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Urinary System Flashcards

1
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What consists the Ureter?

A

AIMS
2 kidneys
2 ureters
Urinary bladder
Urethra

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2
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Site of Vitamin D activation

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Kidney

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3
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Protein in the kidney

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Renin

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4
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Bean shaped, about a size of a tightly clenched fist

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Kidney

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5
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Cavity filled with adipose tissue and connective tissue in the kidney

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Renal sinus

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6
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2 major regions of kidneys

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Outer cortex
Inner medulla

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7
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Where do you find renal pyramid?

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Outer medulla

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8
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Where can you find renal column?

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In between renal pyramid

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9
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A layer of fibrous connective tissues that surrounds the kidney.

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Renal capsule

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10
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Deep vertical slit through which a renal vessels, lymphatics, and nerves enter and leave the substance of the kidney

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Hilum of the kidney

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11
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Extensions of the renal cortex that project into the inner aspect of the kidney, dividing the renal medulla

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Renal columns

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12
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Parts of Kidney from lateral to medial

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Renal papilla ➡️ Minor calyx ➡️ Major calyx ➡️ Renal Pelvis

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13
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Parts of Kidney from lateral to medial

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Renal papilla ➡️ Minor calyx ➡️ Major calyx ➡️ Renal Pelvis

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14
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Histological and functional unit of the kidney

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Nephron

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15
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Histological and functional unit of the kidney

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Nephron

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16
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2 basic component of Nephron

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Renal corpuscles
Renal tubules

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17
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Parts of Renal Corpuscles

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Glomerulus
Bowman’s capsule

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18
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Parts of renal tubules

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Proximal convulated tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convulated tubule

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19
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Parts of renal tubules

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Proximal convulated tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convulated tubule

20
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Parts of Loop of Henle

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Thin descending limb
Thin ascending limb
Thick ascending limb

21
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A small mass of capillaries in the Kidney

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Glomerulus

22
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It houses the glomerulus

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Bowman’s capsule

23
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A small mass of capillaries called the glomerulus housed within a bowman’s capsule

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Renal corpuscles

24
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Other name for Renal Corpuscles

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Malpighian corpuscles

25
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How many membrane does Bowman’s capsule has?

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2 - double membrane

26
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2 layers of Bowman’s capsule

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Visceral/Internal
Parietal/Lateral/External

27
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What epithelium lines the proximal convulated tubules?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

28
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What convoluted tubule has a long or tall microvilli in the lumen that facilitates reabsorption

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Proximal Convoluted Tubule

29
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What epithelium lines the thin limbs of Loop of Henle?

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Simple squamous epithelium

30
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What epithelium lines the thick ascending limb of loop of henle?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

31
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What part of loop of henle that has no microvilli?

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Thick ascending limb

32
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A convoluted tubule that has small cells and with short microvilli

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Distal Convoluted Tubule

33
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What epithelium lines the distal convoluted tubule?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

34
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Tubes through which urine flows from the kidneys to the urinary bladder and extend inferiorly and medially from the renal pelvis at the renal hilum of each kidney to the urinary bladder

A

Ureters

35
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A hollow, muscular container that lies in the pelvic cavity just posterior to the symphysis pubis that stores urine

A

Urinary bladder

36
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Transports urine to the outside of the body, exits the urinary bladder inferiorly and anteriorly

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Urethra

37
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Transports urine to the outside of the body, exits the urinary bladder inferiorly and anteriorly

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Urethra

38
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Muscle that is responsible for the upward and downward mvt’ment of the urinary bladder

A

Detrusor M.

39
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Muscle that is connected to urethra

A

Trigone

40
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What urinary sphincter is only used in female?

A

External Urinary Sphincter

41
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Urinary sphincters used in male

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External and Internal Urinary Sphincter

42
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What muscle does internal Urinary Sphincter has?

A

Smooth muscle

43
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What type of muscle does external urinary sphincter has?

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Skeletal muscle

44
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Very large, bulbous cells of the superficial layer of ureter, bladder, and urethra

A

Umbrella Cells

45
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Nucleation of Umbrella Cells? (single, bi or multi)

A

Bi or multi

46
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Highly differentiated to protect underlying cells against the cytotoxic effects of hypertonic urine

A

Umbrella cells

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