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Urinary system vocal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TRANSPORT EPITHELIUM [first skin]: regulate solute [a solution = solute + solvent] reabsorbed. | |
| NITROGENOUS WASTES: protein ammonia urea urine = pee | |
| UREA: produced in the liver by a metabolic cycle that combines ammonia with carbon dioxide. | |
| URIC ACID: An insoluble precipitate of nitrogenous waste causing goute. | |
| FILTRATION: filters by water being squeezed out of the blood in the glomerulus, from the blood by the nephrons. | |
| FILTRATE: Fluid extracted produces urine . | |
| SELECTIVE REABSORPTION: The selective uptake of solvent [water] solutes from tubule eg glucose, salt. | |
| EXCRETION: The giving off of nitrogen-containing waste products of metabolism. | |
| RENAL ARTERY: The blood vessel bringing blood to the kidney. | |
| RENAL VEIN [drain]: The blood vessel draining the kidney. | |
| URETER: tube leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder. | |
| URINARY BLADDER: Bag where urine is stored prior to elimination. | |
| URETHRA: A tube that releases urine from the body. | |
| RENAL CORTEX: The outer portion of the vertebrate kidney. | |
| RENAL MEDULLA: The inner portion of the vertebrate kidney, beneath the renal cortex. | |
| NEPHRON: The tubular excretory unit of the vertebrate kidney. | |
| DESCENDING AND ASCENDING LIMB OF THE LOOP OF HENLE: The long hairpin turn, with a descending and ascending limb, of the renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney; functions in water and salt reabsorption. | |
| COLLECTING DUCT: where filtrate from renal tubules is collected; the filtrate is now called urine. | |
| RENAL PELVIS: Funnel-shaped chamber that receives processed filtrate from the collecting ducts and is drained by the ureter. | |
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| CORTICAL NEPHRONS: Nephrons located almost entirely in the renal cortex. These nephrons have a reduced loop of Henle. | |
| JUXTAMEDULLARY NEPHRONS: Nephrons with well-developed loops of Henle that extend deeply into the renal medulla. |