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GENITOURINARY SYS
TERMS
Term | Definition |
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CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEM | SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS |
KIDNEYS | PASRI OF ORGANS THAT REGULATE FLUID BALANCE AND FILTER WAST FROM THE BLOOD |
NEPHRON | PART OF THE KIDNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR FILTERING AND EXCRETION |
RENAL ARTERIES | TWO BRANCHES OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA THAT SUPPLY THE KIDNEYS |
RENAL CORTEX | OUTER LAYER OF THE KIDNEY |
RENAL MEDULLA | INNERMOST PART OF THE KIDNEY |
RENAL PELVIS | CENTER OF THE KIDNEY WHERE URINE COLLECTS BEFORE MOVING TO THE URETER |
RENAL VEIN | VEIN CARRYING BLOOD FROM A KIDNEY TO THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA |
RENIN | AN ENZYME RELEASED BY THE KIDNEY WHEN REDUCED BLOOD PRESSURE IS DETECTED BY BARORECEPTORS IN AORTA AND CAROTID ARTERIES |
UREA | MAIN NITROGENOUS PART OF URINE |
URETER | DUCT THAT CONDUCTS URINE FROM THE KIDNEY TO THE BLADDER |
URINARY BLADDER | STRUCTURE THAT STORES URINE IN THE BODY UNTIL ELIMINATION |
URINE | LIQUID WASTE MATTER EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS |