Vet Med Term. Ch7: Null & Void

The __ is removes wastes from the body by constantly filtering blood

Urinary system

The major waste products of protein metabolism is __, which is filtered by the kidney and used in some diagonsitic test to determine the heath status of the kidney.

Urea

__ and — are combining froms meaning urine or pertaining to the urinary organs.

Urin/o and Ur/o

The kidneyes are located __ which means they are located behind the lining of the abdominal cavity or outside the peritoneal cavity.

Retroperitoneally

__ and — are common combining form for kidneys.

ren/o and neohr/o

The outer layer of the kidney is know as the —

Cortex

__ means outer region and is used to describe the outer region of many organs.

cortic/o

the — is the innter layer surrouding the renal pelvis.

Medulla

__ means middle or inner region of many organs.

medull/o

the — is the functional unit of the kidney, that consistes of the glomerulus bowman’s capsule, a proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle, a distal convoluted tubule and a collecting duct. This also form urine by the processes of filtration, reasorption and secretion.

nephron

— is a cluster of capillaries surrounded by bowman’s capsule, and is where filtration occurs at

Glomerulus

combining form: golmerul/o

— , —and — are where reabsorption accures in the kidney

a proximal convoluted tubule

the loop of Henle

collecting tubule

secretion occurs in the ___

dstal convoluated tubule

The — is the area of the kidney where the nephrons collect urine before entering the ureters

renal pelvis

combining form: pyel/o

The renal pelvis collects urine from the — which are irregular cuplike spaces that collect urine from the kidney.

Calyces

(Calyx is the singular from of calyces)

Each kidney has a concave depression called the — that serves as the point of attachment of the reanl blood vessels, nerves, and ureter.

Hilus

The — are a pair of narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Ureters

combining form: ureter/o

The ureters enter the urinary bladder at the — which is a triangular portion at the base of the organ where the three angles are makred by the two ureteral openings and one urethral opening.

Trigone

The — is a singular hollow muscular organ that holds urine, that is veyr elastic and its shape and size depends on the amound of urine that it is holding.

Urinary bladder

combining from: cyst/o

The — is a tube extending from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Urethra

combining from: urethr/o

The external opening of the urethra is the — or urinary meatus.

Urethral meatus

combining from: meat/o

The process of urine production is —

Uropoiesis

The suffic — meanis formation and the sufic for color is —

-poiesis

-chrome

Normal urine iof most species is clear and pale yellow in color, however some species have normal urine that is — or cloudly and many be brown, white or another color.

Turbid

the hormone produced by the kidney that stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow

erythropoietin

is the hormone released by the posterior pituitary gland that surpresses urine formation by resorbing more water; abbreviated ADH

Antidiuretic

is the hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates electrolyte balance via tthe reabsorption of sodium

Aldosterone