Urinary System Study Guide

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What urinary system would be expected in a 3 year old?

Enuresis

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The elastic muscular organ that is capable of great expansion and is part of the urinary system is the…

Urinary Bladder

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The tubes connecting the kidneys and bladder are called…

Ureters

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Hemodialysis is used to treat…

Kidney Failure

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The cluster of capillaries that the Bowman’s capsule surrounds in the nephron is the…

Glomerulus

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The cluster of capillaries that the bowman’s capsule surrounds in the nephron is the…

Glomerus

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Dialysis involves the use of a device that rids the blood of harmful wastes by passing the blood through…

Semipermeable membrane

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The function of the urinary bladder is to…

Store urine

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Kidney ____ are very painful.

Stones

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The tube leading the bladder to the outside of the body is the…

Urethra

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Frequent urination without pain or infection is a symptom of…

Over-reactive bladder

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The only cure for end-stage renal disease is…

A kidney transplant

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Urine formation begins with…

Filtration

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During the function of urine formation in the kidneys, useful substances filter out the renal tubules and back into the capillaries around the tubules. This function is called…

Reabsorption

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Lithotripsy can break up renal calculi using…

Shock waves

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UTI’s can be treated with…

Antibiotics and Fluids

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UTI’s may often be caused by ____ bacteria in the GI tract.

E. Coli

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What set of symptoms would be expected in someone with renal calculi?

Severe pain, chills, fever, hematuria, and nausea

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What structures drain into the collecting tubule?

Distal convulted tubule

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What are three processes necessary for the formation of urine?

Filtration, reabsorbtion, secretion

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The opening of the urethra to the outside of the body is the…

Urinary Meatus

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The process by which urine is passed out of the body is the….

Voiding

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What are the functions of the urinary system?

Excretion, maintain acid, secretion, and elimination

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Filtration in the kidney occurs in the…

Glomerulus

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The tube that carries urine out of the kidney is called the…

Ureters

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The triangular-shaped divisions of the medulla of the kidney are called…

Pyramids

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Renal calculi are…

Kidney Stones

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The urinary bladder is located in the ___ cavity.

Pelvic

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What is an early sign of acute kidney failure?

Oliguria

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What is a kidney infection called?

Nephritis

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The function of the glomerulus is to….

Filter substances from blood

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What is the most common type of kidney dialysis?

Hemodialysis

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The most common cause of cystitis is…

E.coli Bacteria

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If the kidneys are not functioning properly, what would occur?

Uremia

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Another name for kidney stones is renal…

Calculi

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The urinary system has __ ureters.

2

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Someone who wakes up frequently at night to urinate has…

Nocturia

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The double-walled structure surrounding the glomerulus is the…

Bowman’s capsul

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The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the…

Nephron

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The tube that carries the urine out of the body is called the…

Urethra

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Production of urine is controlled by two hormones…

ADH and Aldosterone

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Jane is 7 years old and is complaining of dysuria. Her most likely diagnosis is…

Cystitis

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Renal failure is also known as _____ failure.

Kidney

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