Urinary System chapter 13 Flashcards
EPO
hormone that stimulates RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
RENIN
ENZYME that functions to RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE and ANGIO TENSIN.
kidneys are located
BEHIND the PERIT-ON-EUM in the LUMBAR REGION.
BEHINE the PERIT-ON-EUM in the LUMBAR REGION
LOCATION of the kidneys.
outer region of the kidneys
CORTEX
renal CORTEX
inner region of the kidneys
MEDULLA
renal MEDULLA
inner region has divisions of
medulla is divided into TRIANGULAR sections
PYRAMIDS
renal PYRAMIDS
passage through the nephron
- Glomerulus
- Glomerular capsule (bowman)
- Proximal
- nephron loop (desending/asending)
- Distal tubule
- Calyx (collecting duct)
UREA
main waste material
Nitrogenous
RETURN process that nutrients are returned to the blood
through the peri-tubular capillaries is called
TUBULAR RE ABSORPTION
ADH
Anti-Diuretic-Hormone
promotes reabsorption of water
DIU-RESIS
INCREASE urine production
upside down triangle shape
TRI-GONE
circular muscles that surround URETHRA
SPHINC-TERS
EXTERNAL SPINC-TER
INVOLUNT-ARILY
INTERNAL SPINC-TER
CONTROLLED
unable to hold in urine
IN-CONT-INENCE
PYELO
RENAL PELVIS
RENO
KIDNEY
CYSTO
URINARY BLADDER
VESICO
URINARY BLADDER
STENOSIS
NARROWING
SEPSIS
INFECTION
OTOME
INSTRUMENT for incising
infection of KIDNEY and RENAL PELVIS
PYELO-NEPHR-ITIS
PUS in the URINE
PY-URIA
inflammation of GLOMERULI and KIDNEY
GLO-MERULO-NEPHR-ITIS
small passage of urine
OLIG-URIA
small forms of blood cells in kidney tubule
CASTS
urinary lithiasis
PRESENCE of STONES
CAL-CULI
STONES
Pain in the kidneys
RENAL COLIC
removal of stones in kidney
LITHO-TOMY
litho-tripsy
crushing of stones
viewing of the bladder
CYSTO-SCOPE
IILEAL conDUCT
SURGERY ureters are vented through the illeum when the nonfunctional bladder is removed
AZOT-EMIA
nitrogenous waste (urea) in the blood
poly-dipsia
excessive thirst
URETERO-CELE
DILATION of the ureter opening to the bladder
WILMS TUMOR
malignant kidney tumor appears in children
urin-o-meter
DEVICE measuring gravity of urine
LITHO-trite
INSTRUMENT for crushing a bladder stone