Urinary (Excretory) System

What are 2 tissues responsible for holding the kidneys?

• Outer cortex

  &

  Inner medulla

• Renal corpuscle

  &

  Urethra

• Perirenal fat tissue

  &

  Renal fascia

• Proximal convoluted tubule

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  Distal convoluted tubule

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Match the following

• A layer of connective tissue that surrounds each kidney

• Renal capsule

• The blood vessel that brings blood into the kidney

• Renal artery

• The blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney 

•  Renal vein

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In which marked location is urine produced?

What is this location called?

a

Location 1, Major Calyx

Location 1, Renal Pyramids

Location 3, Renal Cortex

Location 2, Renal Columns

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What are the 2 main layers of the kidney?

• Renal artery & renal vein

• Renal corpuscule & renal tube

• Urinary bladder & urethra

• Outer cortex & inner medulla

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After urine is produced and passed into the minor calyces, reorder the 3 passages it goes through before reaching the bladder.

• Renal pelvis

• Ureter

• Major calyces

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A long tube intertwined with blood vessels.

• Renal artery

• Renal vein

• Nephron

• Podocyte

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A nephron has 2 major parts. Identify them using the illustration.

a

b

Inner medulla

renal tubule

renal corpuscle

Outer pelvis

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What are 3 segments of the renal tubule?

• outer cortex & inner medulla, podocytes

• major calyces, renal pelvis, ureter

• ureters, urinary bladder, urethra

• proximal convoluted tubule, loop of henle/nephron loop, distal convoluted tubule

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What are the specialized filtration cells that surround the glomerulus?

• podocytes

• perirenal fat tissue

• white blood cells

• renal fascia

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Blood enters the glomerulus through the ​ ​ (a)   arteriole and leaves through the ​ (b)   arteriole.

• afferent
• efferent

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