Lab Quiz - Digestive & Urinary System Definitions

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Dental Formula

Back 1

The number and relative position of deciduous and permanent teeth

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Bile

Back 2

Greenish-yellow or brown fluid produced in and secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and released into the small intestine`

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Peyer's Patches

Back 3

Lymphiod organs located inthe small intestine

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Villi

Back 4

Fingerlike projections of the small intestinal mucosa that increases its surface area for absorption

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Glomerular Filtration

Back 5

The flowrate of filtered fluid thru the kidney

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Glomerular Pressure

Back 6

An antidiuretic action that prevents the production of dilute urine (released by pituitary gland & made in the hypothalamus)

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Aldosterone

Back 7

Hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that regulates Na+ reabsorption and K+ secretion by kidneys

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Glucose in urine

Back 8

Glucose is not normally found in urine. When glucose shows up in urine it can be a sign of diabetes

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Specific gravity

Back 9

Term used to compare the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water

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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

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A peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.