THE URINARY SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION OF TERMS – USE RED BOOK OR DEVICES
Albumin
Catheter
Cytoscope
Dialysis
Enuresis
Excretion
Micturition
Urea
Parts of the urinary system
A. ______________ – pair of bean-shaped organs located on the posterior abdominal wall behind
the peritoneum at about the level of the first lumbar vertebra contains little filter’s called
____________________.
B. _____________ – tubes extending from the kidneys to the urinary ___________.
C. ________________ – muscularly bag in which _________ collects
D. _______________ – tube passing from urinary bladder to ___________ of the body
Functions of the urinary system
A. Maintains ____________ by regulating the composition and _________ of the blood by
removing and restoring selected amounts of ____________ and ________________.
B. Maintains _________________ by influencing ____________________ of the blood
C. Helps in ______________ processes
1.____________________ during times of starvation
2. secretes erythropoietin which stimulates the production of ________________
3. participates in the synthesis of ___________________ (the active form of vitamin D)
Formation of urine
A. Blood flows to kidney by means of _________________
B. Waste products such as _______, ___________, ____________, and various salts are filtered
from the blood by structures within the kidney
C. The waste is called _______ and flows from the kidney by means of the _________ to the
urinary ________________
D. The_________ blood returns to the ______________ blood
Disorders of the urinary system
A. _________ – complete urinary suppression or ________________ of kidney function
B._____________ - inflammation of the ___________ usually occurring secondary to ascending
urinary tract infections
C. Diabetes Insipidus – ______________ and___________ caused by inadequate secretion of
vasopressin (ADH) by the posterior pituitary gland (Neurohypophysis)
D. Dysuria – ____________ urination
E. ____________ – condition in which body tissues contain an excessive amount of tissue fluid
F. Glycosuria – presence of _____________ in the urine
G. _________________________ – inability to retain urine
H. ____________________ – calculus or crystalline masses present in the pelvis of the kidney
composed primarily of urates, oxalates, phosphates, and carbonates of varying size
I. Nephritis – severe ____________________ of the kidney
J. ______________________ – diminished amount of urine formed
K. Polyuria – _______________ secretion and discharge of urine
L. _____________________ – failure of the kidneys to perform their essential functions. Usually
less than _______ of total kidney function
M. ____________ – condition in which wastes normally excreted by the kidney are retained in the
_________________
N. Urethritis – _____________________ of the urethra
O. _____________________________________ – infections of the urinary tract (kidneys,
ureters, bladder, urethra) by microorganisms
Dialysis and transplants
A. _______________________ – treatment for patients who have defective kidney function. The
blood is _____________________ by passing it through an artificial filter instead of the kidney
B. ____________________________ – replacement of a diseased kidney with a healthy kidney
provided by a ___________________.