Urinary System (part 2)

Question 1

The order of urinary organs from top to bottom

Answer 1

Kidney
Ureters
Urinary Bladder
Urethra

Question 2

Kidney

Answer 2

Forms and collects urine : urine into the renal pelvis then it goes thru the hilum then passes into the ureters

Question 3

Ureters

Answer 3

Tubers that take urine form the kidneys tot he urinary bladder

Question 4

Urinary bladder

Answer 4

Hollow, muscular organ, made of elastic fibers, transitional epithelial tissue, and smooth muscle that stores and releases urine

Question 5

Urethra

Answer 5

Narrow tube that carries urine to the outside of the body

Question 6

Internal sphincters Function

Answer 6

Involuntary control opens/relaxes when bladder stretches when filled with urine (like water balloon) and signals to the CNS the need for urination

Question 7

External sphincters Function

Answer 7

Voluntary control allow urine to leave

Question 8

Glomerulus

Answer 8

Tuft of coiled arterioles

Question 9

Glomerular capsule (Bowman’s capsule)

Answer 9

Saclike structure that surrounds glomerulus; it collects filtrate from the glomerulus

Question 10

Threshold

Answer 10

Limit to quantity of a specific substance that can be reabsorbed

Question 11

Spilling Over

Answer 11

Passing the threshold level and releasing excess into urine

Question 12

Antiduiretic Hormone (ADH)

Answer 12

Controls the amount of water reabsorbed by distal convoluted tubule = amount of water released to urine