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