Urinary and reproductive

What drains into the minor calyx

Collecting duct

The majority of nephrons are classified as what type?

Cortical nephrons

What are the 3 classification of the males urethra in sequence

Prostatic urethra Membranous urethra Spongy urethra

What does adh have affect on

The amount of urine produced

What is the best diagnostic test to determine if someone has a kidney stone

Act scan or ultrasound

What is the secondary function of the dct

Active secretion of ions and acids Reabsorption of sodium and calcium ions

What makes up the glomularis

Capillaries

What are reproductive cells referred as

Gametes

Where is urine formed

In the nephrons of the kidney

Which area of the nephron is under hormonal control for the reabsorption of sodium?

Juxtamedullary

What is the expanded end of the nephron

Renal corpuscles

What are the two parts of the nephrons

Renal corpuscles and renal tubule

What is the last part of the renal tubule

The distal convoluted tubule (dct)

Where does the collecting duct take its content

The renal pelvis and ureters

What carries urine to the exterior of the body

The urethra

What is the significance of fat around the kidney

To keep it in place and protect it

What is the main function of the human reproductive system

To produce egg and sperm cells