The Kidneys Urinary Bladder Urine Regulation of Glomerular Filtration Miscellaneous
100
What is the Hilum?
The slit on the medial surface of the kidney that admits the real nerves, blood vessels, lymphatics and ureter.
100
What is the Rugae?
Wrinkles that form when the bladder is empty.
100
What is hydration?
The color of urine depends on this.
100
What is renal auto regulation?
The ability of the nephrons to adjust their own blood flow and GFR without external control.
100
What are cortical nephrons?
Nephrons just beneath the renal capsule, close to the kidney surface.
200
What is the renal fascia?
The most superficial layer that surrounds the kidney.
200
What is the detrusor muscle?
The muscle of the urinary bladder.
200
What is ammonia?
The odor standing urine develops.
200
What is a negative feedback loop?
GRF is controlled by.
200
What is renin?
A drop in blood pressure stimulates granular cells to secrete this.
300
What are segmental arteries?
The renal artery divides into these.
300
What is 500 -800 mL?
Capacity of the urinary bladder.
300
What is infection?
Cloudy urine may indicate.
300
What is tubuloglomerular feedback?
The glomerulus receives feedback on the status of the downstream tubular fluid and adjust filtration to regulate its composition.
300
What is PTH?
The hormone that acts on theDCT and thick segment of the nephron loop to increase calcium reabsorption.
400
What is the renal tubule?
The duct leads away from the glomerular capsule and ends at the tip of a medullary pyramid.
400
What are ureters?
The muscular tubes that extend to the urinary bladder.
400
What is urochrome?
The yellow pigment produced by the breakdown hemoglobin from expired erythrocytes.
400
What is the myogenic mechanism?
GFR is stabilized based on the tendency of smooth muscle to contact when stretched.
400
What is ADH?
The hormone that makes the collecting duct more permeable to water.
500
What is the nephron loop?
A long U-shaped portion of the renal tubule found mostly in the medulla.
500
What is transitional epithelium?
The mucosa of the urinary bladder is composed of this type of cell.
500
What is pyuria?
Pus in the urine.
500
What is the glomerular filtration rate?
The amount of filtrate formed per minute by the two kidneys combined.
500
What are the fenestrated endothelium of the capillary, the basement membrane, and the filtration slits?
The three barrier of the filtration membrane.






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