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- The organ that stores urine, before excretion.
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Urinary Bladder
2
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- The kidney is considered [___], it is located in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum.
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RetroPeritoNeal
3
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- The connective tissue covering the external surface of the kidney
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Renal capsule
4
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- Fatty mass that cushions the kidney, helps attach to the body wall
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Adipose Capsule
5
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- The outer layer of dense fibrous connective tissue that anchors the kidney
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renal fascia
6
Q
- The tube that carries urine from kidney to urinary bladder
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Ureter
7
Q
- Contains glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.
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Renal Cortex
8
Q
- Site of urine collection.
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Renal medulla
9
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- Contains pyramid papilla, collects its urine.
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Minor calyx
10
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- Formed by several calyces,
- it drains into the renal pelvis.
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Major calyx
11
Q
- The central collecting site.
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Renal Pelvis
12
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- Moves blood from the renal artery → interlobar artery
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Segmental artery
13
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- Moves blood from Segmental arteries → Arcuate arteries
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InterLobar arteries
14
Q
- Interlobar arteries → [___]
- Small vessels found at renal pyramids base.
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Arcuate arteries
15
Q
- Arcuate-arteries → [___]
- Supplies cortical tissue
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Cortical Radiate Arteries
16
Q
- Cortical-radiate-arteries → [___]
- Small blood vessels
- Approaches glomerulus (proximal part of the nephron)
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Afferent Arterioles
17
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- Afferent-arterioles → [___]
- Fenestrated vessels
- Allows passage of all plasma elements, but not blood cells.
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GloMeRular Capillaries
18
Q
- Glomerular-capillaries → [___]
- Small blood vessels
- Exits glomerulus
- Blood glomerulus filtration completion
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Efferent Arterioles
19
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- Most tubular reabsorption occurs.
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Proximal convoluted tubule
20
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- Tubular secretion of H+, potassium, and certain drugs
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Distal convoluted tubule
21
Q
- Efferent-arterioles → [___]
- Reabsorbed materials reenter the bloodstream
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PerituBular capillaries
22
Q
- Peritubular-capillaries → [___]
- Takes deoxygenated blood
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Cortical Radiate veins
23
Q
- Cortical-radiate-veins → [___]
- Receives blood that drains from the interlobular veins,
- Feeds into the interlobar veins
A
Arcuate veins
24
Q
- [___] → Renal-veins
- receives blood that drains from the arcuate veins
- Feeds to renal veins
A
Interlobar veins
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* Limits passaged of **formed-elements** (RBCs, WBCs and PLTs).
**Capillary Endothelium**
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* Limits passage of **large-proteins**.
**Basal lamina**
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* Limits passage of **small-proteins**.
* Porous membrane
**Podocyte**
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* reclaims reabsorbed substances,
* such as **water** and **sodium ions**.
**Vasa recta**
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* transports urine from kidney to bladder.
* Peristalsis
* hydrostatic pressure
* gravity.
**Ureter**
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* The Urinary bladder is [\_\_\_] shaped, formed by openings of the ureters and urethra.
**Trigone**
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* The [\_\_\_]-muscle in the urinary bladder constricts to assists in excreting urine (involuntary).
**Detrusor**
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* The [\_\_\_]-urinary bladder sphincter is voluntary.
**External**
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* formed by merger of several collecting ducts
**Renal papillary duct**
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* the location in the kidney where processed **filtrate**, called urine, is collected from the renal tubules
**Collecting duct**
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* supplies adrenal glands
**Suprarenal artery**
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* Extensions of renal cortex found in between renal pyramids
**Renal columns**
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* small projection that extends into each minor calyx
**Renal papilla**
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* triangular-shaped division of the medulla of the kidney
**Renal pyramid base**
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* reabsorbs **Na⁺** and **Cl⁻** from the filtrate into the interstitial fluid⁻
**Ascending nephron loop**
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* **reabsorption** of **water** continues through channels formed by aquaporin proteins
**Descending nephron limb**
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* Space in-between the Bowman's Capsule and Glomerulus
**Capsular space**
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* secretes renin in response to a drop in blood pressure
**Juxtaglomerular cell**
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* sodium concentration sensors of the tubular fluid
**Macula densa**
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* simple squamous epithelium and forms the outer wall of the capsule
**Parietal layer**
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**Pedicles** of a podocyte
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* Small enough to exclude blood cells
* Highly permeable
**Glomerular fenestrated endothelium**
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**Podocyte filtration slits**
