Module 05: Renal System Flashcards
These are arteries and veins, and arterioles and venules.
Vascular System
This is the clear part of the blood.
Plasma
This is obtained when blood is separated in the laboratory (red blood cells being separated from the plasma).
Serum
This is the whole component of the blood with plasma.
Whole Blood
This is composed of red cell, white cell platelets, etc.
Blood
What are the major functions of the kidney (urinary) system?
(1) Excretory Organs - Removes waste and toxic substances in the blood (metabolic by products of cells and substances)
(2) Regulator of Blood Volume and Blood Pressure by controlling extracellular fluid volume (renin) and urine concentration (osmolality)
(3) Regulation of Solutes and Ions in the blood plasma
(4) Regulator of the body fluid ph (Acidity or Alkalinity)
(5) Regulator of the red blood cell synthesis (erythropoietin)
(6) Synthesis of Vitamin D
This is the metabolic byproduct of carbohydrate.
Lactic Acid
This is the metabolic byproduct of fats.
Keto Acid
This is the metabolic byproduct of proteins.
Urea
This is the product from the contraction of muscle fibers due to the adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Creatinine Phosphate
This is the currency of energy in the body, without it, our muscle fibers cannot contract.
adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
This is the byproduct of proteins and amino acids.
Ammonia (NH3)
This is the byproduct from the breakdown of hemoglobin, which has the intrinsic capacity to alter our skin color to yellow (jaundice).
Bilirubin
This is the metabolic byproduct of nucleic acid (animal protein).
Uric Acid
This hormone is used to regulate the blood plasma
Renin
This is the alkaline component in the kidney that allows your blood to have changes in the ph.
Bicarbonate and Carbon Dioxide (acidosis)
This is used to regulate our red blood cells.
Erythropoietin - this is used to treat anemic patients in dialysis
This is called the active form of vitamin D.
1.25 Dihydrocholecalciferol (Calcitriol - Vitamin D3)
This is a bean shaped organ located at the retroperitoneal constituted of adipose (fat) tissues that holds it in place.
Kidney (Renal)
How do you locate the kidney?
Costovertebral angle (12th rib and 1st 3 Lumbar Spine)
This is behind the peritoneum
Retroperitoneum
How is the structure of the right and left kidney?
Right Kidney is Lower than the left kidney due to the large structure of the liver located at the right side
This is the connective tissue (fibrous) that surrounds and protects the kidney.
Renal Capsule
This is the medial indentation on each side of the kidney where vessels or nerves enter or exit. The area where the renal artery enters the kidney and the renal vein and ureter exits the kidney.
Hilum (Indentation)