Urinary System Review
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These flashcards cover critical concepts from the urinary system, including organs, functions, and processes related to urine formation.
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The organs of the urinary system include the __, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.
Kidneys
The main function of the urinary system is to __ waste products from the blood.
remove
The __ is an expandable muscular sac that can store up to 1 liter of urine.
urinary bladder
The __ transports urine from the urinary bladder to outside the body.
urethra
The kidneys help regulate blood volume and __ production through the secretion of erythropoietin.
erythrocyte
The __ is responsible for collecting urine and directing it into the ureter.
renal pelvis
Urine formation involves three processes: glomerular filtration, tubular __, and tubular secretion.
reabsorption
The __ are the functional filtration units of the kidney that filter blood and form urine.
nephrons
The descending limb of the nephron loop is responsible for the __ of water and solutes.
reabsorption
The __ apparatus regulates blood pressure and the glomerular filtration rate by releasing renin.
juxtaglomerular
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