Urinary System

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One of two bean-shaped organs that remove wastes from the blood and help maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body

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Kidney

Front 2

Cup-like structure that drains into the renal pelvis

Back 2

Calyx

Front 3

One of two vessels that branch off the abdominal aorta and supply the kidney with blood;

Back 3

Renal artery

Front 4

Outer part of the kidney

Back 4

Renal cortex

Front 5

Inner part of the kidney

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Renal medulla

Front 6

A reservoir in each kidney that collects urine

Back 6

Renal pelvis

Front 7

One of two blood vessels that drain the kidney and connect to the inferior vena cava

Back 7

Renal vein

Front 8

Microscopic functional unit of the kidney that forms urine; found in the cortex and medulla, it consists of a renal corpuscle and its associated tubule

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Nephron

Front 9

Structure composed of the glomerulus and the glomerular capsule

Back 9

Renal corpuscle

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One of several capillary clusters at the entrance of each nephron that initiate the process of filtering of the blood

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Glomerulus

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Sac that surrounds the glomerulus (tuft of capillaries) and marks the beginning of the nephron

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Glomerular capsule; bowman capsule

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Blood vessel that supplies the nephron

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Afferent nephron

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Tubule that connects the nephrons to the renal pelvis

Back 13

Collecting duct

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Segment of the nephron between the nephron loop and the collecting duct

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Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)

Front 15

Blood vessel that forms from the convergence of the glomerular capillaries; Takes blood to the capillaries of the proximal convoluted tubule

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Efferent arteriole

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U-shaped segment of the nephron between the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule

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Nephron loop

Front 17

Tiny blood vessels alongside the nephrons where reabsorption and secretion between the blood and nephron take place

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Peritubular capillaries

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Segment of the nephron between the glomerular capsule and the nephron loop

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Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)

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1 of 2 narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder

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Ureter

Front 20

Tubular structure through which urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

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Urethra

Front 21

Muscular organ that hold the urine until it is released

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Urinary bladder

Front 22

Muscle that forms the urinary bladder

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Detrusor muscle

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Opening that carries urine from the urethra to outside of the body; external urethral meatus (opening)

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External urethral orifice

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Triangular region at the base of the urinary bladder between the openings of to ureters and the urethra

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Trigone of bladder

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Water, waste products, and other substances secreted by the kidneys

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Urine

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Albumin/o

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Albumin

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Bacteri/o

Back 27

Bacteria

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Cyst/o

Back 28

Fluid-filled sac (urinary bladder)

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Enur/o

Back 29

To urinate in

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Glomerul/o

Back 30

Glomerulus

Front 31

Glyc/o, glycos/o

Back 31

Glucose, sugar

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Hemat/o

Back 32

Blood

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Hydr/o

Back 33

Water, fluid

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Lith/o

Back 34

Stone, calculus

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Meat/o

Back 35

Meatus (opening)

Front 36

Nephr/o

Back 36

Kidney

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Noct/i

Back 37

Night

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Olig/o

Back 38

Scanty, few

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Py/o

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Pus

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Py/o

Back 40

Pus

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Pyel/o

Back 41

Renal pelvis

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Ren/o

Back 42

Kidney

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Son/o

Back 43

Sound waves, sound

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Ureter/o

Back 44

Ureter

Front 45

Urethr/o

Back 45

Urethra

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Ur/o, urin/o

Back 46

Urine, urinary system/tract

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Vesicul/o, vesic/o

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Fluid filled sac (urinary bladder)

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Dys-

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Painful, difficult, abnormal

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Gluco-

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Glucose (sugar)

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Poly-

Back 50

Many, much

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Urea, urine

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Ure-

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-cele

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Herniation, protrusion

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-emia

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Blood (condition of)

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-iasis

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Condition of

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-esis

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Condition of

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-lith

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Stone, calculus

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-lysis

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Destruction, break down, separation

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, sagging, drooping

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-scopy

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Viewing or examining with an instrument

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-stenosis

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Structure, narrowing

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-stomy

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Surgical opening

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-uria

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Urine, urination

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Pertaining to that urinary bladder

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Cystic, vesical

Front 65

Pertaining to the organs of reproduction and urination

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Genitourinary

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Pertaining to the meatus

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Meatul

Front 67

To urinate

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Micturate

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Urination

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Micturation

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Pertaining to the kidney

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Nephric, renal

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Pertaining to the ureter

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Ureteral

Front 71

Pertaining to the urethra

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Urethral

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Pertaining to urine

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Urinary

Front 73

To pass urine

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Urinate, void