Renal Reviewer

1. Urinary System consists of

2. Each kidney is enclosed in a _________, which is surrounded by adipose tissue?

3. Internally, the kidneys consist of a renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pyramids, renal columns, major and minor calyces, and a _________.

4. Blood enters the kidney through the renal artery and leaves through the renal vein.

5. The functional unit of the kidney is called the _________ about a million in each kidney

6. Nephrons perform three basic tasks:

7. The podocytes and glomerular endothelium form a leaky filtration membrane that permits the passage of water and solutes from the blood into the _________.

8. Blood cells and most plasma proteins remain in the blood because they are too large to pass through the filtration membrane.

9. Tubular secretion also helps maintain proper levels of _________ in the blood

FUNCTIONS OF KIDNEY

10. Adjust the volume of blood or eliminating it in the urine

FUNCTIONS OF KIDNEY

11. Regulate by excrete a variable amount of H+ in the urine, conserve bicarbonate HCO3-

12. The _________ transport urine from the renal pelves of the right and left kidneys to the urinary bladder

13. Urinary bladder capacity

14. Micturation

15. The terminal portion of the urinary bladder to the exterior of the body.