Urinary System Phys (exam 5) Flashcards
What are the principle organs of the urinary system?
Kidneys
What are the accessory organs of the urinary system?
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra
What are the jobs of the urinary system?
Filtration
Reabsorption
Secretion
Where does filtration occur?
Where is the filtrate moving, blood to tubules or tubules to blood?
In the glomerulus, which is inside bowman’s capsule
These are the parts of the renal corpuscle (in renal cortex)
Blood to tubules (blood to glomerulus), in renal corpuscle
What are the primary functions of the kidney?
cleanse and filter blood and regulate blood volume
filtration, reabsorption, secretion
What is filtered out during filtration?
Water, Electrolytes, urea, glucose, amino acids,
NO proteins
NO blood cells
Where does reabsorption primarily occur?
What direction are things moving, blood to tubule or tubules to blood?
PCT (mostly) into the peritubular (in the renal medulla)
Tubules to blood (tubules to peritubular capillaries, tubules to vasa recta)
What is reabsorbed?
Water!!!! Sodium!!! glucose (100% of what is filtered), amino acids (100% of what is filtered), some electrolytes (potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium)
Where does secretion primarily occur?
What direction are things moving, blood to tubules or tubules to blood?
DCT (primarily)
Blood into tubules
What is typically secreted?
Ammonia (NH4+), urea, creatinine, hydrogen, potassium
What hormones regulate urine volume?
Where do they act?
Aldosterone, ANH, ADH
Act on the distal convoluted tubules (DCT)
What does aldosterone do?
Tells the DCT to reabsorb more sodium, which causes water to follow
Acts on DCT because there are sodium, potassium pumps that kick out potassium as sodium is reabsorbed
What does ANH do?
Tells the DCT to secrete more sodium, which causes water to follow
What does ADH do?
Tells the DCT and collecting duct to reabsorb more water
How much blood goes into the kidney per heart beat?
20-25% of blood every heart beat
What structure is the most frequent site of UTIs?
Trigone (in urinary bladder)
What is the number one bacteria that causes UTIs?
E coli
What muscles make up the urinary bladder?
Detrusor muscles
What is micturition?
The act of urinating
How many regions does the kidney have?
What are they?
2:
Renal Cortex
Renal Medulla
What occurs in the renal cortex?
What structures are in the renal cortex?
ALL filtration occurs here, reabsorption &some secretion
Renal corpuscle (glomerulus & Bowman’s capsule)
Proximal convoluted tubules (PCT)
Disatal convoluted tubules (DCT)
What occurs in the renal medulla?
What structures are in the renal medulla?
Some reabsorption, secretion Urine concentration (regulation of urine concentration and urine volume) Renal pyramids (contain the loop of henle, collecting duct)
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
Nephron
How many types of nephrons are there?
What are they?
2
Cortical nephrons
Juxtamedullary nephrons
Where are cortical nephrons?
What are they responsible for?
Primarily in the renal cortex
Loop of Henle dips very little into the medulla (renal pyramids)
Blood filtration & urine production