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| filters toxins from blood |
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| arteriole feeding glomerulus |
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| arteriole exiting glomerulus |
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| cup that collects filtered fluid from glomerulus |
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| re-absorption of water, calcium, glucose, reabsorbs 1/2 |
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| final re-absorption of salt, water. concentration of urine sends to ureter. |
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| Bowmans capsule and glomerulus |
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| juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) |
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| adjacent to glomerulus, measures blood pressure and amount of salt in distal tubule. secretes renin to produce red blood cells |
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| multiple collecting ducts from individual pyramids |
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| collects urea sends to ureter |
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| nephrons in kidney are filters |
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| regulates extracellular fluid, raas system,removes harmful wastes, secretes erythropoietin to stimulate red blood cells |
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| produces and maintains sperm, produces testosterone that develop and maintain masculine traits |
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| renal pelvis nephron inflammation |
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| glomerulous nephron inflammation |
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| benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) |
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| increased number of cells causing enlargement of prostate. causes increased urge to urinate and decreased ability to urinate. men over 50 |
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| acute tubular necrosis (ATN) |
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| rare in men under 50 increases with age. difficulty urinating. blood in urine. by the time patient seeks help, disease is advanced, low long term survival rate. PSA and digital rectal exam. |
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| abnormal route between two ducts or areas (vagina and rectom) |
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| no testicles develop - no puberty, abnormal growth |
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| caused by ascites, fluid from abdomen flows through area where testicles descend to scrotum. |
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| electrical potential of muscle (sphincter) |
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| abdominal capillaries filter blood |
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| prostate specific antigen (PSA) |
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| tests for BPH and prostate cancer |
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| uses sound waves or laser to crush kidney stones |
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| transurethral resection of prostate |
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| cutting out of part of the prostate to open urethra |
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