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| What does the urinary system do? |
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- regulates body fluids
- filter waste
- reabsorb needed substances
- eliminates waste |
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| Where is the kidneys located? |
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- balances fluids and electrolytes
- excretes waste
- regulates acid-base balance
- secretes hormones
- forms urine |
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| lets calcium be absorbed by the bones |
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| What does Erythropoietins do? |
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| It is released during dehydration to stimulate the production of angiotensin causing vasoconstriction which causes water retention. |
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| Where does filtering happen in the kidneys? |
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| glomerules in the nephrons |
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| What carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder? |
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| At what point do the nephrons decide what goes into the distal tubule to our urine or to the renal veins into our blood stream? |
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| Where is the bladder located in men? |
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| Where is the bladder located in women? |
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| in front of the vagina and uterus |
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| Where is the bladder located? |
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| posterior to the symphysis pubis |
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| What muscles allow the bladder to expand and contract? |
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| How much urine can the bladder hold? |
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| 200-500ml (can hold 2x amt if needed) |
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| What carriers urine from the bladder out of the body? |
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| How long is the female urethra? |
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| How long is the male urethra? |
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| What encircles the urethra in males? |
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| This relaxes when full, and signals the need to urinate? |
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| internal urethral sphincter |
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| This allows you to have voluntary control to urinate? |
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| external urethral sphincter |
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| Urine is mostly composed of what? |
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| How much urine is usually made a day? |
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| If protein is in urine what does that usually mean? |
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| either infection or kidney damage |
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| If glucose is in urine what does that usually mean? |
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| hyperglycemia or kidney damage |
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| What are some waste products found in urine? |
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- urea
- creatinine
- uric acid
- ammonia
- bacterial toxins
- water soluble drugs |
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| What is a normal color for urine? |
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| What is a normal specific gravity in urine? |
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| What is a normal urine pH? |
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| What is the most common cause of UTI's? |
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| When pathogens move from the urthra to the bladder? |
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| When pathogens travel from the kidneys to the bladder? |
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| Risk factors for women with UTI's? |
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- short urethra
- intercourse
- pregnancy |
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| Urine the bladder going back up into the kidneys? |
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| Inflammation of the urinary bladder? |
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- dysuria
- frequency
- urgency
- nocturia
- hematuria
- foul odor urine
- polyuria
- suprapubic pain
- dark, tea- colored urine
- couldy urine |
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- nocturia
- incontience
- confusing/ behavior changes*
- lethargy
- anorexia
- fever* |
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