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Urinary System Anatomy
Urinary System Anatomy
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
11/20/2013

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Term
Name the artery that supplies blood to the kidney.
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renal artery
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Name the vein that collects blood from the kidney.
Definition
renal vein
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Name the kidney vessels that pass through the renal columns.
Definition
interlobar arteries and veins
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Name the tube that collects urine from the kidney and carries it to the urinary bladder.
Definition
ureter
Term
Name the part of the bladder where the urethra begins.
Definition
bladder neck
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Name the folds in the urinary bladder.
Definition
rugae
Term
Give the name for the voluntary urinary sphincter.
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external urethral sphincter
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Give the name for the bladder mucsle.
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detrusor muscle
Term
Name the triangular area between the ureteral orifices and the urethral orifice.
Definition
trigone
Term
Name the fibrous covering of the kidney.
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renal capsule
Term
Name the outer zone of the kidney where nephrons are located.
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renal cortex
Term
Name the arteries that extend up into the cortex and supply blood to afferent arterioles.
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cortical radiate artery (interlobular)
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Name the part of the kidney that contains numerous tubules and ends in the renal papilla.
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renal pyramid
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Name the smaller funnel-like structures that collect urine from renal papilla.
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minor calyx
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Name the larger channels that receive urine from the minor calyx.
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major calyx
Term
Name the large central cavity that receives urine before it passes out of the kidney.
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renal pelvis
Term
Name the depression on the medial side of the kidney through which structures enter and exit the kidney.
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hilum or hilus
Term
Name the cavity just inside the hilum.
Definition
renal sinus
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Name the loops of capillaries inside the Bowman's capsule.
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glomerulus
Term
Name the small vessel that brings blood directly into the glomerulus.
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afferent arteriole
Term
Name the small vessel that collect blood from the glomerulus.
Definition
efferent arteriole
Term
Name the first tube of the nephron that emerges from the Bowman's capsule.
Definition
proximal convoluted tubule
Term
Name the nephron that extends down into the medulla and back up into the cortex.
Definition
loop of henle
Term
Name the next tubule after the loop of henle.
Definition
distal convoluted tubule
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Name the channel that receives filtrate from the distal convoluted tubule, which extends down through the inner layer of the kidney.
Definition
collecting duct
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Name the net-like mass of capillaries that wind all around the nephron tubules.
Definition
peritubular capillaries
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