SS3. Kidney function + anatomy

Question 1

What do arteries leading to kidneys carry?

Answer 1

nurtients like natrium etc
Oxygen
Waste products (urea, extra electrolytes)

Question 2

What happens to the nutrients and part of the oxygen that pass through the kidneys?

Answer 2

They are to be returned to the vein leading out.

Question 3

Via which blood vessel does blood enter the kidney?

Answer 3

Via the renal artery

Question 4

What is the smallest unit of the kidney responsible for filtration and collection?

Answer 4

The Nephron

Question 5

Where can the nephron be found?

Answer 5

In the renal cortex, and can be found in renal medulla (Middle of cortex)where it dips in and out of it.

Question 6

What is the renal calyx/renal calyces?

Answer 6

Dips that collect urine. Met in the renal pelvis, the central area.

Question 7

What is the hilium?

Answer 7

The renal artery ,renal vein and uterer. Place where tubes/vessels come of of the kidney

Question 8

What does the kdiney regulate?

Answer 8

Homeostasis: pH, blood pressure (excreting sodium to decrease pressure), osmolarity and waste.