What are two other names for the Urinary System?

What are the four primary organs of the Urinary System?

What is the functional unit of the kidney?

Kidney

Urethra

Ureter

Parenchyma

“expelling of urine from the bladder.”

5 layers of the kidney from outermost to innermost layer

What makes up the parenchyma

renal or fibrous capsule

Cortex

renal cortex

medulla

renal medulla

renal sinus

Renal pelvis

Hilum

Three functions of nephron

renal corpuscle

It consists of an internal small collection of capillaries, called the ________________________ and an outer capsule called the ___________________ capsule.

Urine collects in the Bowman’s capsule and is conveyed into the renal tubule, which has 3 distinct functional areas. They are the:

Urine leaves the distal tubule and goes through the following sequence.

glomerular filration rate (GFR)

Antidiuretic hormone

Homeostasis

Name at least 5 functions of the urinary system

anuria

dysuria

urinary frequency

Urinary retention

Continence vs incontinence

nocturnal enuresis

Polyuria

oliguria

bacteriuria

glycosuria

hematuria

proteinuria

pyuria

ketonuria

uremia

uropathy

glomerulopathy

kidney stone

nephroma

nephromalacia

nephromegaly

nephroptosis

pyelonephritis

Acute renal failure vs chronic renal failure

cystalgia

cystitis

ureteritis

ureterectasis

urinary reflux

urethritis

urethralgia

hypospadias

epispadias

urethrostenosis

voided specimen

catheterized urine specimen

cystogram

pyelogram

CT KUB

cystoscopy

ureteroscopy

urethroscopy /cystourethroscopy

cystectomy

cystopexy

nephrectomy

nephropexy

antispasmodic

diuretic