ASU BIO 202 Urinary System
List the kidney functions - answer Filters blood plasma regulates blood volume pressure
and osmolarity of body fluids and PCO2 and acid base balance secretion of renin and
erythropoietin promotion of glycogenesis detoxification and final synthesizer of calcitriol
Define "waste" - answer Any substance that is useless to the body including toxins
drugs hormones salts hydrogen ions and excess water
Define "metabolic wastes" - answer Waste produced by the body including CO2 and
Nitrogenous Wastes
Describe the cellular processes for producing nitrogenous wastes - answer Proteins-
Amino Acids- NH2 removal- Liver conversion to Urea
Uric acid works to aid in - answer Nucleic acid catabolism
Creatinine works to aid in – answer Creatinine phosphate catabolism
Define azotemia - answer Buildup of Nitrogenous wastes in blood
Define Uremia - answerToxic effects of Nitrogenous wastes accumulating
List the systems of the body that excrete wastes - answerRespiratory Integumentary
Digestive and Urinary
The respiratory system excretes _____ waste - answerCO2
The Integumentary system excretes __________ wastes - answerWater salts lactic acid
and urea
The digestive system excretes - answerWater salts CO2 lipids bile cholesterol
The urinary system excretes - answerMany metabolic wastes hormones salts water and
H+
List the three layers of connective tissues that are associated with the kidney -
answerRenal fascia perirenal capsule and fibrous capsule
Describe the renal parenchyma and all the structures of the internal kidney - answerthe
tissue which forms urine consisting of two zones the cortex (outer) and medulla
, The renal sinus contains what within the kidney? - answerBlood lymphatic vessels
nerves collecting ducts
The renal columns divide the _____ into renal pyramids - answerMedulla
The average person has _______ renal pyramids - answer6-10
A lobe is defined as - answerOne pyramid and its cortex
A minor calyx serves to - answercollect urine
A major calycle is - answerA combination of two or more minor calyces
A renal pelvis consists of two to three minor calyces true or false? - answerFALSE Two
or Three MAJOR
The ureter serves the purpose of - answerDraining urine down to the urinary bladder
Trace the pathway of blood through the kidney - answerVasa recta Cortical radiate
veins arcuate veins interlobular veins into the renal vein which empties into the inferior
vena cava
Describe the function of a nephron - answerthe functional units of the kidney consisting
of a proximal convoluted tubule nephron distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
Describe a renal corpuscle - answerConsists of a glomerulus and a capsule
The glomerulus is surrounded by three layers including - answerA tough parietal a
visceral layer including podocytes and a capsular space which separates the two
Compare two types of nephrons - answerCortical (85%) and Juxtamedullary nephrons
(15%)
Cortical nephrons are ___ and branch of into _____ capillaries - answerShort
Peritubular
Juxtamedullary nephrons are _____ and branch off into the ______ - answerLong Vasa
recta
The flow of fluids through the kidneys goes through three main types of fluid
classifications including - answerGlomerular filtrate tubular fluid and finally urine
List and describe the 4 processes involved in urine production - answerGlomerular
filtration Tubular reabsorption Tubular secretion and Water conservation
The Glomerular filtration serves as a ______ like filtrate - answerPlasma
List the kidney functions - answer Filters blood plasma regulates blood volume pressure
and osmolarity of body fluids and PCO2 and acid base balance secretion of renin and
erythropoietin promotion of glycogenesis detoxification and final synthesizer of calcitriol
Define "waste" - answer Any substance that is useless to the body including toxins
drugs hormones salts hydrogen ions and excess water
Define "metabolic wastes" - answer Waste produced by the body including CO2 and
Nitrogenous Wastes
Describe the cellular processes for producing nitrogenous wastes - answer Proteins-
Amino Acids- NH2 removal- Liver conversion to Urea
Uric acid works to aid in - answer Nucleic acid catabolism
Creatinine works to aid in – answer Creatinine phosphate catabolism
Define azotemia - answer Buildup of Nitrogenous wastes in blood
Define Uremia - answerToxic effects of Nitrogenous wastes accumulating
List the systems of the body that excrete wastes - answerRespiratory Integumentary
Digestive and Urinary
The respiratory system excretes _____ waste - answerCO2
The Integumentary system excretes __________ wastes - answerWater salts lactic acid
and urea
The digestive system excretes - answerWater salts CO2 lipids bile cholesterol
The urinary system excretes - answerMany metabolic wastes hormones salts water and
H+
List the three layers of connective tissues that are associated with the kidney -
answerRenal fascia perirenal capsule and fibrous capsule
Describe the renal parenchyma and all the structures of the internal kidney - answerthe
tissue which forms urine consisting of two zones the cortex (outer) and medulla
, The renal sinus contains what within the kidney? - answerBlood lymphatic vessels
nerves collecting ducts
The renal columns divide the _____ into renal pyramids - answerMedulla
The average person has _______ renal pyramids - answer6-10
A lobe is defined as - answerOne pyramid and its cortex
A minor calyx serves to - answercollect urine
A major calycle is - answerA combination of two or more minor calyces
A renal pelvis consists of two to three minor calyces true or false? - answerFALSE Two
or Three MAJOR
The ureter serves the purpose of - answerDraining urine down to the urinary bladder
Trace the pathway of blood through the kidney - answerVasa recta Cortical radiate
veins arcuate veins interlobular veins into the renal vein which empties into the inferior
vena cava
Describe the function of a nephron - answerthe functional units of the kidney consisting
of a proximal convoluted tubule nephron distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
Describe a renal corpuscle - answerConsists of a glomerulus and a capsule
The glomerulus is surrounded by three layers including - answerA tough parietal a
visceral layer including podocytes and a capsular space which separates the two
Compare two types of nephrons - answerCortical (85%) and Juxtamedullary nephrons
(15%)
Cortical nephrons are ___ and branch of into _____ capillaries - answerShort
Peritubular
Juxtamedullary nephrons are _____ and branch off into the ______ - answerLong Vasa
recta
The flow of fluids through the kidneys goes through three main types of fluid
classifications including - answerGlomerular filtrate tubular fluid and finally urine
List and describe the 4 processes involved in urine production - answerGlomerular
filtration Tubular reabsorption Tubular secretion and Water conservation
The Glomerular filtration serves as a ______ like filtrate - answerPlasma
