Urinary System EXAM TWO

Question 1

Albuminuria

Answer 1

Protein in the urine.

Question 2

Micturition

Answer 2

The act of eliminating from the bladder, voiding, urination.

Question 3

Dysuria

Answer 3

Painful urination.

Question 4

Ureter

Answer 4

Muscular lined tubes that carry urine from kidney to bladder.

Question 5

Pyuria

Answer 5

Pus in the urine.

Question 6

Renal calculi

Answer 6

Stone formation in the kidney.

Question 7

Urgency

Answer 7

A feeling to void immediately.

Question 8

Nephrons

Answer 8

Microscopic functional units that form urine by the process of filtration, reabsorption, and secretion.

Question 9

Urethra

Answer 9

Mucous membrane lined tube that leads from the bladder to the exterior of the body, carries urine away from the bladder.

Question 10

Calyx

Answer 10

A cuplike urine collection cavity found in the kidney.

Question 11

Medulla

Answer 11

The inner region of the kidney.