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13 Cards in this Set
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Mucosa |
lined with transitional epithelium, which allows it to fill with urine. |
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Submucosa |
contains blood vessels, lymph vessels glands, and nerves. |
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Muscularis |
three layers of smooth muscle (detrusor muscle), similar to that of the stomach |
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Adventitia |
is the outer layer of connective tissue because the bladder is retroperitoneal |
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Transitional epithelium |
stratified because it consists of several layers |
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The structural and functional unit of the kidney is the |
nephron |
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the three components that form the urinary trigone are |
Urethral opening and two ureteral openings |
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Which part of the nephron is lined with simple cuboidal epithelium with tall microvilli? |
proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) |
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The __________ __________ are located in the renal medulla and consist of collecting ducts and nephron loops |
Nephron loop |
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Urine leaving the collecting ducts drains into the minor and major calyces before entering the _______________, which leads to the ureter. |
renal pelvis |
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The bladder contains _____________ epithelium, which is stratified and has apical cells that change shape depending upon the fullness of the bladder |
rounded |
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The ____________ arterioles of the glomerulus has a larger diameter than ____________ arterioles and both carry oxygenated blood. |
Afferent, Efferent |
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The _________________ are located in the renal cortex and consist of a glomerulus and a glomerular capsule. |
renal corpuscle |
