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The Human Body in Health and Illness:
Chapter 24 Exam Study Guide.


Ureters - Answers✔tubes that conduct urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Urethra - Answers✔Tube that conducts urine from the bladder to the exterior for elimination

urinary bladder - Answers✔Reservoir that receives and stores urine

urinary bladder - Answers✔A Foley catheter is inserted into this organ for drainage

Kidneys - Answers✔Bean-shaped organs that make urine

Ureters - Answers✔Pathogens can ascend from the bladder through these tubes to the kidneys,
thereby causing a kidney infection.

urinary bladder - Answers✔Structure that is involved in urinary retention

urinary bladder - Answers✔Structure that contains the trigone, a triangle formed by the two
points of entrance of the ureters and the exit point of the urethra.

Urethra - Answers✔The external sphincter surrounds the upper region of this structure

urinary bladder - Answers✔The internal sphincter surrounds the upper region of this structure

Urethra - Answers✔The prostate gland encircles the proximal end of this structure

Hilum - Answers✔The indentation of the bean-shaped kidney; the point where the blood vessels,
nerve, and ureter enter or exit the kidney

urinary bladder - Answers✔The wall of this structure is arranged in rugae to allow expansion

Renal pelvis - Answers✔Basin within the kidney that collects the urine made by the kidney

renal columns - Answers✔The lighter, outer region of the kidney, called the renal cortex, extends
inward to form these structures

Renal pyramids - Answers✔the darker, inner region of the kidney, called the renal medulla,
forms these striped cone-shaped regions
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Calyces - Answers✔cuplike edges of the renal pelvis that receive the urine from the renal
pyramids and empty it into the renal pelvis

renal capsule - Answers✔tough outer lining that encases the kidney

urinary bladder - Answers✔Storage structure that empties during micturition

urinary bladder - Answers✔Storage structure that contains the detrusor muscle

glomerulus (glomeruli) - Answers✔tuft of capillaries across which water and solute are filtered

collecting duct - Answers✔The distal convoluted tubule empties urine into this structure

collecting duct - Answers✔Structure that is most concerned with the concentration of urine

peritubular capillaries - Answers✔Vascular structure that surrounds the tubules; involved in
reabsorption and secretion

peritubular capillaries - Answers✔the efferent arteriole extends and becomes this structure

proximal convoluted tubule - Answers✔Most reabsorption occurs across the walls of this tubular
structure

collecting duct - Answers✔The site at which hormone (ADH) is most active

glomerulus (glomeruli) - Answers✔the afferent and efferent arterioles bracket (form bookends
to) this structure

collecting duct - Answers✔The final adjustment of urine occurs at this site

Loop of Henle - Answers✔the proximal convoluted tubule extends as this structure

distal convoluted tubule - Answers✔Site at which aldosterone is most active

glomerulus (glomeruli) - Answers✔these capillaries sit within the C-shaped Bowman's capsule

peritubular capillaries - Answers✔Vascular structure that empties blood into the venules and
eventually into the renal vein

peritubular capillaries - Answers✔The process of secretion causes solute to move from this
structure into the tubules

Loop of Henle - Answers✔composed of an ascending and a descending limb

peritubular capillaries - Answers✔Reabsorption causes water and solute to move from the tubule
into this structure

Loop of Henle - Answers✔Hairpin structure between the proximal and distal tubules
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