Chapter 19 : Excretory Products and their Elimination Flashcards
What are some of the ammonotelic organisms?
bony fish, aquatic amphibians , aquatic insects
What are some of the ureotelic organisms?
mammals, amphibians ,marine fish
What are some fo the uricotelic organisms?
reptiles,birds, land snails, insects , insects
Which organisms have proto nephridia? What is its funciton?
platyhelminthes(flatworm:planaria) , rotifers , soem annelids and cephalochordate (amphioxus)
its funciton is to maintain ionic balance and fluid volume
In which animals are the nephridia prensent?
eartworms and other annelids
it function is to remove netrogenous wastes
In which organisms are malphigian tubules present ?
insects like cockroach
removal of nitrogenous wastes and osmoregulation
What is the excretory organ in the custaceans ? Give some examples of crustaceans?
antennal gland and green gland
one exmaple is prawns
What are the components of the human excretory system?
2 kidney
2 ureter
1 urinary bladder
1 urethra
What are the dimensions of the kidney ? What is its weigt?
10-12 cm
5-7 cm
2-3 cm
120-170 g
What is the opening of the kidney called
the renal hilum
What excretes urine to the ureter?
the renal pelvis
What are the two parts of the nephron?
glomerulus
renal tubule
What is the glomerulus and the bowmans capusle together composed of?
malphigian body or renal corpuscles
Which parts of the nephron is present in the cortical of the kidney ?
malphigian corpuscle( glomerulus and the bowmans capusle ) and PCT, DCT
What are cortilcal nephrons and what is present in it?
extend very little in the cortex
peritubular capillary
What are the medullary nephrons and what is present in it ?
run very deep in the medulla
vasa recta
Where is vasa recta present and what is its shape?
in the juxta medullary nephrons
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Where is peri tubular capillary present ?
in the cortical nephrons
What are the three main processes of urine formation?
glomerular filtrate
reabsorption
secretion
How much blood is passed from the kidney every minute ?
1100-1200 ml /min
What fraction of ht eblood passes through the glomerulus every minute?
1/5 of the blood pumped by the heart
What causes the blood to pass through the 3 layers of the glomerulus and what are those three layers?
glomerular capillary pressure
endothelium of the glomerular capillary
epithelium of bowmans capsule
the basement membrane between them
What are the epithelial cells of hte bowmans capsule caleld?
PODOCYTE
What are filtration slit?
it is the space between the epithelial cells of the bowmans capsule
Which component of the blood does not pass the epithelium of the bowmans capsule ?
protein
What is GFR? What is its default value?
the amount of filtrate formed by kidney per minute is called Glomelrular filtrattion rate
125ml /min and 180L a day
What regulates the GFR? Describe it ? How does it do it?
the juxta glomerular apparatus (JGA)
JGA : it a special sensitive area formed by cellular modification in the DCT and the AFFERENT ARTERIOLE AT THE LOCATION OF CONTACT
a fall in the GFR can actvate the JG cells to release RENIN (single n) which stimulates the Glomerular blood flow and brings the GFR to normal
How much urine is formed in a day ?
1.5 L
What are the things that are actively absorbed for reabsorption? Which things are passively absorbed?
ACTIVELY : glucose , amino acids , Na+
PASSIVELY : nitrogenous waste , reabsorption of water in a first part