Details Title: A & P test 5 Description: Urine part f Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 11/01/2008 16:04:27		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Anatomy Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term What is another term for micturation? Definition urination Term How much does the urinary bladder hold? Definition 700 o 800 ml Term At what level do the stretch receptors cause stimulation? Definition 200- 400 ml Term What is teh Micturation reflex? Definition spinal cord- contract detrussor muscle-muscularis layer Term When the detrussor muscle in contracted, what does the parasympathetic stimulation cause? Definition stimulates releases internal sphincter Term What part of the brain has control over the voluntar control of the external sphincter? Definition Cerebral cortex Term What is incontinence? Definition Uncontrolled urination Term What is Vesicoureteral reflux? Definition Urine from bladder to ureter causes reflux into ureters that increases kidney pressure and causes infections Term What causes the color of urine? Definition Urochroms- a bile pigment from hemoglobin, bilirubin Term What is pH of urea? Definition 6 Term What changes the pH of urea? Definition Protein diet, acidic; vegetable diet, basic Term What is the specific gravity of urea? Definition 1.--1 to 1.035 compared to water at 1.0 Term What is the chemical composition of urea? Definition 95% water and 5 95% water and 5% solutes Term What are the solutes in urea? Definition 5%- urea from amino acids, uric acid from nuclei acids, and creatine from creatine phosphate, Na+, K=, phosphate, bicarbonate