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Urinary System | BIOL - Human Anatomy & Physiology, Quizzes of Physiology

Urinary System Class: BIOL - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Subject: Biology / Biological Sciences; University: Delaware Technical and Community College-Central Office; Term: Forever 1989;

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
MACULA
DENSA
DEFINITION 1
Contact with afferent arterioles
TERM 2
VASA RECTA
DEFINITION 2
Surround tubular portion of medullar nephrons
TERM 3
COUNTERCURRENT MECHANISM
DEFINITION 3
Produces Hypertonic urine
TERM 4
FENESTRATION
DEFINITION 4
Size of glomerular capillaries
TERM 5
EFFERENT ARTERIOLE
DEFINITION 5
Glomerular capillaries reunite
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MACULA

DENSA

Contact with afferent arterioles

TERM 2

VASA RECTA

DEFINITION 2

Surround tubular portion of medullar nephrons

TERM 3

COUNTERCURRENT MECHANISM

DEFINITION 3

Produces Hypertonic urine

TERM 4

FENESTRATION

DEFINITION 4

Size of glomerular capillaries

TERM 5

EFFERENT ARTERIOLE

DEFINITION 5

Glomerular capillaries reunite

URETERS

Transports urine from kidney to urinary bladder

TERM 7

ANGIOTENSIN

II

DEFINITION 7

Vasoconstrictor

TERM 8

NEPHRON

DEFINITION 8

Functional unit

TERM 9

JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS

DEFINITION 9

Afferent arterile's smooth muscle fibers

TERM 10

ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE

DEFINITION 10

ADH

RENAL PLASMA

CLEARANCE

Volume of blood that is clearned of a substance per unit of

time

TERM 17

BOWMAN'S CAPSULE

DEFINITION 17

Double-walled cup

TERM 18

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE

DEFINITION 18

GFR

TERM 19

JUXTAMEDULLARY NEPHRONS

DEFINITION 19

15-20% of the nephrons

TERM 20

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION

DEFINITION 20

First step of urine production