RENAL SYSTEM Flashcards
What system that has arteries and veins, arterioles and venules
Vascular System
Smaller arteries
Arterioles
Smaller veins
Venules
Clear part of the blood
Plasma
Obtained when blood is separated in the laboratory
Serum
Component of the blood with the plasma
Whole blood
Composed of red cell, white cells, platelets
Blood
It is behind the abdomen and size of fist
Kidney
Large vessel and major artery
Aorta
Major vein in abdomen that is connected to kidney and artery
Inferior vena cava
It is the 2 tubules that connects kidney to urinary bladder
Ureter
Microscopic anatomy of the kidney
Nephron
Remove waste and toxic substance in the blood
Excretory Organs
What organ is excretory organ
Kidney
Metabolic by product of cells and substances
Waste and Toxic
Breakdown of Carbohydrates
Lactic Acid
Breakdown of Fats
Keto Acid
Breakdown of protein
Urea, Nitrogen, Amino, Sulfur
Breakdown of creatine phosphate in muscle fiber
Creatinine
By produce of proteins and amino acids
Ammonia (NH3)
Breakdown of Hemoglobin
Bilirubin
Where can we find hemoglobin that gives tint
Liver
Breakdown of nucleic acid (animal protein)
Uric Acid
Where can we find high uric acid
Dark Meat and Bangus
What are the excretions of metabolic waste
Creatinine, Urea, Ammonia, Bilirubin, Uric Acid
What kidney regulates?
Blood volume and Blood pressure
What is the extracellular fluid volume or the hormone that regulates blood plasma?
Renin
What is a urine concentration
Osmolality
How blood volume and pressure are controlled
By extracellular fluid volume and urine concentration
It is the reading came from the heart
Blood pressure
How regulation is accomplished
Kidney
What are also regulates in the blood plasma to know how much to keep or get rid of?
Solute and Ions
What are the solutes and ions in the kidney
Glucose
Sodium (Na)
Potassium (K)
Chloride (Cl)
Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Phosphate (HPO4
Calcium (Ca)
What also regulates in body fluid
pH
2 Kinds of pH
Acidity
Alkalinity
Alkaline part of kidney
Bicarbonate
Regulator of the red blood cells synthesis
Erythropoietin
Where RBC are produced
Bone marrow
What organs responsible for maintaining pH
Lungs and Kidneys
What vitamins are synthesis by the kidney
Vitamin D/ Vitamin D3
Active form of Vitamin D or it convert Vit D to?
Calcitriol/ Dihydrocholecalciferol
Is breastmilk has Vit D.?
No
It is needed for development of the child
CalciuM
It helps immune system
Vitamin D.
Absorption of Calcium
Calcitriol
Other word for Kidney
Renal (Latin)
What shape is kidney
Bean shaped
It holds kidney in place
Adipose (fat tissue)
What is the angle where kidney can be found
Costovertebral angle
What ribs
12th rib and 1st 3 lumbar spine
What is behind the peritoneum
Retroperitoneal
What is more lower, right or left
Right Kidney
Superior pole of each kidney
Adrenal Gland
What cavity is kidney located
Abdominal Cavity
It is the structure that is connective tissue (fibrous) where it surrounds and protects the kidney
Renal Capsule
It is also known as indention
Hilum
Medial indention on each side of the kidney where vessels or nerves enter or exit
Hilum
It is the same shape of kidney where they occur embryonically
Ears
Biggest transport area where urine collection begins
Calyx
Cup of a flower funnel shaped branch of the renal pelvis
Calyx
What are in the Hilum
Renal Sinus
Renal Pelvis
Calyx
Fat filled cavity which contains blood vessel
Renal Sinus
Wide section of urinary channel
Renal Pelvis
Inner kidney structure
Renal Parenchymal
Outer
Cortex
Inner
Medulla
Cone shaped section of tissue lying mostly in medulla
Renal Pyramids
Tip of the pyramid
Renal Papilla
It surrounds the pyramid
Calyx
Functional Unit of the Kidney; Greek for kidney
Nephron
Functions of the Kidney
Filtration
Reabsorption
Secretion
From nephron transfer back to blood vessel
Reabsorption
From blood plasma to nephron
Secretion
Capillary bed= network of blood capillaries where filtration starts
Glomerulus
2 kind of arterioles
Afferent Arterioles
Efferent Arterioles
It delivers blood to the glomerulus
Afferent Pathway
It carries blood away from the glomerulus to the vascular system
Efferent Pathway