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68 Cards in this Set
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Outer shell of the kidney
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Rental capsule
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The kidney substance
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Cortex and medulla
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what does the rental artery do
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brings fresh blood into the kidney
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what does the renal vein do
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takes blood away. carries 99% of the fluid which is called filtrate which is plasma.
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Takes blood away from the Bowman's capsule
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efferent arteriole
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When the efferent arterioles split up and wrap around the tubes what are they called
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peritubular capillaries
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a mixture of good and bad blood
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filtrate
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What is the level of exchange?
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peritubular capillaries
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Insufficient production of urine
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Oliguria
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Lack of urine production
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Anuria
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Urinary incontinence
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enuresus
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Constituents of urine in the blood
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Uremia
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Blood in the urine
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Hematuria
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AKA for the pituitary gland
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Hypophysis / Master gland
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One of the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland
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Antidiuretic hormone
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What's a diuretic?
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Something that makes one urinate like coffee.
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– Lack of production of the antidiuretic hormone (ADH), causing a person to urine way too much
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diabetes insipidus
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Excessive thirst in connection with diabetes insipidus
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Polydipsia
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Excessive hunger
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Polyphagia
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Excessive urination
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Polyuria
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Reproductive cells
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Gametes-- sperm and oocyte
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Reproductive organs
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Gonads
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Undescended testicle.
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Cryptorchidism
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the protrusion of some body part through a muscular wall
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Hernia
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Where the sperm is stored
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epididymis
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Extension of that tube
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ductus deferens or vas deferens
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Thing in males located at the base of the bladder and what it does.
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Prostate - provides lubricants that help form semen
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the fluid sperm swim in
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semen
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Two glands which provide further lubricating fluid and another name for it
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Cowper’s gland – a.k.a. Bulbourethral glands
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uterus aka
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womb
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On either side of the uterus
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Fallopian tube or uterine tube
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At the end of each Fallopian tube
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frimbriae
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Fertilized ovum
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Zygote
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a mature egg cell released during ovulation from an ovary.
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Ovum
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Zygote grows into an
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embryo
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After two or three months it will be a
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fetus
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a pregnancy occurring outside of the uterus
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Ectopic pregnancy
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a pregnancy occurring in the Fallopian tube
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Intrauterine
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The muscular structure of the uterus
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Myometrium
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– the delicate tissue lining of the uterus
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Endometrium
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Exaplain a follicle
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inside is an oocyte- over the months it grows until the follicle is ruptured and the ovum comes out
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What’s left of the follicle becomes what is called the
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Corpus luteum
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Process of releasing the ovum
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Ovulation
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What do kidneys do?
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Remove toxins, cleans blood, conserves water, 1300 ml fluid every minute
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Presence of urinary constituents in the blood.
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Uremia
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glands that sit on top of each kidney
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Adrenal gland
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The fucntional unit of the kidney
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Nephrons
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What are nephrons composed of?
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Glomerulus, Bowman's capsule, capillaries, proximal henle, loop of henle, distal tubule, convoluted tubule, collecting duct.
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Three parts of the kidney
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Cortex, medulla, nephrons
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Artery that brings blood to the kidney
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Renal artery
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Offshoot of the rental artery
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arteriole
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Tangle of capillaries in the Bowman's capsule
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Glomerulus
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Bowman's capsule is filled with
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plasma
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twisted tube connected to the Bowman's capsule
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Proximal convoluted tubule
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If an egg does not beocme fertilized, it is
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corpus albacans
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Inner portion of the kidney is mostly
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medulla/pyramid
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Made up by the collecting ducts
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pyramids
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chemical part of the urine
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urea
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Tubes that go from the kidneys to the bladder
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ureters
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upper flared portion of the ureter
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renal pelvis
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proximal end of the ureter
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pelvis
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spout that urine comes out of
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urethra
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A person will feel the urge to urinate when the bladder is...
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50 to 75 percent full
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The bladder is a ___ organ
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distensible
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muslce that helps a person urinate
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detrusor muscle
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aka for urination
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micturition
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kidney stone
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nephrolith or renal calculus
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when parts of urine get into the blood
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uremia
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