Urinary Vocabulary Flashcards
A vessel of the renal vascular system that carries blood from a glomerulus to a peritubular capillary.
Efferent arteriole
A round mass of nerves or blood vessels, especially the microscopic tuft of capillaries that is surrounded by the glomerular (Bowman’s) capsule of each kidney tubule.
Glomerulus
A double-walled epithelial cup at the proximal end of a nephron that encloses the glomerular capillaries.
Glomerular (Bowman’s ) capsule
The fluid produced when blood is filtered by the filtration membrane in the glomeruli of the kidneys.
Glomerular filtrate
Consists of the macula densa (cells of the distal convoluted tubule adjacent to the afferent and efferent arteriole) and juxtaglomerular cells (modified cells of the afferent and sometimes efferent arteriole); secretes renin when blood pressure starts to falls.
Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)
The act of expelling urine from the urinary bladder. Also called urination.
Micturation
The functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
A glomerulus (Bowman’s) capsule and its enclosed glomerulus.
Renal corpuscle.
A cavity in the center of the kidney formed by the expanded, proximal portion of the ureter, lying within the kidney, and into which major calyces.
Renal pelvis
A triangular structure in the renal medulla containing the straight segments of renal tubles and the vasa recta.
Renal Pyramid
One of two tubes that connect the kidney with the urinary bladder.
Ureter
The duct from the urinary bladder to the exterior of the body that conveys urine in females and urine and semen in males.
Urethra
A hollow, muscular organ situated in the pelvic cavity posterior to the pubic symphysis; receives urine via two ureters and stores urine until it is excreted through the urethra.
Urinary bladder.
A blood vessel of a kidney that divides into the capillary network called a glomerulus; there is one for each glomerulus
Afferent arteriole
