Lab 12: Urinary System

Adrenal gland

Kidney

function: your body’s natural "filters" and fluid balancers

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Fibrous capsule

Renal Cortex

Renal medulla

renal column

renal pyramid

major calyx

function: collects urine from minor calyces and funnels it into the renal pelvis for drainage into the ureter

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minor calyx

function: collects urine from the renal papilla (tip of a pyramid) and drains it into a major calyx.

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renal pelvis

renal artery

segmental artery

interlobar artery

arcuate artery

cortical radiate artery

cortical radiate vein

arcuate vein

interlobar vein

renal vein

nephron

function: is the functional unit of the kidney that filters blood, removes waste, and forms urine

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afferent arteriole

efferent arteriole

peritubular capillaries

renal corpuscle

glomerulus

glomerular capsule

renal tubules

proximal convoluted tubule

nephron loop; ascending and descending nephron loop

distal convoluted tubule

collecting duct

ureter

function: is a muscular tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

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urinary bladder

function: is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine until it is ready to be excreted from the body

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trigone