How Your Kidneys Work Flashcards
1
Q
Kidney is located…
A
either side of the spinal column in the posterior abdominal wall
2
Q
What sits on top of the kidney?
A
Adrenal Glands
3
Q
Renal Lobe is composed of?
A
medullary pyramid and outer cortex
4
Q
Supply the renal lobe
A
branches of renal artery
5
Q
The smallest branches of the renal artery
A
Afferent arterioles
6
Q
The excretory components of kidney
A
Nephrons
7
Q
Supply the nephrons
A
Afferent arterioles
8
Q
nephrons consist of
A
renal corpuscle and renal tubule
9
Q
first step of urine production
A
glomerular filtration
10
Q
where does the first step of urine production occurs
A
renal corpuscle
11
Q
second step of urine production
A
tubular reabsorption
