| What occurs after the kidney finished processing? | Urine travels down the ureter into the urinary bladder |
| What prevents the backflow of urine? | Urine enters the bladder at an oblique angle to prevent backflow |
| What are the three main layers of the Urinary Bladder? | Mucosa
Muscularis
Adventitia |
| What is the mucosa made out of? | The mucosa is made out of transitional epithelium |
| What are the two layers that make up the Muscularis | the muscularis is made up of
- inner longitudinal layer
- outer circular layer |
| What makes the Advenitia? | Typical connective tissue |
| Name the structure | Lumen |
| Define the Urinary Bladder | The Urinary Bladder is a muscular sac |
| What is the function of the Urinary Bladder? | The Urinary Bladder can store and expel urine |
| What shape and location does the bladder take when it is full of bladder | When the bladder is full it takes a spherical shape and expands into the abdominal cavity |
| What is the location of the bladder when it is empty? | When the bladder is empty is lies entirely within the pelvis |
| Name the structure | Ureter |
| Name the structure | Peritoneum |
| Name the structure | Urethra |
| Name the structure | Destructor Muscle |
| Name the structure | Internal Urethra Spinchter |
| Name the structure | External Urethral Spinchter |
| Name the structure | Uterus |
| Name the structure | Urachus |
| Name the structure | Ductus Deferens |
| Name the structure | Pubic Symphysis |
| Name the structure | Prostate |
| What embryo kidney becomes the adult kidney? | The Metanephros kidney is the only kidney out of 3 embryo kidneys to become an adult kidney |
| When does the Metanephric kidney begin to produce urine? | The Metanephric kidney begins to form urine by fetal month 3 |
| What occurs to the kidney as one ages? | - nephrons decrease in size and number
- tubules lose their efficiency to secrete/reabsorb
- filtration declines |
| What occurs to the bladder as we age? | - the recognition of desire to urinate is delayed
- loss of muscle tone in bladder |
