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AP CH 13
THE URINARY SYSTEM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |