron (drains into tubule)
Bowman capsule
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What is the glomerulus? What does it filter
Network of blood capillaries tucked into the bowman capsule; filters waste from the blood
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Renal tubule contains? (4)
Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) Henle loop Distal convoluted tubule (DCT) Collecting duct (CD)
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Glomerular filtration occurs continuously, it is described as the movement of
Water and dissolved substances under pressure from the glomeruli blood into the bowman capsule
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What occurs after the process of filtration
Tubular reabsorption
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Tubular reabsorption involves the movement of water and other needed substances from the
Filtrate back into the blood
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In tubular reabsorption water and glucose and ions leave the tubule and enter the surrounding tissue fluid by several processes which are
Diffusion Osmosis Active transport
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What remain in the tubule in tubular reabsorption
Urea and other waste products
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What occurs before the filtrate leaves the body as urine
Tubular secretion
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Tubular secretion involves movement of substances from the
Blood (in peritubular capillaries) into the distal and collecting ducts
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Hydrogen ions, potassium ions, urea, uric acid, creatinine and certain drugs are secreted by
Active transport
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What is secreted by diffusion
Ammonia
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What influences the amount of water that is eliminated with the urine
ADH (Antidiuretic hormone)
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ADH allows more water to be reabsorbed so less is
Excreted with the urine
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ADH ____ the urine
Concentrates
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Juxtaglomerular (JG) apparatus consists of specialized cells in the kidney, what does it regulate
Blood pressure
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Changes in blood pressure are detected by measuring
Tubular sodium content
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Decreased sodium content (thus BP) ____ renin production (enzyme)
Increases
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What participates in the production of angiotensin II
Renin
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Angiotensin II raises
Blood pressure (Vasoconstriction, increased ADH production, increased aldosterone production)
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What are long slender muscular tubes that contain stretchable transitional epithelial cell lining
Ureters
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The urinary bladder is an elastic muscular organ, capable of great expansion. Lines by mucous membranes. Function include?
Storage of urine before voiding Voiding
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The floor of the bladder is the
Trigone
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When the urinary bladder is empty it is located below the
Parietal peritoneum and behind the pubic joint
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If the urinary bladder is full it pushes the peritoneum
Upward and may extend well into the abdominal cavity proper **unprotected**
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What is the tube that extends from the bladder to the outside and carries the urine
Urethra
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What are the 2 function of the male urethra
-Terminal portion of the urinary tract -Passageway for transport of the reproductive fluid from the body
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The female urethra function is
Terminal portion of urinary tract only
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To leave the body, urine passes from
The bladder down the urethra out of its external opening the urinary meatus
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The continuity of the urinary mucous lining accounts for the fact that an infection of the urethra may
Spread upward through the urinary tract
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The terms micturition, urination and voiding all refer to the
Passage of urine from the body or the emptying of the bladder
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What are the two regulatory sphincters
-Internal urethral sphincter (involuntary control @bladder exit) -external urethral sphincter (voluntary control formed by the muscles of the pelvic floor)
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In urinary retention the kidneys produce urine but for one reason or another
The bladder does not empty itself
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Urinalysis is the
Physical, chemical and microscopic examination of urine

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