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PCAT A And P Urinary System
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1. Deepest layer of the kidney and functions to prevent from spreading to the kidney
hilum
fibrous capsule
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
distal convoluted tubule
2. Filtering device at the opening of the nephron; filters out large solutes and sends water and small solutes to the renal tubule
perirenal fat capsule
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
renal corpuscle
juxtamedullary nephron
3. Outer most layer of the internal portion of the kidney
loop of Henle
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
cortex
distal convoluted tubule
4. Region where blood vessels and lymphatic vessels enter the kidney
peritubular capillary bed
renal columns
hilum
perirenal fat capsule
5. Composed of cuplike epithelium that do not have microvilli and which helps to regulate the salts in the kidneys
distal convoluted tubule
glomerulus
renal tubule
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
6. Picks up solutes that have been filtered out in the glomerular bed and reabsorb them
hilum
peritubular capillary bed
renal corpuscle
renal tubule
7. Large structure that is continuous with the ureter - composed of minor calyces that drain into major calyces
hilum
minor calyces
renal pelvis
carotid nephron
8. Main processing center of the urinary system
renal tubule
fibrous capsule
renal pelvis
kidneys
9. Place where urine collects before it leaves the body
cortex
perirenal fat capsule
ureter
renal fascia
10. Cuplike sac that has two layers
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11. Cortical tissue extensions that come down between each of the 18 pyramids
renal columns
proximal convoluted tubule
renal tubule
distal convoluted tubule
12. Give medullary pyramids striations
distal convoluted tubule
collecting ducts
renal columns
Bowman's capsule
13. Inner layer of the internal kidney; consists of 18 cone-shaped subsections called the renal pyramids
renal corpuscle
juxtamedullary nephron
carotid nephron
medulla
14. Ball-shaped; in glomerulus where filtrate is formed from blood
glomerulus
glomerular capillary bed
apex or papilla
fibrous capsule
15. Ball of capillaries containing endothelium - filtrate - the efferent arteriole and the efferent arteriole
glomerulus
Bowman's capsule
distal convoluted tubule
fibrous capsule
16. Point of the pyramid that points inward
juxtamedullary nephron
collecting ducts
renal tubule
apex or papilla
17. Ducts that carry urine from the renal pyramid of the medulla to the renal pelvis for excretion through the ureters
renal tubule
renal corpuscle
perirenal fat capsule
minor calyces
18. Found closer to the junction between the cortex and the medulla of the kidneys
distal convoluted tubule
fibrous capsule
proximal convoluted tubule
juxtamedullary nephron
19. Made up of the descending LOH and the ascending LOH
ureter
perirenal fat capsule
collecting ducts
loop of Henle
20. Filtration - reabsorption - secretion and excretion
juxtamedullary nephron
key processes of the urinary system
fibrous capsule
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
21. Layer of fat that attaches to the posterior wall of the abdomen and serves to cushion the kidney
perirenal fat capsule
hilum
kidneys
glomerular capillary bed
22. Part of the nephron through which the filtrate passes to the collecting ducts
fibrous capsule
perirenal fat capsule
renal tubule
renal fascia
23. Found mostly in the cortex; 95% of all nephrons
carotid nephron
renal corpuscle
juxtamedullary nephron
renal pelvis
24. Outermost layer of the kidney - composed of kidney tissue - and serves to anchor the kidney to surrounding body structures
renal fascia
kidneys
distal convoluted tubule
renal tubule
25. Help to concentrate urine
perirenal fat capsule
juxtamedullary nephron capillary bed
medulla
renal pelvis
26. Major functioning structure of the kidneys; consists of the renal corpuscle and proximal and distal convoluted tubules and nephronic loop
minor calyces
distal convoluted tubule
key processes of the urinary system
nephron
27. Microvilli-covered tubule that leaves Bowman's capsule and goes to the loop of Henle
key processes of the urinary system
ureter
hilum
proximal convoluted tubule