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AP CH 13
THE URINARY SYSTEM
Question | Answer |
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WHAT IS THE MAJOR FUNCTION OF THE BLADDER | HOLD URINE UNTIL IT LEAVES THE BODY |
WHAT STRUCTURE ALLOWS URINE TO LEAVE THE BODY | URETHRA |
THE MALE URETHRA IS PART OF WHAT TWO BODY SYSTEMS | REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY |
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS | NEPHRONS |
WHAT IS THE MAJOR FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEYS | TO REMOVE SOLUBLE WASTES FROM THE BLOOD IN THE FORM OF URINE,MAINTAIN BLOOD VOLUME, HYDRATION AND BLOOD PRESSURE, STIMULATE RBC PRODUCTION |
WHAT DOES THE MALE URETHRA TRANSPORT | URINE, SEMEN |
WHAT STRUCTURES IN THE KIDNEY FILTER BLOOD AND START TO FORM URINE | GLOMERULI |
WHAT TUBE OR TUBES CONNECTS THE KIDNEYS TO THE BLADDER | URETER OR URETERS |
WHAT TISSUE HOLDS THE RENAL PYRAMIDS IN THE KIDNEYS | MEDULLA |
THE CORTEX OF THE KIDNEY HOLDS WHAT STRUCTURES | GLOMERULI |
WHAT PIGMENT GIVES URINE ITS COLOR | UROCHROME |
WHATS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR VOIDING URINE | MICTURATION |
THE COLLECTING DUCTS CONNECT TO FORM THE | URETERS |
WHAT IS OLIGURIA | DECREASE IN URINE PRODUCTION |
URINE IS MOVED THROUGH THE URETER BY | PERISTALSIS |
AT WHAT POINT DOES RENAL FILTRATE BECOME URINE | AFTER SECRETION |
WHAT IS INCONTINENCE | LOSS OF BLADDER CONTROL |
WHAT IS NOCTURNAL ENURESIS | NIGHTTIME INCONTINENCE (BEDWETTING) |
WHAT ARE THE THREE PROCESS OF URINE PRODUCTION | FILTRATION, REABSORPTION, AND SECRETION |
ABOUT HOW MUCH URINE DOES AN ADULT MAKE PER DAY | 1-2 LITERS |
HOW DO THE KIDNEYS PLAY A ROLE IN RBC PRODUCTIONS | PRODUCE ERYTHROPOITEN TO STIMULATE RBC PRODUCTION |