Microanatomy -Urinary System

Kidney:
removal of ____________ and ___________

elimination of excess ______________ and ______________

regulation of blood ______________ and ___________________

regulation of ___________________ and _______________ and __________________

______________________

aids in _____________________
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Kidney:
removal of ____________ and ___________

elimination of excess ______________ and ______________

regulation of blood ______________ and ___________________

regulation of ___________________ and _______________ and __________________

______________________

aids in _____________________
metabolic wastes , toxins

nutrients , hormones

volume , pressure

electrolytes, body pH, ionic balance

erythropoiesis

calcium absorption
Urinary bladder stores urine allowing urination to be _____________ and ____________

Bladders wall ___________ and ____________ to store urine and ____________ and __________ to empty urine through the urethrea
infrequent, controlled

relax, expand
contract, flatten
Urethra allows urine to pass outside ___________
the body
Kidney possess a ____________ and _______________ border the latter of which is known as a ___________

Each kidney has a ____________ and is divided into a ______________ and a __________________


vital organs for maintaining the body's _____________________
convex, concave, hilum

capsule, cortex and medulla

stable internal environment (homeostasis)
Renal capsule of Kidney is made out of and does what
tough fibrous dense irregular CT; protects against trauma and infection
Kidney Cortex - Renal corpuscles, PCT and DCT

Kidney Medulla - tubules, collecting ducts and loop of henle
outer area, directly below renal capsule, houses filtration structures (nephrons)

Interior section, houses 6-18 renal pyramids, parallel bundles of collection tubules
Renal corpuscle: _____________ + ___________________ it is the blood filtering component of the nephron
bowman's capsule, glomerulus
Nephron is the ________________
basic functional unit of the kidney
T/F
Collecting duct is not part of the nephron.
True
Blood enters the renal corpuscle via ______________ and then leaves via ________________

The part of the renal corpuscle where afferent and efferent arterioles are located is known as the ______________________. On the opposite end of the vascular pole is where the renal tubule begins and is known as the _____________
afferent arteriole, efferent arterioles

vascular pole, urinary pole