Urinary System 1: Kidneys Flashcards
The kidney has several important homeostatic, hormonal, and metabolic
functions that include:
- maintenance of water and electrolyte
- Regulation of acid-base balance
- Excretion of metabolic waste products
- Production of renin
- Conversion of vitamin D into active form
Renin is produced by the
kidney
Renin is for
blood pressure control and erythropoietin
which stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow
The conversion of Vitamin D to the active from helps to
regulate of calcium
In the kidney regulation of acid-base balance in conjunction with
respiratory system
The kidney’s blood supply is
critical to its function
How many segmental (lobar) arteriers per kidney?
5
Each lobar artery of the kidney is a
“end artery”
Segmental Arteries of the kidney give off
interlobar arteries
What is the order that blood travels into the kidney?
Renal Artery
ARA & PRA
Segemental
Interlobar
Arcuate
intralobular
Afferent Arteriole
There are 4 segmental arteries on the
kidney
anterior
_____ is profused by the anterior renal artery
75%
The segemental do not
anastmose
What makes the Glomerulus?
the afferent arteriole
WHere does blood leave the glomerlus
efferent arteriole
Peritubluer Capillary Network arise from
efferent arteriole
Vasa Recta are
blood vessels loacted around the loop of Henle
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
Nephron
What are the two main components of the nephron?
- renal corpuscle
- renal tubule
The renal corpuscle of the3 nephron
filters blood plasma
the renal tubule
modifies filtrate to form urine
Bowmens Capsule
- surounds the glomerulus
- has two layers
what makes up the visceral layer of bowmans capsule?
podocytes
what is the outer layer of bowmans canal?
- simple squamous epip
- parietal layer
What 2 things makes up the renal corpsucle?
- bowmens capsule
- glomerlus
What tuble is closest to the renal corpusle?
Proximal Convoluted Tuble
WHat is the order of the tuble
PCT
Loop of Henle
DCT
Collected tubule
collecting duct
DCT is
Distal Convoluted Tuble
Where do you find peritubular capullariers?
Around the PCT/DCT
PCT is
Proximal Convoluted Tuble
Cortical have
short loops of henle