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Urinary System Flashcards

1
Q

What are the roles of the urinary system?

A

Filtration, Reabsorption and Secretion

Gluconeogenesis

Hormone production

Vitamin D metabolism

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2
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What are the glands that sit atop the kidneys?

A

Adrenal Glands

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3
Q

What are the tubes leading out of the kidneys to the bladder?

A

Ureters

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4
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How much blood do the kidneys filter?

A

200L / day

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5
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What are the main branches of arteries leading to the kidneys?

A

Renal

Segmental

Interlobar

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6
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What are the main branches of veins leading away from the kidneys?

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Arcuate

Interlobar

Renal

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7
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What are the two types of nephron?

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Cortical

Juxtamedullary

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8
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What is the structure labeled A?

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Cortex

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9
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What is the structure labeled B?

A

Medulla

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10
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What is the structure labeled C?

A

Renal Column

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11
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What is the structure labeled D?

A

Minor Calyses

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12
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What is the structure labeled E?

A

Renal Papillae

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13
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What is the structure labeled F?

A

Renal Pyramids

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14
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What is the structure labeled G?

A

Major Calyces

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15
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What is the structure labeled H?

A

Renal Pelvis

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16
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What is the structure labeled I?

17
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What is the structure labeled A?

A

Distal Convoluted Tubule

18
Q

What is the structure labeled B?

A

Proximal Convoluted Tubule

19
Q

What is the structure labeled C?

A

Renal Corpuscles

20
Q

What is the structure labeled D?

A

Collecting Duct

21
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What is the structure labeled E?

22
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What is the structure labeled F?

A

Descending Limb of Loop of Henle

23
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What is the structure labeled G?

A

Ascending Limb of Loop of Henle

24
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What is the structure labeled H?

A

Outer Medulla

25
Q

What is the structure labeled I?

A

Inner Medulla

26
Q

What is the structure labeled J?

A

Papillary Duct

27
Q

How do different foods affect the pH of urine?

A

Meat and Eggs are more acidic

Fruits and Vegetables are more alkaline

28
Q

What amount of protein should urine contain?

29
Q

What are visible on the glomerulus (cell structures)?

A

Podocytes

Foot Processes

Filtration Slits

30
Q

What is the opposite of clear urine?

31
Q

Is this the cortex or the medulla?

A

Cortex: Corpuscles

32
Q

Is this the cortex or the medulla?

33
Q

Is this the cortex or the medulla?

34
Q

Where are we? How can you tell?

A

Collecting Duct

Intercalated Cells

35
Q

What is in the box?

A

Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

36
Q

Where are the PCTs?

A

Fuzzy, pink insides

37
Q

What tissues make up the male and female urethra?

A

Proximal Male and Female: Pseudostratified Columnar

Distal Male and female: Nonkeratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelial

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