Assessment 4 - Urinary system Flashcards
Dorsal boundary: bladder?
Sacrum/ sacral vertebrae
Ventral boundary: bladder?
Bones of the pelvis
Cranial boundary: bladder?
Pelvic inlet
Caudal boundary: bladder?
Pelvic outlet
Lateral boundary of bladder? Left and right
Bones of the pelvis
Bladder location/ empty
Ventral
Pelvic cavity
Bladder location/ full
Only neck of bladder remaines in pelvic cavity
Body of bladder moves ventrally and cranially into abdominal cavity
Where are the structures of the urinary system found?
Caudal abdomen
X kidneys = cranio-dorsally in abdomen
What are the components of the urinary system?
2 kidneys
2 ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
5 functions of the kidneys?
Maintain blood volume
Maintain blood pressure
Maintain electrolyte balance
Maintain acid-base balance
Control red blood cell production
3 parts of the kidney?
Cortex
Medulla
Renal pelvis
What happens to blood when it arrives at the kidney?
filtration process
Location: filtration process
Nephrons
During the filtration process, what is blood filtered of? (7)
Water
Electrolytes
Small proteins
Amino acids
Fatty acids
Glucose
Urea
Why is blood pressure important when blood arrives at the kidneys?
Too high - nephrons will B damaged
Too low - efficiency cld drop
The amount of blood flow to the kidneys is known as…
Renal perfusion
What controls renal perfusion?
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System
Why is the blood pressure in the glomerulus increased?
Lumen of the efferent arteriole is narrower than lumen of the afferent arteriole
What is the glomerulus?
Bundle of capillaries
Permeable walls
Fluid is forced out of capillary walls
High pressure
What is ultrafiltration?
Most plasma of blood filtered out
Leaving behind larger molecules and blood cells.
Where is filtrate first collected?
In the glomerular/ Bowman’s capsule.
What process(es) takes place in the PCT?
Concentration of urea by removing water
Sodium and chloride reabsorption
Reabsorption of ALL glucose
Secretion of toxins and certain drugs
In the loop of Henle: the descending limb is…
permeable to water
In the loop of Henle: the ascending limb is…
permeable to salts
If an animal is dehydrated…
more water is reabsorbed in the loop of Henle, reducing urine output
If an animal is over-hydrated..
less water is reabsorbed in the loop of Henle and will be passed out into the urine
What is released if electrolytes are scarce?
Aldosterone
What produces/releases aldosterone?
Adrenal gland
Where does electrolyte reabsorption take place?
In the Distal Convoluted Tubules and Collecting Ducts
What increases salt reabsorption from the DCT to the bloodstream?
Aldosterone
Aldosterone increases ……………………………………..from the DCT to the bloodstream?
salt reabsorption
By what process does water follow salts being reabsorbed?
Osmosis
What do the kidneys excrete in to the distal convoluted tubule which raises the pH?
Hydrogen ions