Renal P1 Flashcards
What are the key functions of the kidney?
What is the rate of blood passing through the kidneys?
How much of the body mass do kidneys take up?
How much of the cardiac output do the kidneys make up?
What are the components of the renal system?
What is the size of the kidneys?
What is the hilum?
What is the renal cortex?
What is the renal medulla?
What are the sections of the kidney?
What supplies the kidney with blood?
What are nephrons?
How many nephrons are there in each kidney? What are they?
How is the nephron divided?
How does blood flow into the renal corpuscle?
What is the product of filtered plasma called?
Filtrate
Where then does the filtrate flow into?
Where does the filtrate go from the PCT?
What is the last section of the nephron?
What % of our nephrons are cortical?
80-85%
Where is the renal corpsucle located?
what lies in the cortex or outer medulla?
