Urinary System Flashcards
This area of the kidney is known as:
Renal Cortex
This area of the kidney is known as:
Renal Medulla
This part of the kidney is the:
Renal Pyramid
The point of the Renal pyramids are called:
Papillae
These tubes are called:
Minor Calyx
This part of the kidney is called:
Major Calyx
This region is called:
Renal Pelvis
This is the:
Glomerulus
What part of the nephron is this?
Bowman’s Capsule
What part of the nephron is this?
PCT
What part of the nephron is this?
Ascending Loop of Henle
What part of the nephron is this?
Descending Loop of Henle
What part of the nephron is this?
DCT
The long straight tube down the medulla:
Collecting tubule
What is this?
Renal Artery
and Renal Vein
These are the:
Segmental Arteries and Veins
Travel between the pyramid:
Interlobar Artery and Vein
Branches from segmental artery:
Lobar artery and vein
Follow flat region of pyramid:
Arcuate arteries and veins
The arteries and veins that branch from the arcuate:
Interlobular arteries and veins
Branch from Interlobular artieries:
Afferent Arteriole
Lead out of the Bowman’s Capsule
Efferent Arteriole
Branch from the efferent arterioles:
Vasa Recta
Lead from Kidneys to the bladder:
Ureters
Stores urine
Urinary Bladder
Leads urine out of body:
Urethra
Muscle of Bladder:
Detrusor Muscle
Triangular region marked by openings:
Trigone
