Urinary System Flashcards
What is the function of the Urinary System?
The kidneys,ureters, bladder, and urethra form a filitration system that regulates the ionic composition of the blood and body fluids and elminates wastes.
What is the urinary system made up of?
Kidneys
Ureters
Urinary bladder
Urethra
What the 3 regions of the cortex?
Renal cortex (superficial) Renal Medulla (deeper) Renal sinus
What is the function of the kidneys?
Regulates:
Electrolytes, pH
Blood pressure, blood volume and osmolarity
Hormones (renin, EPO)
Filters blood to remove waste
Draw and label the Kidney.
Frontal section of the right kidney
What are the 3 layers of the kidney?
Renal Fascia
Adipose Capsule
Renal Capsule
What is the renal fascia?
Attached to the abdominal wall–outer layer of dense irregular connective tissue
What is the adipose capsule?
Adipose tissue–used for protection and padding
What is the renal capsule?
thin fibrous membran–covers the outer surface of the kidney; innermost
When can you call urine , urine?
When it enters in the collecting ducts
What happens in the beginng before urine forms?
Goes in glomerulus which contains blod, then it filtrates into the tubules
What are ureters?
Carries urine from the internal orfice to the external urethral orifice where urine exits the body–has transitional epithelium
How does the urine proprel out?
By perstalsis, hydrostatic pressure,and gravity
What is the function of the urinary bladder?
Micturition
What smooth muscle does the uninary bladder have?
Detrusor muscle