urinary system function ch 10 Flashcards
Regulating water balance involves 3 processes:
1-Filtration
2-Reabsorption
3-Excretion
X kree shn
ex cre tion=اخراج
filtration
Body fluids are filtered removing waste products
Reabsorbtion
water and nutrient are reabsorbed into blood
Excretion
substance not needed by the body are excreted as urine
Kideny function
Filter blood and reabsorb water and other substances needed by the body
Blood gets filtered ~400 times a day
Nephron
functional unit of the kideny
The 2 Components of the Nephron
Nephron tubules
Mass of blood vessels
Kidneys remove nitrogenous wastes that produced from __________________________________in form _______________
1-the break down of protein and nucleic acid
2-ammonia
3 forms of nitrogen waste :
1-ammonia
2-urea
3-uric acid
Kidneys filter the blood and concentrate the many waste products of ____________
metabolism
__________________ for the presence of ___________ that result from the breakdown of drugs, NOT for the drugs themselves
1-Drug-screening urinalysis tests
2-metabolites
urin aal sis/mit app ill itis
urina lysis /meta bolite=مستقبل