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albumin/o
protein
bacteri/o
bacteria
cyst/o
vesic/o
bladder or sac
dips/o
thirst
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gluc/o
glyc/o
glucos/o
sugar
ket/o
keton/o
ketone bodies
lith/o
stone
meat/o
meatus (opening)
nephr/o
ren/o
kidney
pub/o
pubic bone
pyel/o
renal pelvis
py/o
pus
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
ur/o
urin/o
urine
kidneys
filter blood and secrete impurities-urine
calyces (calices)
ducts carrying urine from nephron to the renal pelvis
nephron
functional unit of the kidney
forms urine
glomerulus
cluster of capillaries at beginning of nephron
Bowman's capsule
encloses glomerulus
rental tubule
stem portion of the nephron
ureter
tube that carries urine from kidney to bladder
renal pelvis
basin-"top" of ureter within the kidney
ureteropelvic junction
point of connection between the renal pelvis and ureter
urinary bladder
sac holding urine
urethra
single canal, carries urine to ouside of body
urethral meatus
opening in the urethra to the outside of the body
urea
waste product formed in liver, filtered by kidneys, out through urine
creatinine
waste product of muscle metabolism
filtered out of blood by kidneys
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mariamandrussow
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CH 15: Urinary
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Urinary System
Updated
7/25/2012, 9:49:37 PM
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