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Urinary System Flashcards

1
Q

Kidneys

A

Filter blood

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2
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How much blood do the kidneys filter per day?

A

180 L

48 Gal

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3
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Nephron

A

Concentrate filtrate into urine

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4
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Glomerulus

A

Coiled capillary where filtering occurs

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5
Q

How much blood is reabsorbed in kidney?

A

99%

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6
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How much urine is produced a day?

A

1-1.5 L

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7
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Renal Pelvis

A

Basin/funnel like part of the proximal part of the ureter in the kidney

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8
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Ureters

A

Transport urine from kidneys to bladder

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9
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Urinary Bladder

A

Holds urine

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10
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Urethra

A

Releases urine to outside of body

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11
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Functions of Urinary System (5)

A 
Waste removal
Water balance
Salt balance Na+/K+
pH balance
B.P. Control
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12
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Combining Forms For Kidney (2)

A

Nephro

Reno

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13
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Combining Form For Urine

A

Urino

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14
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Suffix for Urine

A

Uria

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15
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Combining Form For Ureters

A

Uretero

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16
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Combining Form For Urinary Bladder

A

Cysto

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17
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Combining Form For Urethra

18
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Combining Form For Glomerulus

19
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Combining Form For Renal Pelvis

20
Q

Cystitis

A

Bladder Infection

Lower UTI

21
Q

Symptoms of cystitis

A

Frequency

Dysuria

22
Q

Frequency

A

You feel like you have to go pee, but you have nothing in your bladder

23
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What causes frequency?

A

Inflammation

24
Q

Dysuria

A

Pain with urination

25
Q

Pyelonephritis

A

Infection within kidney and renal pelvis
Upper UTI
Flank pain

26
Q

What is the treatment for pyelonephritis?

A

Antibiotics

27
Q

Hematuria

A

Blood in urine

28
Q

Glucose in urine

A

Glycosuria

Glucosuria

29
Q

Nocturia

A

Excessive urination at night

30
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Enuresis

A

Involuntary discharge of urine

31
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Incontinence

A

Inability to control urine or stool

32
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Nocturnal enuresis

A

Bedwetting

33
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Oliguria

A

Very little urination

34
Q

Polyuria

A

Excessive urination

35
Q

Nephrectomy

A

Surgical removal of a kidney

36
Q

Kidney Stones

A

Nephrolithiasis

Renal calcus

37
Q

Why do kidney stones happen?

A

Crystals forming from dehydration

38
Q

What causes the pain with kidney stones?

A

The muscle contractions in ureters

39
Q

Treatment for kidney stones

A

Wait and see method
Lithotripsy
Surgery

40
Q

Lithotripsy

A

Sit in water bath and a lithotripter (sound wave machine) is used to break apart stone to pass easier bc it was too big originally

41
Q

Staghorn Calculus

A

Fills whole renal pelvis and looks like antlers

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