Urinary System Flashcards
where are kidneys located?
retroperitoneal
behind abdominal cavity
what do the kidneys do?
filters blood and the filter it forms becomes urine
from what the kidneys filter, what percentage gets reabsorbed?
more than 90%
do females or males get more UTI?
urethra is 5x longer in males
what is urine?
a metabolic waste (break down of proteins and RBC from liver) that your body gets rid of
majority of urine is water
what is the urinary system protected by?
the last 2 ribs
renal cortex
one of the two main regions of the kidney
superficial light region
renal medulla
contains pyramid structures
renal pelvis
made of fibrous connective tissue
renal capsule
made of tough material
will lead into ureter
major calyx
goes into renal capsule
what goes in the calyx?
urine
nephron
the functional unit of the kidney that filters blood and the filtered blood goes into the collecting ducts
where is the last portion of reabsorption done?
the collecting duct
where does the antidiuretic hormone come from?
posterior pituitary
what inhibits antidiuretic hormone?
alcohol
what does caffein cause?
kidney stones because it is diuretic
afferent artery goes?
in
efferent artery goes?
out
glomerulus
is a bed of capillaries located inside bowmen’s capsule
proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
denotes the part of the tubule attached to the glomerular capsule
lie within the renal cortex
distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
denotes the part of the tubule that is further away
lie within the renal cortex
nephron loop aka loop of henle
connects the proximal and distal convoluted tubules
what are the 3 functions in the nephron?
- blood pressure plays a direct role in the filtration (pressure filtration)
more filtrate leaves capillaries when pressure is higher - tubular filtration
- tubular reabsorption
collecting duct
collects from many nephrons
water follows?
sodium
medication filters in the tubes
macula densa
are cells in the renal corpuscle and ascending limb of loop of henle
they can change size by the amount of salt which makes these cells swell and change the blood pressure
where does most of the filtration occur?
in the cortex
tubular reabsorption
a lot of reabsorption occurs and urine forms
tubular filtration
some filtration
chloride is affected by
sodium
transcellular reabsorption
is directly through the cell needing energy to happen
ascending loop is thicker in order to
make it difficult for ions to go through but water gets through