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Urinary Flashcards

1
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Function of the kidneys

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Excretion
Regulation of bl pressure/volume
Regulation of electrolytes and pH

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2
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Excretion

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Filter blood plasma an eliminate toxic substances

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3
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Kidney gross anatomy

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Fibrous capsule
Hilum
Blood vessels
Cortex
Medulla
Renal pelvis
Ureter

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4
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Fibrous capsule

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A cover made of fat and collagenous fibers that surrounds the organ

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Hilum

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Concave area of the kidney
Where the artery, vein, and pelvis enter/exit

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6
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Blood vessels

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Renal artery
- oxygenated unfiltered blood
Renal vein
- deoxygenated filtered blood

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Cortex

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Outer functional layer of the kidney
Contains nephrons

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Medulla

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Inner functional layer of the kidney
Made up of renal pyramids

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Renal pelvis

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Enlarged chamber that is formed by all of the calyx coming together
Leads to the ureter

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Ureter

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Carries urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder

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Calyx

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Carry urine from the renal pyramids to the renal pelvis

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12
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Renal columns

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Internal extensions of the renal cortex

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The nephron

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Found in the cortex
Filter blood and produce urine

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Parts of a nephron

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Renal corpuscle
Renal tubules

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15
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Renal corpuscle

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Beginning of the nephron
Located in the cortex tissue

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16
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Parts of the renal corpuscle

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Afferent arteriole
Glomerulus
Efferent arteriole
Glomerular capsule

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17
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Afferent arteriole

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Brings in blood that needs to be filtered

18
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Glomerulus

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Network of capillaries at the end of the Afferent arteriole
These capillaries that holes that allow small substances to leak out of the blood stream

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Efferent arteriole

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Carries everything that didn’t leave the capillaries out of the glomerulus

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Glomerular capsule

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Collection of cells that wrap around the glomerulus and contain everything that left the capillaries of the glomerulus

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Glomerular filtrate

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The stuff that leaks out of the (glomerulus) capillaries

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Renal tubules

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Further process the glomerular filtrate
Located in both the cortex and medulla

23
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Proximal convoluted tubule

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Simple cuboidal epithelium with Microvilli
As filtrate passes through the body tries to reabsorb substances it needs

24
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Nephron loop

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Thin segment
Thick segment

Descending loop
Ascending loop

25
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Thin segment of the nephron loop

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Makes the u-turn btw ascending and descending limbs
Simple squamous epithelium for water reabsorption

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Thick segment of the nephron loop

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Makes the straight portion of the ascending and descending limbs
Simple cuboidal epithelium for active transport

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Distal convoluted tubule

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Cuboidal epithelial tissue with no Microvilli
End of the nephron

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Collecting duct

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Where the material that has been processed is dumbed by the nephrons

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Peritubular capillaries

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Come from the efferent arteriole
Surround the nephrons
Take back substances for the body

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Glomerular filtration

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Fluid passes from the capillaries in glomerulus to the capsule via the filtration membrane

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Glomerular filtrate

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The fluid that has been filtered from the blood plasma in the glomerulus and passes throughout the nephron

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Filtration membrane

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A physical barrier between the fluid in the bloodstream and fluid outside the bloodstream

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Layers of the filtration membrane

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Fenestrated endothelium of the capillary
Shared basement membrane
Filtration slits

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Fenestrated endothelium of capillary

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Wall of the capillary that has holes in it

35
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Glomerular filtration through the filtration membrane

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Particles in the blood are pushed out through these holes by an increase in blood pressure caused by a decrease in blood vessel size

36
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What is filtered in glomerular filtration?

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Water
Electrolytes
Fatty acids
Amino acids
Nitrogenous waste
Vitamins

37
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Tubular reabsorption

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The ability of blood to reabsorb material that it needs
PCT reabsorbs the majority of the glomerular filtrate and also water
Nephron loop and DCT absorb mostly water

38
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Tubular secretion
(Happens throughout the whole process)

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Capillaries add additional substances to the tubules that did not make it out in the filtration process

39
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Water conservation

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Last chance to reabsorb water
Primarily in the final collecting duct
Once the filtrate has entered the collecting duct it is considered urine

40
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Urine formation

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Glomerulus filtration
Tubular reabsorption
Tubular secretion
Water conservation

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