Urinary system Flashcards
4 major organs of the urinary system
kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
Where does water collect and stagnant?
Trigony- depression in the bladder
Why is it easier for females to get bladder infections?
shorter urethra; cystitis, UTI
What do kidneys do?
- filter blood
- remove toxins/wastes from blood
- buffer system pH of kidneys; narrow range
- regulate bv/urine
Renin is the regulation of?
Blood pressure & kidney function
Erythropoitin regulates what?
RBC production
Where are the kidneys located?
Retroperitoneal; superior lumbar region
Which kidney is lower/higher?
right is lower than the left
What structures enter/exit the hilum?
Blood vessels; renal vein/renal artery
Lymphatics
Nerves
Ureters
Superficial region with over 1 million renal corpuscles & is like a nephron
renal cortex
Triangular renal pyramids are separated by columns in this region
renal medulla
Tip of the pyramid, releases urine into minor calyx
papilla
Renal pyramids are separated by
renal columns
What moves through the columns?
Arteries & veins; blood
Where do the arteries/veins (blood) plug in to?
Nephrons
What are nephrons?
Blood filters
How many nephrons per kidney?
1.5 million
At the base of each pyramid, urine moves to the ‘cups’ called
minor calyx
What are major calyxes?
Branching channels of renal pelvis
What do major calyces do?
collect urine from minor calyces & empty urine into ureters
There a re millions of nephrons inside the
renal corpuscle
What two things make up the renal corpuscle?
glomerulus & glomerular capsule
What kind of arteriole plugs into the glomerulus?
Afferent arteriole
What kind of arteriole comes out of the glomerulus?
Efferent arteriole
Why is blood pressure high in the glomerulus
Afferent arterioles are smaller than efferent arterioles
The loop of henle is aka as the
nephron loop