Week Nine: Null And Void Flashcards
What is the major waste product of protein metabolism
Urea
What is the main responsibility for the urinary system
Removal of wastes from the body
Combining forms for urine/urinary organs
Urin/o and ur/o
Urinary organs maintain proper balance of…
Water
Electrolytes
Acids in body fluids
Where is urine formed
Kidneys
Explain the flow of urine starting at the kidneys
Formed in kidneys
Flows trough ureters to urinary bladder
Stored in urinary bladder
Flows through the urethra and outside the body
Combining forms for kidney
Ren/o and nephr/o
Kidneys are located in what cavity
Retroperitoneal
Blood flows intro each kidney through the…
Renal artery
Blood leaves the kidney via the…
Renal vein
What is the outer layer of the kidney
Cortex
Where is the majority of nephrons located
Renal cortex
What is the inner layer of the kidneys called
Medulla
The medulla contains most of the…
Collecting tubules
What is a nephron
Functional unit of kidney
Where does filtration take place in a nephron
In the glomerulus
Where does reabsorption take place in a nephron
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of henle
Collecting tubule
Where does secretion take place in a nephron
Distal convoluted tubule
Combining form for glomerulus
Glomerul/o
What is the cluster of capillaries surrounded by bowmans capsule called
Glomerulus
What does glomerul/o mean
Wind into a ball
Plural form of glomerulus
Glomeruli
Combining form for renal pelvis
Pyel/o
What is the area of the kidney where the nephrons collect before entering ureters
Renal pelvis
What is the calyce
Cup that collects urine from the kidney
Singular form of calyces
Calyx
What is the point of attachment of renal blood vessels, nerves, and ureter
Hilus
Cattle have what type of kidneys
Lobulated
Right kidney of horses is _____ shaped
Heart
Combining form for ureters
Ureter/o
What carries urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
Ureter
The ureters enter the urinary bladder at the…
Trigone