anat Flashcards
functions of urinary system (x4)
1) glomerular filtration
- glomerular filtration barrier
- blood vessel wall -> basement membrane -> podocytes
2) secretion
- K+/H+/NH3+ toxic
3) reabsorption
- glucose, salt, amino acid, Ca through peritubular capillaries
- Loop of Henle control concentration
4) excretion
- afferent arteriole thicker than efferent arteriole -> high pressure for filtration
what separates left and right lobe of liver
falciform ligament
what separates right lobes of liver
inferior vena cava splits right lobe into quadrate lobe (above) and caudate lobe (below)
structures around liver
anterior: diaphragm
posterior: gall bladder -> stomach -> transverse colon -> right kidney (most posterior)
liver hilum
- opening into liver
- hepatic artery (branch from coeliac trunk)
- portal vein (supply deoxygenated blood and nutrients from small intestine)
- common bile duct
- venous drainage through 3 portal veins that drains into inferior vena cava
gall bladder
- common bile duct: left + right + common hepatic duct
- eat fat -> duodenum secrete cholescystokinin -> gall bladder contract + secrete bile
- lipid + bile -> micelles -> + pancreatic lipase -> fatty acids and monoglyceride -> pass through intestine -> lymph vessels -> directly transported to heart
- duct system for bile
1) indigestive phase: sphincter closed, backflow of bile back into gall bladder for storage
2) digestive phase: sphincter relaxed, directly secreted into second segment of intestines
histology of liver
. Classic liver lobule
- hexagonal shape
- boundaries (tip) connected to portal space (portal triad)
- central vein in middle
. identifying features: pinkish cytoplasm + prominent nucleus
. portal vein + portal artery -> sinusoids -> Central vein -> hepatic vein -> inferior vena cava
. hepatocytes -> bile canaliculi -> bile tubule -> left and right hepatic duct -> common hepatic duct
bile
. produced by hepatocytes
. functions
1) fat digestion: main func
2) fat absorption: emulsification & solubilisation
. composition: bile salt, phospholipids, cholesterol, bile pigments
functions of urinary system
1) remove waste products & medication
2) balance water composition
3) balance electrolyte composition
4) release hormone that control BP
5) release hormone that control RBC production
6) control Ca2+/phosphorus -> bone health
parts of urinary system
1) kidneys: produce urine
2) ureter: urine to bladder
3) urinary bladder: temporarily store urine
4) urethra: urine to external
kidney structure
. retroperitoneal structure
. protected by thoracic cage
. L more superiorly located than R
. surrounded by fats
. lumbar region
. structures surrounding kidneys
1) right kidney: liver (posterior)
2) left kidney: stomach, spleen (posterior)
3) top of kidney: Adrenal glands
4) in between kidneys: inferior vena cava (left), aorta (right)
5) posterior: posterior abdominal wall