Bio Excretion In Humans And Respiration Flashcards
Two types of chem reactions in living cells
Anabolic
Simple molecules to complex ones
Eg. Deamination and respiration (oxidaton of glucose)
Catabolic
Complex molecules to simple ones
Eg, photosyntesis, glycogen from glucose
What is metabolism
Refers to sum of anabolic and catabolic reactions that take place in the body of an organism
These produce waste products, harmful when accumulate -> need for removal
What is excretion
It is the process by which metabolic waste products and toxic substances are removed from the body of an organism.
Excretory organs lungs
Product: CO2
Mode of excretion: Gas in expired air
Excretory organs kidneys and skin
Products: excess mineral salts and nitrogenous waste products
- mainly urea (protein deamination)
- uric acid (nucleic acid breakdown)
- creatinine (muscle protein breakdown)
Mode of excretion:
Kidneys- constituent of urine
Skin- constituent of sweat (small amt for nitrogenous waste products)
Excretory organs kidney skin lungs
Product: Water Mode of excretion: Kidney- main constituent of urine Skin- main constituent of sweat Lungs- water vapour in expired air
Excretory organs Liver
Product: bile pigments (from haemoglobin breakdown)
Mode of excretion: constituent of faeces via intestines
Human urniary system parts 6
- kidneys
- ureters
- hilus:
- sphincter muscle
- urinary bladder
- urethra
Human urniary system parts: kidneys
Organs where urine is produced
Human urniary system parts: ureters
Connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder
Human urniary system parts: sphincter muscle
Located at bottom of urinary bladder
Controls urination
Human urniary system parts: hilus
Concave depression where (renal artery, renal vein and nerves)(blood vessels) are connected to the kidney
Human urniary system parts: urinary bladder
Elastic muscular bag that temporarily stores urine
Human urniary system parts: urethra
Duct that urine passes from urinary bladder out the body
Structure of a human kidney parts 6
- Fibrous capsule
- Cortex
- medulla
- renal pyramid
- kidney tubule
- renal pelvis
(Urether -> bladder -> urethra)
Visualse the human urinary system rn
Kidney( Hilus)Kidney || Urethers || Urinary bladder [. ] >.
Structure of a human kidney parts: fibrous capsule
A layer over the kidney yea idk what it does
Structure of a human kidney parts: cortex
Outer dark region, covered and prot by fiborous capsule
(( here (medulla(
Structure of a human kidney parts: medulla
Inner pale red region
Contains the renal pyramids
((Cortex( here(
Structure of a human kidney parts: renal pyramid
Conical structure located in the medulla
Radial stripes on it indicate kidney tubules/nephrons
((cortex( medulla
^ in here
Structure of a human kidney parts: kidney tubule (nephron)
Site of urine formation
(Rich supply of blood vessels)
((Cortex( med(renal pyramid)ulla(
^ in here
Structure of a kidney tubule (nephron) 5
- bowsman’s capsule
- proximal convuluted tubule
- loop of Henlé
- distal convoluted tubule
- collecting duct (several nephrons)
Visualise Structure of a kidney tubule/ nephron
(_____) bowmans capsule
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)). )). || collecting duct
(( ||. _____________________
||pct || dct. Medulla
||. ||
——- loop of henlé
Blood circulation at kidney tubule/ nephron 6 steps
- Blood enters K via renal artery
- Renal artery into many arterioles
- Each arteriole into mass of blood caps: glomerulus
- Blood leaves glomerulus to blood caps surrounding Ktubule
- Blood caps into venules, into branch of renal vein
- Blood exits K via renal vein
Two main processes for urine formation and where
- ultrafiltration (renal corpuscle: bowmans capsule and glomerulus)
- selective reabsorption (at renal tubule)
Ultrafiltration is a PASSIVE process that requires: 2
- High (hydrostatic) blood pressure at glomerulus
2. Filter- basement membrane around glomerular blood capillaries