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What body fluid composition does the urinary system maintain?

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water/ions

base/acid

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How does the urinary system eliminate waste?

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Cellular metabolism, phagocytosis, foreign chemicals, drugs and food additives

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What minor endocrine function does the urinary system have?

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secretes erythropoietin/renin to reg. bp

activates vitamin D which helps calcium absorption in SI

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Urea

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nitrogenous waste from protein; bulk of urine

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Waste of muscle activities

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Creatinine

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Waste of nucleic acid

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Uric acid

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Hemoglobin breaks down and forms what waste?

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bilirubin and other urochromes

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PH in urine is…

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variable/not constant 4.6-8

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what could it mean if PH of urine is too high

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infection or renal failure

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what could is mean is PH of urine is too low

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diabetes, mellitus, emphysema, starvation

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what other systems help to remove waste besides urinary?

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integumentary, respiratory and digestive

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waste of respiratory

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h2o and co2

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waste of integumentary

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nitrogen compounds, water and electrolytes (main function of sweat is temp regulation)

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waste of digestive

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digestive waste, bile pigments, heavy metal salts

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15
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what is urinary MOST important for?

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water and electrolyte (ion) balance

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16
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What glands sit on top of kidneys

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adrenal aka suprarenal

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17
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kidney location

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retroperitoneal

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18
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urinary epithelium

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transitional epi. or urothelium

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traits of urothelium

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impermeable to urine which is sterile but could be toxic, prevents water from being drawn into hypertonic urine, interdigitating cell junctions that make distension (stretching/expanding possible)

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20
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how many layers in ureters and names

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3- mucosa, muscularis, adventitia

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what does the mucosa layer consist of

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transitional epi, lamina propria (connective tissue)

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what does muscularis layer consist of

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smooth muscle: inner-longitudinal, outer- circular (another longitudinal layer on outside in lower 1/3 of ureter)

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what does the adventitia consist of

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BV, lymphatics, nerves

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24
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what muscle is in bladder

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detrusor muscle

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how many mL will bladder hold until feel like peeing
300 mL (can be consciously overridden- holds 3X more)
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two muscles at bottom of bladder that control urine being released and type of muscle
internal sphincter- smooth muscle- INVOLUNTARY | external sphincter- striated muscle- VOLUNTARY
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orifice
opening
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bladder layers
same as ureters except bladder has 3 muscular layers, same as bottom 1/3 ureter
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position of urethra in female
anterior to vag opening, posterior to clit
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3 regions of male urethra
prostatic, membranous, penile (spongy)
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what does urethra secrete
mucous into urethral canal
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micturition
voiding or urination
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incontinence
loss of bladder control
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general overview of how bladder expands (distension)
activation of stretch receptors trigger visceral reflex arch
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how do efferent impulses get to bladder
pelvic splanchnic nerves (parasympathetic)
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result of efferent impulses to bladder
detrusor contracts, internal sphincter relaxes (external can override)
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what in kidney collect urine
calyces and pelvis
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lobe in kidney
cortex capsule and pyramid
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where is most urine produced
in nephrons in the cortex
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What does each nephron consist of?
glomerulus, renal tubules (Bowman's capsule, distal/proximal tubules, loop of Henle)
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renal corpuscle
glomerulus + Bowman's capsule
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What do the thin walls of the glomerulus (capillaries) act as?
semi-permeable membrane
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What is the filtrate from the glomerulus free of?
protein and RBC bc too big
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Glomerulus mechanism
basically passive under some pressure
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What may happen if you have very low blood pressure
the glomerular filtration stops, kidneys shut down
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Where does reabsorption of filtrate take place
distal/proximal tubules
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the two layers of Bowman's capsule
outer: continuous with proximal part of renal tubule (simple squamous) inner: podocytes- branching processes closely assoc. with glomerular capillaries; filtration slits btwn processes
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spaces between pedicles
filtration slits
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what should you never have in urine?
protein, glucose, or blood; indicates diabetes or kidney problems
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part of glomerulus that means windows in german
fenestrae
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glomerular hydrostatic pressure in glomerulus
hydrostatic= pushing up against BV from inside; PROMOTES outward flow/ encourages filtration
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osmotic pressure of blood in glomerulus
opposes outward flow
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Glomerular capsule fluid pressure
opposed outward flow
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3 types of pressure involved in glomerular filtration and whether they oppose/promote outward flow
hydrostatic- promote osmotic- oppose glomerular capsid fluid- oppose
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What pressure in the glomerulus wins
the hydrostatic, that's how we filter the blood outward
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pressure from the renal artery to the renal vein (decreases/increases)?
decreases
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distal convoluted tubule in comparison to afferent arterial
they are leveled
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where does filtrate in the efferent arterioles lead to in cortical nephron
to peritubule capillaries (adjacent to proximal and distal tubules), veins, interlobular, arcuate, interlobar, segmented, renal vein, vena cava, heart
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where does the filtrate that goes through renal tubules go
into renal pyramids to ureters
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vasa recta
in juxtamedullary nephrons, when filtrate leaves glomerulus via efferent arteriole it goes to peritubular capillaries then to these specialized veins that go around loop of henle (urine concentration) then to veins and back to heart
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main purpose of glomerulus in nephron
produce protein free filtrate (2/3 gets reabsorbed)
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main function of PCT and loop of henle
reabsorbs Na, K, and glucose by active transport, reabsorb Cl by diffusion, obligatory water reabsorption by osmosis, secretion of certain drugs by active transport (ex- penicillin)
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when PCT and loop of henle "reabsorb" things like Na, what does this mean/where?
reabsorption out to the peritubular capillaries
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when PCT and loop of henle "secrete" certain drugs what does this mean
secretion into tubules
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main purpose of DCT
reabsorb Na by active transport, secrete H and K
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main purpose of collecting tubules
reabsorb water by osmosis, ADH also controls reabsorption of water
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how does DCT know if Na levels are too low?
macula densa
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macula densa
sensitive to decreased concentration of Na (aka decreased bp)
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juxtaglomerular cells
cuff of smooth muscle around afferent arteriole containing renin granules
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juxtaglomerular apparatus
macula densa + juxtaglomerular cells
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two situations renin will be released into bloodstream by juxtamedullary apparatus
if there's a fall in systemic pressure or decreased Na bc where Na goes, water follows
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what senses fall in systemic pressure in the juxtaglomerular apparatus
pressure receptor (juxtaglomerular cells) in wall of afferent arteriole
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what sense decreased Na in juxtaglomerular apparatus
chemoreceptors (Macula Densa) in distal convoluted tubule
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renin pathway
renin --> angiotensinogen (plasma protein) --> angiotensin I (polypeptide) --> angiotensin II (potent vasoconstrictor)
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aldosterone
sodium retaining hormone released in adrenal cortex for vasoconstriction
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how does aldosterone increase BP
promotes reabsorption of Na (water follows) expanding blood volume (pressure), made by hypothalamus released by pituitary

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