Urinary System

Urine PH

4.5 to 8.0

Retroperitoneal

A directional term that means posterio to the serous layer or parietal peritoneum lining the abdominal cavity. (kidneys location)

Internal uretharl orifice

Anterior corner of the trigone is idendified by the opening of the urethra.

Renal artery

Blood enters the kidney throught this large artery.

Renal vein

Blood exits the kidney through this vein

Kidneys 3 layers of connective tissue?

Deepest: Renal Capsule; protects the kidney from damage. Superficial: Adipose Capsule; acts as a shock aborber to the kidneys. Most Superficial: Renal Fascia: helps hold the kidney against the abdominal wall.

Urine smell like fishy

Diabetes mellitus

Urine with blood

Hematuria

Renal Cortex

Most superficial layer of the kidney that is in direct contract with the smooth, trasparent renal capsule that helps protect the kidney.

Kidneys

Organs where most of the functions of the urinary system. Within kidneys blood is filtered, water and waste are removed. 10-11cm.

Urine protein

Proteinuria, normal due pregnancy or extremely high protein diet

Detrusor Muscle

Smooth muscle of the bladder is organized with two layers of longitudinal muscle around an inner layer of circular muscle

Renal Lobe

The term for the combination of a real pyramid, the renal cortex superficial the renal pyramid, and half of each renal column

Reanl Pyramids

conecshaped structures

Urine colorless or yellow

could be dilute or diabetes insipidus

Renal Calyces

faces toward the ducts for moving the urine toward the ureter

Urine glucose

flucosuria, diabetes mellitus

Nephrons

found within the renal pyramid, the function unit of the kidneys

Internal urethral sphincter

inferior the opening between the urethra and the bladder, involuntary.

Urinometer

measure the specific gravity or the density of the urine

Renal Medulla

middle of the kidney contains a number of darker,

Urine ketones

pregnancy, or ketonuria, diabete mellitus with glucose combined

Renal Columns

shats of cortical tissue extend into middle of the kidney

Urinalysis

testing the urine for abnormalities

Renal Pappila

the base or wider end of the renal pyramids face the cortex

Collecting ducts

the filtrate that is procuded by the nephrons passes through.

Urethra

tube responsible for conducting urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body in both males and females

External urethral sphincter

voluntary control is opened.

Trigone

Inferior surface in thhe interior of the urinary bladder is a triangular section

Urinary System

It regulates blood volume, blood pressure, water loss, blood ph, kidneys produce hormoney:renin, calcitriol, and erythropoeitein, glucogenesis. Urine production and elimination of waste.

Urinary Bladder

Urine produced by the kidney will exit through the ureter.

Urinary Bladder

a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine until it can be excreted.