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24 Cards in this Set
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azot
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nitrogen; azotemia
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calyx
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cup-shaped; minor calyx
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diure
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urinate; diuretic
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glom
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ball; glomerulus
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mictur
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urinate; micturition
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nephr
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kidney; nephron
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pyelo
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pelvis; pyelitis
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ren
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kidney; renal
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trus
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to thrust/to push; detrussor muscle
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The functional unit of the kidney is called a
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nephron
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The BLANK transports urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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ureter
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The AFFERENT arteriole supplies blood to the capillary of the glomerulus
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afferent
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Most sodium reabsorption occurs in the BLANK portion of the renal tubule
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PCT
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Water reabsorption occurs throughout the proximal tubule by the process of
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osmosis
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ADH is produced by cells within the
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hypothalamus
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Uric acid results from the metabolism of
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nucleic acid
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The triangular area on the internal floor of the the urinary bladder with an opening at each of its angles is called the
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trigone
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The bundles of interlaced muscular fibers in the wall of the urinary bladder comprise the
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detrussor muscle
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The blood vessel located between the afferent and efferent arterioles is the
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glomerulus
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A woman is brought to the clinic, though she is 5'5'' tall, she weighs only 90 pounds. She insists there is nothing wrong, except for some lower back pains. The clinic staff quickly realized that the young woman is anorexic. What kidney problems might result from extremely low body weight?
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Renal ptosis. Results in hydronephrosis, causes a floating kidney.
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A heavy smoker who works at the local pesticide plant is complaining of bloody urine. He has no other complaints. His urine composition is normal (other than the blood). Cytoscopy reveals an abnormal mucosal surface at the trigone. What is the diagnosis?
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Bladder cancer
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A man is terribly malnourished and in negative nitrogen balance. How does this condition affect is GFR?
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Filtration rate increases because no proteins in the blood
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Does caffeine cause production of a more dilute urine, as in diabetes insipidus, or loos of excess solute?
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More dilute urine
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What happens to the rate of RBC production in a patient on dialysis with total renal failure? What could be given to the patient to counteract such a problem?
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Deficiency in EPO resulting in a low RBC, can supplement with EPO replacement.
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