Bio - Urinary Sytem Flashcards
Retroperioneal
Behind the parietal peritoneum
Erythropoiesis
The production of erythrocytes
Renal blood flow rate
The rate at which the blood flows through the kidney (1 litre/per min)
Filtrate
Blood plasma minus the proteins, filtered by the nephrons of the kidneys
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
The rate at which filtrate is produced in glomerular filtration
Tubular maximum
The maximum rate of reabsorption by active transport through the nephron tubules
Buffer system
A mixture of an acid and a base that resists changes in pH
The four steps of Urine Formation
Filtration
Reabsorption
Secretion
Water Absorption
The 7 functions of the kidneys
Urine Formation Control of the pH of the blood Regulate blood pressure Stimulate erythropoiesis Activation of Vitamin D Transport of urine Storage and release of urine
keeps the blood cells and proteins
Filtration
taking ‘useful’ molecules back into the blood
Reabsorption
removal of other chemicals in the blood into the nephron
Secretion
blood reabsorbs any water it needs then leaves the rest
Water absorption
What is GCP?
Glomerular Capillary Pressure
What is GFR?
Glomerular Filtration Rate
The names of the three buffer systems
Bicarbonate Buffer System
Phosphate Buffer System
Protein Buffer System
Buffer systems are the least/most effective method of controlling blood pH
least effective method
Bicarbonate Buffer Systems are found in
extracellular fluids
the carbonic acid neutralizes bases that find their way into the extracellular fluids, while the bicarbonate ions neutralize the acids that are found in the extracellular fluids.
Biocarbonate Buffer System
Phosphate Buffer Systems are found
inside cells and nephron tubules
H2PO 4- is the weak acid that will neutralize base that is added to the system, and
HPO4-2 is the weak base that will neutralize any acid added to the system.
Phosphate Buffer System
Protein Buffer Systems are found
inside cells and in the blood plasma
an amino acid can be a Protein Buffer because
it is a molecule that has a weak base and a weak acid.
True or False;
Kidneys can remove H+ from the body or retain it if necessary.
True