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1
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What is homeostasis?

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This is maintaining a constant internal environment and reaching a ‘steady state’

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What are some conditions within the body that should be kept constant?

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Body temperature
Blood pH
Water content of blood
Blood glucose concentration

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What homeostatic function is the kidney involved in?

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Osmoregulation

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Why is homeostasis important?

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Temperature regulation to avoid the denaturation of enzymes

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What is osmoregulation?

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It helps to prevent lysis or crenation of cells

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What does crenation mean?

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Shrivel or go wrinkly

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What is meant by the word ‘lysis’?

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To split or burst

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8
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What do homeostatic mechanisms use and why?

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They use negative feedback to maintain a constant value

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What will happen to the corrective mechanism when the change is bigger?

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The corrective mechanism becomes better

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10
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When change occurs what automatically will appear?

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A corrective mechanism

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What are 2 characteristics of the kidney?

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Homeostatic organ
Involved in excretion

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What is excretion?

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Removal of toxic waste products of metabolic processes from the body - urea is the most common

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What process is the kidney involved in?

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Involved in osmoregulation

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14
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What makes or causes urea?

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The breakdown of excess amino acids and nucleic acids in the liver

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15
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What makes or forms creatinine?

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The degradation of a molecule involved in ATP generation

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16
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What do kidneys help to maintain?

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Water potential of body fluids

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17
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What excretion are the lungs involved in?

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The excretion of carbon dioxide

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18
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What do the kidneys excrete?

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Urea
Creatinine

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What is the role of the kidneys?

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The removal of nitrogen containing waste products such as urea and creatinine

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20
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Where does urine exit the body?

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Via the urethra

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21
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What muscle controls the flow of urine?

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The sphincter muscle

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When excretory products enter the ureter where are they stored?

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In the bladder

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23
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What is a nephron?

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The functional unit of the kidney

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24
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How many nephrons are there per kidney?

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1,000,000

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25
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What 4 parts does each kidney consist of?

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Bowman’s capsule
The proximal convoluted (coiled) tubule
The Loop of Henle
The distil convoluted tubule

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26
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When nephrons join what do they form?

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A collecting duct

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27
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What is the point of the collecting duct?

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Transfers fluid (urine) towards the renal pelvis

28
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What are the 2 stages that urine production occur in?

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Ultrafiltration
Reabsorption

29
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What happens during the stage ultrafiltration?

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glomerular plasma is filtered into Bowman’s capsule at high pressure.
Filtrate contains both useful and toxic molecules

30
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What happens during the stage of reabsorption?

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Useful substances are reabsorbed into the blood stream

31
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What are some useful substances that will have to be reabsorbed?

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Glucose
Amino acids

32
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What are some toxic molecules that are released through the urine?

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Urea
Creatinine

33
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What is the bowman’s capsule also known as?

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The filter

34
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What are the 2 layers that the Bowman’s capsule consist of?

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Epithelium - outer layer
Squamous (thin) endothelium of the blood capillaries in the glomerulus - inner layer

35
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What way are the capsule epithelial cells arranged and what is their name?

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Arranged in an irregular network and are called podocytes

36
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What are podocytes?

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Footed cells

37
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What are found between the minor processes?

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Filtration slits

38
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What do these filtration slits allow for?

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The passage of all constituents of blood plasma but not blood cells

39
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What do pores allow for?

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The passage of blood plasma, including proteins

40
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What is the role of the basement membrane?

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To act as a barrier to plasma proteins

41
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What is the basement membrane also known as?

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It is also the dialysing membrane responsible for ultra-filtration

42
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What is the proximal convoluted tubule involved in?

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Involved in selection reabsorption

43
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What does the proximal convoluted tubule contain?

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Cuboidal epithelial cells
Numerous mitochondria
Microvilli

44
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Why does the proximal convoluted tubule contain mitochondria?

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For ATP synthesis, active transport and aerobic respiration

45
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Why does the proximal convoluted tubule contain microvilli and basal invaginations?

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To increase the surface area for reabsorption

46
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What are the 2 stages of urine production?

A

Ultrafiltration
Reabsorption

47
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What is ultrafiltration?

A

Glomerular plasma is filtered into Bowman’s capsule at high pressure
Filtrate contains both useful and toxic molecules

48
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What is reabsorption?

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Useful substances are reabsorbed into the blood stream

49
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What is the collecting duct?

A

Transfers urine towards the pelvis

50
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What is the role of the distil convoluted tubule?

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Adjusts the ionic composition and the Ph of blood
Toxic substances are secreted into the filtrate

51
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Where does the loop of Henle make the tissue fluid?

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In the medulla hypertonic

52
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What does the work hypertonic mean?

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More concentrated with mineral ions

53
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What is the Loop of Henle also known as?

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The formation of a salt bath

54
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What is the purpose of this?

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To reabsorb water into the blood

55
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How does the loop of Henle reabsorb water?

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It pumps sodium and chloride ions out of the filtrate into the surrounding tissue fluid

56
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Where do salt ions leave via?

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The ascending limb

57
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What is special about the descending limb?

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It is impermeable to ions (sodium and chloride)
It is permeable to water

58
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How does water leave the descending limb?

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It leaves by osmosis

59
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What happens to the water as it descends further down the loop of Henle?

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The water or the filtrate becomes more concentrated

60
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In the ascending limbs what will happen to the ions?

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The ions are actively transported out of the filtrate into the surrounding tissue

61
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Why does water not follow by osmosis in the ascending limb?

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It is impermeable to water

62
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What will happen to the tissue fluid now that the ions have moved out and what happens to the filtrate?

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Tissue fluid - hypertonic
Filtrate - hypotonic

63
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Where is the filtrate most concentrated?

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At the base of the loop

64
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If the filtrate is more concentrated at the base of the loop then what will this mean for the tissue fluid?

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It is more concentrated at the base of the medulla

65
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What happens in the distil convoluted tube?

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Certain substances are actively transported from the blood into the filtrate

66
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What is one adaptation of the distil convoluted tubule?

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Has a brush of microvilli with numerous membrane pumps for active transport

67
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What is the secretion within the DCT regulated by?

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ADH - Antidiuretic Hormone

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