| FUNCTIONS | ANATOMY OF URINARY TRACT | What's Inside | What's it doin'? |
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What is RENIN
Hormone important in adjusting blood pressure
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What is the Functional Unit of the Kidney
Nephron
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What is Cuplike collecting region of the renal pelvis
Calyz or calix
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What is One of the two tubes leading from the kidneys to the bladder
ureter
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What is Hormone that stimulates red blood cell production
Erythropoietin
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What is the Glomerulus
Each nephron has one for filtering
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What is tube for injecting or removing fluids
Catheter
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What is renal tubules return materials necessary to the body back into the bloodstream.
reabsorption
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What isCalciferol
Active form of Vit. D necessary for the absorption of calcium
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What is A network of capillaries surrounded by a membrane called Bowman' Capsule
The Glomerulus
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What is What is A system of collecting tubules and the loop of Henle
Where Urine is concentrated
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What is Blood vessel that carries blood away fro the kidney
Renal vein
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What is Voiding
Urination
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What is 1,000,000
Number of nephrons in a kidney
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substance containing nitrogen and excreted in urine
nitrogenous waste - urea, uric acid & creatinine
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Outer region of an organ
cortex
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What is Urinalysis
Test to detect extrinsic and pathologic conditions
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.Inner region of an organ
Medulla
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What is An electrolyte regulated by the kidney
potassium (K+)
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What is Central collection region in the kidney
renal pelvis
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