Ch15 Terms

Front 1

Body weight water content (percent for male and female)

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50% male 60% female

Front 2

Size of adult kidney

Back 2

5in x 2.5in x 1in

Front 3

Size of ureter

Back 3

10-12 inches x ¼ inch diameter

Front 4

Size of bladder

Back 4

empty 2-3in long, moderately full 5in long

Front 5

Bladder holds how much?

Back 5

500ml (1 pint) of urine, max capacity over 1000 (1 liter)

Front 6

What is the rate of filtration of blood?

Back 6

¼ blood supply/minute

Front 7

What filtrate % returns to blood?

Back 7

99%

Front 8

Urethra length

Back 8

female 1.5 inch, male 8 inch

Front 9

Every 24 hrs, how much blood is filtered and how much urine is produced?

Back 9

150-180 liters of blood, 1-1.8 liters of urine

Front 10

Ph level of urine

Back 10

6

Front 11

Olguria ml/day?

Back 11

100-400 ml/day

Front 12

Anuria ml/day?

Back 12

<100 ml/day

Front 13

Water or salt flows first?

Back 13

salt

Front 14

Prevents excessive water loss

Back 14

ADH (antidiuretic hormone)

Front 15

amino acid associated with creatine in the muscle tissue

Back 15

Creatinine

Front 16

inflammation of the urinary bladder

Back 16

Cystitis

Front 17

hormone that helps regulate blood composition and blood volume by acting on the kidney

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aldosterone

Front 18

closed, encapsulated , cup-shaped; surrounds the glomerulus

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Bowman’s capsule

Front 19

synthetic filtration

Back 19

dialysis

Front 20

Painful urination

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dysuria

Front 21

ADH is not released and huge amounts of very dilute urine flush from the body day after day

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diabetes insipidus

Front 22

fluid passing through the blood

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filtration

Front 23

glomerular filters become clogged with antigen-antibody complexes resulting from strp infection

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glomerulonephritis

Front 24

knot of capillaries

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glomerulus

Front 25

synthetic filtration using artificial kidney

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hemodialysis

Front 26

urine unable to pass (void) and backing up

Back 26

hydronephrosis

Front 27

urethral oraphace is located on the ventral surface of the penis (found in male babies only)

Back 27

hypospadias

Front 28

uncontrollable voiding

Back 28

incontinence

Front 29

procedure that uses ultrasound waves to shatter kidney stones

Back 29

lithotripsy

Front 30

emptying bladder

Back 30

micturition

Front 31

structural and functional (filtering) units of the kidneys

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nephrons

Front 32

poorly absorbed, if at all

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nitrogenous waste

Front 33

the need to get up during the night to urinate

Back 33

nocturia

Front 34

the kidney drops from its usual position, can lead to pinching the ureters

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ptosis

Front 35

inflammation of the kidney

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pyelonephritis

Front 36

octopus like cell, outer layer

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podocytes

Front 37

excreting large volumes of urine and lose tremendous amounts of salt and water

Back 37

polyuria

Front 38

degenerative condition where one or both kidneys are enlarged and may have blister like sacs containing urine

Back 38

polycysitc kidney

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minute reabsorptive canals made up of basement membrane and lined with epithelium, composing the substance of the kidney and secreting, collecting, and conducting the urine

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renal tubule

Front 40

smooth triangular region of the bladder

Back 40

trigone

Front 41

useful substances reclaimed

Back 41

tubular reabsorption

Front 42

emptying bladder

Back 42

voiding

Front 43

inflammation of the urethra

Back 43

urethritis

Front 44

pigment that gives urine its yellow tint, results from the bodies destruction of hemoglobin

Back 44

urochrome

Front 45

blood clot in the urethra

Back 45

uremia

Front 46

end product of protein passed through the liver

Back 46

urea

Front 47

amnio acid released when nucleic acid is released

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uric acid

Front 48

unable to void

Back 48

urinary retention