Final Flashcards
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What are the functions of the kidney?
- Regulate total water volume
- Regulating ECF ion concentration’s – extracellular fluid
- ensuring long term acid-base balance
- removal of metabolic wastes and toxins
- Produces hormones
- activation of vitamin D
Which hormones does the kidneys produce
- erythropoietin – red blood cell synthesis
- renin- blood pressure regulation
Renal artery
Carries blood to the kidneys
Renal hilum
Entry point for the renal artery and renal vein
Renal vein
Carries blood away from the kidneys
Ureter
Carries waste products from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
Where are the kiddies located
Retroperitoneal and held in place from Renal fascia and masses of adipose tissue
What is the outermost layer of the kidneys
Renal/ fibrous capsule
What is the second layer of the kidneys from the outside in?
The cortex
Cortex of the kidney
Has blood vessels that serve the nephrons and extensions into the renal sinuses called renal columns
Renal columns
Extensions of the cortex into the renal sinuses
Renal medulla
Known as the Reno Peerman used to concentrate urine and to collect urine for disposal
What is the innermost layer of the kidney
The renal pelvis
Renal pelvis
Resides in the renal sinus – a network of tubes connecting Ceperley to the Ureter
Ureter
Connects kidneys to the urinary bladder
Major calyx
Branches from the renal pelvis
Minor calyx
Branches from the major calyx
Renal papilla
The area at the end of the pyramid and beginning of the calyx resembles a funnel
What is the functional part of the kidney
The nephron which is located in the renal Pyramid
Trace a drop of blood going through the kidneys starting in the abdominal aorta and ending and the inferior vena cava.
Abdominal aorta – renal artery – segmental artery – interlobar artery – arcuate artery (base of cortex)– Cortical radiate artery- afferent arterial - glomerulus (filtration)- Efferent arterial- Peritubular capillaries- vasa recta- Peritubular capillaries- cortical radiate vein- arcuate vein- segmental vein- inferior vena cava
What is the renal capsule made out of?
Glomerular capsule and glomerulus
List the parts of the nephron in order from left to right
- Renal corpuscle
-glomerular capsule
-glomerulus - Proximal tubule
Nephron loop - Descending loop
- ascending loop
- Distal tubule
- Collecting duct
What are the two types of nephrons.
Cortical nephron
Juxtamedullary nephron
Cortical nephron
- 80%
- used primarily to remove waste