Respiratory & Urinary System Flashcards
Ch 19,20,21
Micturition what is another name for this?
Urination
aka expelling unreel form the bladder aka pissing
What are part of the Urinary System
-Kidney
-Ureter
-Urethra
-Urinary Bladder
Define Urine
excretory products from nephrons + collecting ducts
What does urine contain?
Water, wastes, and electrolytes
Urine formation contains three parts. Name the three and define their roles
Glomerular Filtration:
filters water/small molecules, from glomerular capillaries create filtered fluid go through renal tube = tubular fluid
Tubular Respiration:
From renal tube fluid out into PERItubular capillaries. Reclaims some items
Tubular Absorption:
From PERItubular capillaries back into renal tube; continuation into urine adds more waste
What are the kidneys function?
-maintenance in pH, REG in VOLUME of body fluids
-filtration such as REMOVE wastes/excess water
-SECRETE hormones FOR metabolic processes
-homeostasis as excretory organs
where is the kidney located ?
Retroperineal
aka behind the parietals; peritoneum
Where is the renal cortex located in the kidney?
outer region
Where is the renal medulla located in the kidney?
Inner region
Describe Renal Pyramids
“triangles” in which is medulla divided by renal COLUMNS
What is the renal sinus entry called?
Hilium
Nephrons are ?
site of URINE PRODUCTION
Renal blood supple in order
Renal artery “large”–> segmental artereies–> interlobar arteries (passes through pyramids)—->arcurate arteries aka ‘arches in pyramids’—-> Cortical Radiate Arteries
what does arteries have that veins in the kidney does not?
NO SEGmental veins like segmental arteries
what makes up a nephron?
2 parts
Renal Corpuscle & Renal Tubule
List off the types of nephrons in the kidney and their characteristics
-Cortical Nephron
(85%)
short, near surface, only @ cortex
-Juxtamedullary Nephron (15%)
long = reaches medulla, deep in cortex, regs water/urine
What is the role of the efferent arteriole?
Take not filtered BLOOD passed by glomerulus into the peritubular capillary
what is the function of the glomerulus?
To filter blood
What is the role of the afferent arteriole?
Take blood into the glomerulus
What is the function of the Juxtaglomerular Apparatus?
regulate secretion of enzyme RENIN (aka regs blood pressure)
What are the roles of juxtaglomerular apparatus?
-Blood pressure (juxtaglo cells)
-sodium content regulation(macula densa)
Define Countercurrent multiplier
countercurrent mechanism that contains nephron loops of juxtamedullary nephrons KEEPING medullary interstitial fluid HYPERtonic
for concentrated urine 100%