MED Urinary Vocab Word Scramble
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Urea | the main nitrogen |
Diuretic | a substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine |
Urinary Bladder | an elastic, muscular sac situated in the anterior part of the pelvic cavity in which urine collects before excretion |
Loop of Henle | the segment of the nephron of a vertebrate kidney that is situated between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules. It plays a role in the transport of ions and water and the concentrating of urine |
Creatinine | a creatine anhydride, C4H7N3O, formed by the metabolism of creatine, that is found in muscle tissue and blood and normally excreted in the urine as a metabolic waste. |
Glomerulus | a tuft of capillaries situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filters waste products from the blood and thus initiates urine formation. |
Renal Medulla | the intermost part of the kidney |
Renal Artery | an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters |
Kidney | either of two bean |
Urethra | the canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder in most mammals and through which semen is discharged in the male |
Glomerular (Bowman’s) Capsule | a double |
Nephron | any of the numerous filtering units of the vertebrate kidney that remove waste matter from the blood |
Ureters | the long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca |
Renal Capsule | the tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney and covered in a thick layer of perinephric adipose tissue. It provides some protection from trauma and damage |
Uric Acid | a heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen with the formula C5H4N4O3. Uric acid is created when the body breaks down purine nucleotides. |
Peristalsis | the radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down the muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion. |
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