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Urinary System Vocabulary

Adventitial

The outermost layer of the wall of a blood vessel.

Apical

Relating to or denoting an apex.

Autonomic

Involuntary or unconscious.

Calyces

A cuplike cavity or structure.

Deamination

The removal of an amino group from a molecule.

Detrusor

A muscle which forms a layer of the wall of the bladder.

Excretion

Waste is eliminated from an organism. In vertebrates this is primarily carried out by the lungs, kidneys, and skin.

Homeostasis

A biological process that results in stable equilibrium.

Hydrostatic

Relating to the equilibrium of liquids and the pressure exerted by liquid at rest.

Hypothalamic

A region of the forebrain below the thalamus.

Lethargy

Periods of weakness.

Mitochondria

An organelle found in large numbers in most cells.

Osmosis

A process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.

pH

pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a substance is, as determined by the number of free hydrogen ions in the substance.

Prostaglandins

Any of a group of compounds with varying hormone-like effects.

Pseudostratified

Consisting of closely packed cells which appear to be arranged in layers.

Solutes

The minor component in a solution.

Voiding

Excrete (waste matter).

Test Yourself

Urinary System Glossary Reinforcement Activity (Text Version)
  1. The removal of an amino group from molecule is called the _____[Blank 1].
    1. Voiding
    2. Deamination
    3. Calyces
  2. _____[Blank 2] is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a substance is, as determined by the number of free hydrogen ions in the substance.
    1. pH
    2. Apical
    3. Osmosis
  3. _____[Blank 3] relates to the equilibrium of liquids and the pressure exerted by liquid at rest.
    1. Solutes
    2. Hydrostatic
    3. Mitochondria
  4. The outermost layer of the wall of a blood vessel is called the ____[Blank 4].
    1. Hydrostatic
    2. Pseudostratified
    3. Adventitial
  5. Any of a group of compounds with varying hormone-like effects is referred to as _____[Blank 5].
    1. Solutes
    2. Excretion
    3. Prostaglandins

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Activity source: Urinary System Glossary Reinforcement Activity by Gisele Tuzon, licensed under CC BY 4.0./Text version added.

Attribution

Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is adapted from “Urinary System” in Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford licensed under CC BY 4.0. / A derivative of Betts et al., which can be accessed for free from Anatomy and Physiology (OpenStax). Adaptations: dividing Urinary System chapter content into sub-chapters.

  1. 1. Deamination, 2.pH, 3. Hydrostatic, 4. Adventitial, 5. Prostaglandins ↵

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