Chapter 27: Urinary System SYDNEY Flashcards
What are the roles of the kidney?
Filter waste & convert to urine
What is the function of the urinary tract and what are other parts of it?
Transport urine and
- Ureters
- Urinary bladder
- Urethra
What are the function of the urinary system?
• Urine storage
• Excretion
• Blood volume regulation
• Regulate Red blood cell production
- Erythropoietin
- Low blood oxygen
• Ion balance/ acid-base balance
What are some features of the kidney?
• Retroperitoneal
• Upper lumbar verteurae
• Left side higher
- due to Liver on right
• 12 cm long, 2.5 em thick
Fibrous capsule
-a.k.a. Renal
capsule
Is the outer surface of the kidney and is composed of dense irregular connective tissues, it maintains the kidney’s shape, protects it from trauma, and prevents infectious pathogens from entering
Perinephric fat (perirental fat)
External to the fibrous capsule and contains, adipose connective tissues, also surrounds the kidney and offers cushioning & support
Renal fascia
External to the perinephric fat and is composed of dense irregular connective tissue & it anchors the kidney to the posterior abdominal wall & peritoneum
Hilum
A concave medial border within the kidney, where vessels, nerves, and the ureter enter/ exit the kidney
Renal Sinus
Houses renal arteries, renal veins, lymph vessels, nerves, the renal pelvis, renal calyces, and a variable amount of adipose adipose connective tissue
When a kidney is sectioned along a ___________ an outer renal cortex &inner renal medulla can be seen
Coronal plane
What some extensions of the Renal Cortex?
-Renal Columns
-Renal Pyramids
Renal columns
Projects into the medulla and subdivide the medulla into renal pyramids
Each renal papilla projects into a funnel-shaped space called _______
Minor Calyx
Several minor calyces merge to form a larger space called __________
Major calyx (each kidney has two or 3 major calyces)
The functional unit in the kidney is the ___________
Nephron
What are the components of nephron?
- Renal corpuscle
- Proximal convoluted tubule
- Nephron loop
- Distal convoluted tubule.
A renal corpuscle is composed of what?
A glomerular & glomerular capsule
(Leaky capillaries
• Blood supply
- Afferent arteriole
» In
-Efferent arteriole
» Out)
Bowman’s Capsule
• Receives filtrate
• Glomerular filtrate
- From blood
_________ is an enlarged bulbous regions of a nephrons
Renal Corpuscle
The glomerular capsule has what two layers?
- Visceral layer
- Parietal layer
The visceral layer of the glomerular capsule is made up of what?
Composed of podocytes
- w/ capillary form filtration membrane
• Regulate flow of
matenals
The parietal layer of glomerular capsule is composed of what?
Formed from a simple squamous epithelium