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Unit Wordlist and Learning Resources

Hugh Jarrard

Unit Wordlist: The Urinary System

The following Terms and Concepts are important in the study of the Urinary System:

 

Gross anatomy of Kidney:

kidney

ureter

urinary bladder

urethra

renal artery

renal vein

renal hilum

 

Internal anatomy of Kidney:

renal cortex

renal medulla

calyces (minor, major)

renal pyramids.

renal columns

renal papillae

renal pelvis

 

Anatomy of the Nephron:

nephron

renal corpuscle (glomerulus, bowman’s capsule)

afferent arteriole

efferent arteriole

proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)

distal convoluted tubule (DCT)

loops of henle (descending and ascending)

collecting ducts

Filtrate production:

fenestrations

filtration slits

forming urine

net filtration pressure

glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

 

Urine Concentration:

countercurrent multiplier system

aquaporin

 

Alteration of Filtrate Production and Urine Contents:

Direct:  myogenic mechanism tubuloglomerular feedback

Via: juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) and macula densa cells

 

Hormonal: angiotensinogen, angiotensin I and II, renin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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