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Kedneys produce the hormone ___ to stimulate red blood cell production in bone marrow.
Erythropoietin
Term used to compare how much heavier urine is than distilled water
Specific Gravity
The filtering unit of the kidney is the
Nephron
Each kidney contains approximately __ nephrons.
1,000,000
_____ is the pigment that results form the body`s destruction of hemoglovin.
Urochrome
Kidneys produce the enzyme ____ to help regulate blood pressure.
Glucose
Slender tupe that extends form the kidney to the urinary bladder
Ureter
The kidneys are embedded in a mass adipose tissue surronuded by the supporting tissue called the
Renal Fascia
which of hte following is not included in urine formation
excretion
the glomerulus produces ____, which is blood plasma without blood cells.
Filtrate
Kedneys produce the hormone ___ to stimulate red blood cell production in bone marrow.
Erythropoietin
Term used to compare how much heavier urine is than distilled water
Specific Gravity
The filtering unit of the kidney is the
Nephron
Each kidney contains approximately __ nephrons.
1,000,000
_____ is the pigment that results form the body`s destruction of hemoglovin.
Urochrome
Kidneys produce the enzyme ____ to help regulate blood pressure.
Glucose
Slender tupe that extends form the kidney to the urinary bladder
Ureter
The kidneys are embedded in a mass adipose tissue surronuded by the supporting tissue called the
Renal Fascia
which of hte following is not included in urine formation
excretion
the glomerulus produces ____, which is blood plasma without blood cells.
Filtrate
knot of blood vessels in the Bowman`s capsule
Glomerulus
Blood vessel entering the Bowman`s capsule
ureters
Outer region of the kidney that arches over the pyramids and dips vetween the pyramids forming the renal columns
Renal cortex
Scientific term for coiding or reliecing the bladder
micturition
blood vessel that leaces the Bowman`s capsule
`Efferent arteriole
Area of the tubule from the loop of henle to the collecting duct
Distal Tubule
Opening through which the blood vessels and ureters enter the kidney
Hilus
Tubes that transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
ureters
Extensions of hte renal cortex that dips between the pyramids
Renal columns
Cup-Shaped end of the nephron composed of two layers of cells
Bowman`s Capsule
Region of the kidney that forms the upper expanded end of the ureter
Renal Pelvis
Area of the tubule form the capsule to the loop of henle
Proximal tubule
Microscopic filtering of the kidney
nephron
small tube that empties the urinary bladder to the outside
urethra
Darker region of the pyramid containing the renal pyramids and the renal columns
Renal medulla
Funnel shaped structures of hte renal pelvis that recevie urine from the renal medulla
calyx
The end of the pyramid facing the pelvis forms a sieve. This end of the pyramid is known as the
Papilla
The ventricles are
.
Vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called
arteries
the heart chamber that receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava is the
right atrium
Blood entering the right atrium
is doxygenated
Oxygenated blood from the lungs is recevied by the
left atrium
where are the cells that make up the sinoatrial node, or pacemaker, located?
right atrium
what is the correct direction of blood flow
Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery
The human circulatory system does not include what
Lymph
The heart is dicided into left and right halves by the
septum
blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the
left atrium
if a blood vessel has valves it probably
is a vein
what is not a blood vessel
lymphatic cell
Th function of valves in the human circulatory system is to
prevent backward flow of blood
the only artery or arteries in the body to carry deoxygenated blood is the
pulmonary arteries
the right and left coronary arteries branch form the base of the __ and encircle the heart in the atrioventricular groove.
Aorta
the pulmonary circut pump is th ___ of the heart
Right side
___ prevends back flow into the left atrium
bicuspid valve
prevents backflow into the right atrium
tricuspid
allows blood to pass from the left ventricle into the aorta
Aortic semilunar valve
prevents backflow of blood into the right ventricle
Pulmonary semilunar valve
allows blood to flow from the right atrium into the right ventricl
tricuspid`
the visceral pericardium is the same as the
Epicardium
Heart muscle
Myocardium
the only artery or arteries in the body to carry deoxygenated blood is the
pulmonary arteries
the right and left coronary arteries branch form the base of the __ and encircle the heart in the atrioventricular groove.
Aorta
the pulmonary circut pump is th ___ of the heart
Right side
___ prevends back flow into the left atrium
bicuspid valve
prevents backflow into the right atrium
tricuspid
allows blood to pass from the left ventricle into the aorta
Aortic semilunar valve
prevents backflow of blood into the right ventricle
Pulmonary semilunar valve
allows blood to flow from the right atrium into the right ventricl
tricuspid`
the visceral pericardium is the same as the
Epicardium
Heart muscle
Myocardium
The hear strings
Chordae tendineae
supplier of blood for the myocardium
coronary arteries
node located at the base of the right atrium; between the atrium and vertricle
AV node
Pacemake of the heart
SA node
thin lining of the inside of the heart
endocardium
term given to the flaps of the atrioventricular valves
cusps
smaller branches of the bundle fibers that go around the apex and up the side of the ventricles
perkenje network