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The Urinary System
The GU System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2008

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What's the function of the excretory organs?
Definition
to eliminate non usable metabolic waste and by products
Term
What are the 4 excretory organs?
Definition
Lungs-carbon dioxide
Digestive tract- non digestible
Skin- grandular secretion, water release
Kidneys - metabolic waste, pharmaceutical by products
Term
Where are the kidneys?
Definition
Retroperitoneal
Term
What's Ptosis?
Definition
Sagging kidneys
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What's a renal cortex?
Definition
outer portion of kidneys
Term
what's a renal medulla
Definition
composed of the renal pyramids, they are the spaces inside the kidneys
Term
what's a renal columns?
Definition
the "walls" that separate the renal medulla
Term
what's a renal columns?
Definition
the "walls" that separate the renal medulla
Term
Whats a renal pelvis?
Definition
a collection duct before the ureter
Term
What are the calyces minor and major?
Definition
the collection cups of the kidneys
Term
Whats a renal papilla?
Definition
collect urines
Term
What's a hilus?
Definition
where the renal artery, renal vien and ureter connects to the kidneys
Term
what are the 3 characteristics of the ureter?
Definition
smooth muscle, paristalsis, and transitional epithelium
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Urinary bladder has what type of muscle?
Definition
Detrusor Muscle [smooth]
Term
in the urinary bladder what's a rugae and what is it for?
Definition
the folds in the the bladder and it increases the storage
Term
What's a trigone?
Definition
uretral opening
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