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| Urine is made in a |
Nephron |
| Once urine is made by a nephron it goes throught the |
Renal Pyramids |
| Urine leaves the renal pyramids and travels to the |
Renal Pappilae |
| From the renal Pappilae, urine travels to 2 calyxs |
minor and major calyx |
| Urine travels to the ____from the Renal Pelvis |
ureter |
| Ureter to ______ _____ and then to the _______ out of the body |
urinary bladder, urethra |
| The kidneys and the pancreas sit in the _______ region of the body |
retro peritoneal |
| Kidneys are ____ shaped. |
bean |
| The ____ kidney sits higher than the ____ kidney because of the liver |
left, right |
| The indented area where the ureters, renal arteries and veins enter and exit kidney |
hilum |
| Opening of the ureter where it leads into the kidney- where urine collects |
Renal Pelvis |
| Renal Pyramids are here, and collects urine |
Renal Medulla |
| Outer portion of the kidney |
Renal Cortex |
| The kidneys perform _____filtration |
chemical |
| The kidneys regulate ______ volume in the body |
fluid |
| The kidneys help regulate _______ |
electrolytes and ph |
| Kidneys help regulate the bodys _____ (vs) |
blood pressure |
| The kidneys regulate _______ |
Hematopoiesis |
| Renal blood vessels include ______, ________ and Venous _______. |
arteries, arterioles and return |
| afferent arteriole takes blood to/from the glomerulus. |
TO |
| What is part of the renal corpusule and the site of filtration. |
Glomerulus |
| Efferent arterioles take blood To/ From the glomerulus |
away |
| The efferent arterioles open up into a capillary bed that surrounds the tubules of a _______? |
nephron |
| 1) FILTRATION, (2) TUBULAR _________, (3) ___________ SECRETION |
REABSORPTION, TUBULAR |
| The basic functional unit of the kidney |
Nephron |
| Nephron structure Renal ______ & Renal _______ |
Corpusule/ Tubule |
| Glomerulus, located in the Renal _______, are high pressure __________, full of tiny holes called______ |
Corpusule/ capillaries/ Fenestrae |
| A thin walled sac that surrounds the glomerulus, and catches filtrate. |
Glomerual Capsule |
| The renal filtrate flows into the renal _______ |
tubule |
| Where is the filtrate's content and deliver it out to the nephron |
Renal Tubule |
| Urine is formed by 3 major actions_______ filtration, Tubular _______ and Tubular______. |
glomerual, reabsorption, secretion |
| During Tubular reabsorption, apx _____ liters of filtrate are generated each day, but only ____ liter of urine is produced |
180/1 |
| Tubular secretion rids the body of excess _____, drugs and _____ |
electrolytes, histamines |
| Urine is composed of |
95% H2O, urea, electrolytes and uric acid |
| The concentration of urine is regulated by what hormone? |
ADH |
| The _____ extend directly from the hilum of the kidney and they move urine from the kidney to the bladder |
ureters |
| The ____ is a muscular sac for temp storage of urine |
bladder |
| What brings urine out of the bladder to void |
urethra |
| Micturation = |
Urination |
| The micturation Reflex is controlled by what part of the NS |
parasympathetic |
| The voluntary and involuntary part of micturation is due to the internal and extenal |
sphincters |
| Reproduction is the system specialized in |
reproduction |
| The reproduction system produces ____ hormones, and these sex hormones cause developement of secondary |
sex / sex charatcteristics |
| Primary Male sex organ |
Testes |
| Primary Female sex organ |
Ovaries |
| Spermatogenesis |
sperm cell development |
| Oogenesis |
egg cell development |
| Sertoli cells are involved with the manufacture of |
sperm |
| Interstitial cells are involved with the manufacture of |
testosterone |
| Function of the testes |
produce sperm cells and male sex hormones |
| Function of the ovaries |
to produce egg cells and female sex hormones |
| What part of the sperm cell contains the 23 chromosomes |
head |
| Contains the digestive enzymes neccessary for a sperm cell to penetrate an egg cell |
acromsomes |
| OVADUCT = |
FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| FERTILIZATION NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN THE |
FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| Releasing hormones from the _________ (F & M) |
hypothalmus |
| gonadotrophins LH and FSH From the (F & M) |
anterior pituitary |
| in males LH regulates _____ production controlled by the interstital cells |
testosterone |
| fsh in the male regulates ______ production controlled by the Sartoli cells |
sperm |
| A tightly coiled threadlike tube that connects the ducts of the testes to the vas deferens |
epididymus |
| a muscular tube that runs up from the scrotum into the abdominal cavity to unit the duct from the seminal vesicles |
vas deferens |
| Its ducts connect the vas deferns to form the ejaculatory duct. They also secretes an alkalline secretion that helps regulate ph of the semen and provide nutrients |
Seminal Vesicles |
| It secretes a milky alkaline fluid that also helps regulate the ph of the semen |
prostate gland |
| A pouch of skin that contains the testes |
scrotum |
| In females LH stimulates |
ovulation |
| In females FSH stimulates |
egg developement |
| What female sex hormone is responsible for breast development, development of secondary sex characteristics, and calcium uptake |
estrogen |
| What hormone, in females, promotes uterine changes during the female monthy cylcle |
progersterone |
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