Chapter Review of The Urinary System
This text provides a review about physical characteristics of urine, gross anatomy of urine transport, gross anatomy of the kidney, microscopic anatomy of the kidney, physiology of urine formation, tubular reabsorption, regulation of renal blood flow, endocrine regulation of kidney function, regulation of fluid volume & composition, and the urinary system & homeostasis.
Topics
- anatomical sphincter
- angiotensin I
- angiotensin II
- angiotensin-converting enzyme
- ACE
- angiotensinogen
- anuria
- aquaporin
- Bowman’s capsule
- brush border
- calyces
- cortical nephrons
- countercurrent multiplier system
- detrusor muscle
- distal convoluted tubules
- diuretic
- efferent arteriole
- endothelins
- external urinary sphincter
- fenestrations
- filtration slits
- forming urine
- glomerular filtration rate
- GFR
- glomerulus
- glycosuria
- incontinence
- intercalated cell
- internal urinary sphincter
- inulin
- juxtaglomerular apparatus
- JGA
- juxtaglomerular cell
- juxtamedullary nephrons
- leaky tight junctions
- leukocyte esterase
- loop of Henle
- macula densa
- medulla
- mesangial
- micturition
- myogenic mechanism
- nephrons
- net filtration pressure
- NFP
- oliguria
- osteomalacia
- pedicels
- peritubular capillaries
- physiological sphincter
- podocytes
- polyuria
- principal cell
- proximal convoluted tubules
- PCTs
- renal columns
- renal corpuscle
- renal cortex
- renal fat pad
- renal hilum
- renal papillae
- renal pyramids
- renin
- retroperitoneal
- sacral micturition center
- specific gravity
- systemic edema
- trigone
- tubuloglomerular feedback
- urethra
- urinalysis
- urochrome
- vasa recta