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