URINARY SYSTEM Flashcards
- receive 25 percent of the cardiac output
- major excretory organs of the urinary system
- produces urine
Kidneys
- receive urine from the kidneys
- conduct urine to the urinary bladder by gravity and peristalsis
ureters
- receives and stores urine
- contraction of muscle in walls drives urination
urinary bladder
- conducts urine from the bladder to outside the body
urethra
- adjusting blood volume and blood pressure
- regulation of blood plasma concentrations of sodium, potassium, chloride, and other ions
- stabilizing blood pH
- conserving valuable nutrients by preventing their loss in urine
- removing drugs and toxins from the bloodstream
Functions of the urinary system
- paired
- reddish, bean-shaped
Kidneys
- Kidney is a retroperitoneal organ because its location is ______________
posterior to the peritoneum of the abdominal cavity
Kidneys are located between the levels of the last _________ vertebrae and ____________ vertebrae, partially protected by the ______ and _______ ribs
- thoracic
- 3rd lumbar
- 11th
- 12th
- ________ kidney is lightly lower than the ________ because of the liver occupying the space on the right side above the kidney
right, left
Length of kidney?
10 - 12 cm
width of kidney
5 - 7 cm
thickness of kidney?
3cm
Weight of kidney?
135 - 150 grams
Indentation at the center of a kidney is called what?
renal hilum
Part of kidney where the ureter, blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics emerge
Renal hilum
3 coverings of the kidney
- renal capsule (fibrous capsule)
- adipose capsule (perinephric fat)
- renal fascia (gerota’s fascia)
- covers the outer surface of the kidney
- projects collagen fibers through the perinephric fat to the renal fascia
Renal capsule (fibrous capsule)
- Covering of the kidney consisting of thick layer of adipose tissue
adipose capsule (perinephric fat)
- covering of the kidney that anchors kidney to the surrounding structures
renal fascia (Gerota’s fascia)
- innermost layer
- smooth, transparent sheet of dense irregular connective tissue continuous with the other coat of the ureter
- serves as a barrier for trauma
- helps maintain the shape of the kidney
Renal capsule
- middle layer
- mass of fatty tissue surrounding the renal capsule
- also protects the kidney from trauma and holds it firmly in place within the abdominal cavity
Adipose capsule (perinephric fat)
- outer most layer
- thin layer of dense irregular connective tissue
- anchors kidney to the surrounding structures and to the abdominal wall
Renal fascia (Gerota’s fascia)
2 regions of the kidney?
- renal cortex
- renal medulla
- superficial light red region
- smooth texture
- extends from renal capsule, the bases of renal pyramids and into the bases between them
renal cortex
- periods of cortex that extend between the renal pyramids
renal columns of Bertini
- deep, darker reddish brown inner region
- consists of several renal pyramids
renal medulla
- cone shaped
- base (wider end) faces the cortex
- apex (narrower end) points towards the renal hilum
renal pyramid
apex of renal pyramid is also known as?
renal papilla
- these constitute the parenchyma of the kidney
- contains millions of nephrons
Renal cortex and renal pyramids of the renal medulla
functional unit of the kidney
nephron
middle indentation in the kidney
renal hilum
collects urine from a single kidney lobe
minor calyx
forms from the fusion of 4-5 minor calyces
major calyx
- funnel-shaped structure that collects urine from major calyces
- continuous with the ureter
renal pelvis
filtrate formed by the nephrons drain into the large ___________ which extend through the renal papillae of the pyramids
papillary ducts
papillary ducts drain into the __________________
minor and major calyces
pathway of filtrate/urine?
- collecting ducts
- papillary ducts
- minor calyces
- major calyces
- renal pelvis
- ureters
- urinary bladder
once the filtrate enters the calyces it becomes urine because ___________________
no further reabsorption can occur
2 components of nephron
- renal corpuscle
- renal tubule
in this component:
* blood pressure forces water and solutes out of the glomerular capillaries in process called filtration
* produces filtrate that is collected in the surrounding capsular space
renal corpuscle