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