Volume 3 Chapter 7

The group of organs that produces urine, maintaing fluid and electrolyte balance for the body

The fluid made by the kidney and eliminated from the body

Waste derived from ammonia produced through protein metabolism

The male organ system that includes reproductive and urinary structures

The medical specialty dealing with the kidneys

The sugical specialty dealing with the urinary/genitourinary system

Pertaining to the kidneys

Kidney stones

A noncancerous enlargement of the prostate associated with aging

A management plan to minimize further damage to vital tissues

The part of the back below the ribs and above the hip bones

An organ that produces urine and performs other functions related to the urinary system

A microscopic structure within the kidney that produces urine. About 1 million per kidney

The notched part of the kidney where the ureter and other structures join kidney

The outer tissue of an organ such as a kidney

The inner tissue of an organ such as the kidney

The visible tissue structures within the medulla of the kidney

The tip of a pyramid, juts into the hollow space of the kidney

The hollow space of the kidney that junctions with a ureter

A tuft of capillaries from which blood is filtered into a nephron

The hollow, cup-shaped first part of the nephron tubule. Water and substances enter through here

The part of the tubule beyond bowman's capsule

The part of the tubule beyond the proximal tubule

The part of the tuble beyond the Descending Loop of Henle

The part of the tubule beyond the ascending loop of henle

The larger structure beyond the distal tubule into which urine drips

The removal of water and other elements from blood in the nephron

The movement of a substance from a nephron tubule back into the blood

The movement of a substance from the blood into a nephron tubule

The fluid produced in Bowman's capsule by filtration of the blood

The volume per day at which blood is filtered through capillaries of the glomerulus

The random motion of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration

The diffusion pattern of water in which molecules move to equalize concentrations on both sides of a membrane

The measure of a substance's concentration in water

A solution that has a concentration of a substance greater than that of a second solution

A solution that has concentration of the substance lower that that of a second solution

A form of molecular diffusion in which a molecule-specific carrier in a cell membrane speeds the molecule's movement from a region of higher concentration to one of lower concentration

Movement of a molecule through a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration. Requires energy

Formation and passage of a dilute urine, decreasing blood volume

Formation and passage of a concentrated urine, preserving blood volume

Greatly increased urination and dehydration that results when high levels of glucose cannot be reabsorbed into the blood from the kidney tubules and the osmotic pressure of the glucose in the bubules also prevents water reabsorption

A waste product caused by metabolism within muscle cells

An enzyme produced by the kidneys that plays a key role in controlling arterial blood pressure

A hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates maturation of red blood cells

A duct that carries urine from kidney to urinary bladder

The muscular organ that stores urine before its elimation from the body

The duct that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. In men, it also carries sperm.

Male sex organs

Male reproductive cell