Urinary System Flashcards
Filter plasma and plasma constituents from the blood
Kidney
4 structures of kidney
Hilus
Renal sinus
Renal pelvis
Capsule
Depressed portion of kidney where the artery, read, nerves, lymph vessels, and ureters pass
Hilus
Continuation of the hilus, lodges the renal pelvis, calices, vessels,nerves, and fat
Renal sinus
Connective tissue that covers the kidney
Capsule
The functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
Site of filtration of blood plasma
Renal corpuscle
Expulsion of urine from the bladder
Micturition
Secretes renin
Granular cells
Kidneys use to filter excess slid and waste products out of the blood into the urine collecting tubules of the kidney
Glomerular filtration
Complete suppression of urine
Anuria
Difficult or painful urination
Dysuria
Scanty or little urine
Oliguria
Excessive urination
Polyuria
Cells in the bowman’s capsule in the kidneys that wrap around capillaries of the glomerulus
Podocytes