B12 + B13 Flashcards
What is Deamination
Where the amino is taken out of the amino acid. For example in the liver the amino acids are deaminated to become ammonia
What function does your kidneys do
They get rid off all waste or harmful products in the body, like carbon dioxide or Urea.
How does your kidney control water
It controls the amount of water you will gain and loose through a negitive feedback loop, and conserve water if you are dehydrated, or urinate it out if you have too much.
Specific areas of the kidney
Bowmnas capsule
Collecting duct
Renal cortex
Loop of henle
What is ADH
Anti Diarrhetic Hormone
Dialysis
The function of the kidneys which is carried out artificially
Kidney transplant
The failed kidney is replaced by a new healthy donor one
Problems of dialaysis
Possibilities of a blood clot forming at any time. And you have to follow a strict diet which is uncomfortable for some people. The sessions are long and you don’t get much time to recover as they are regular
How does dialysis work
Blood moves between partially permeable membranes surrounding by dialysis fluid. During dialysis a patient will lose the excess urea and mineral ions that have built up in the blood but they do not lose useful substances from the blood such as glucose and some mineral ions. Useful ions and glucose are not lost from the blood but you urea, excess ions and water defuses across the partial permeable membrane.
Pros of a kidney transplant
If you receive a kidney transplant you are free from restrictions and can eat and drink as much as you want.
You will live a almost normal life after a transplant.
Their is no need to regularly go into hospital for dialysis.
Much more readily available than it used to be so more people can get them.
Cons of a kidney transplant
Not many people are listed as an organ donor so not many kidneys available.
Their is a risk of infection due to you having to take immunosuppresnt drugs every day.
Risk of rejection is quite high.
You may never get a transplant due to you needing a match which may be hard.
What are immunosuppresnt drugs used for
You have to take them after a kidney transplant, for the rest of your life.
