Week 9 Flashcards
Urinary system
Name (2) functions of the urinary system?
- Elimination of waste products
- Regulation of aspects of homeostasis
(3) Elimination waste products
- Nitrogenous wastes
- Toxins
- Drugs
(6) Regulation aspects of homeostasis controlled by the urinary system?
- Water balance
- Electrolytes
- Acid-base balance in the blood
- Blood pressure
- RBC production
- Activation of vitamin D
______________ is a charged ion that started as a salt because it dissolved in water
Electrolyte
(2) chemicals that are important in acid-base balance?
- Hydrogen (determines acidity)
- Bicarbonate (soaks up hydrogen)
____________ is produced by the kidneys to make RBCs
Erythropoietin
(3) vitamin D functions:
- Immune function
- cellular growth
(4) Urinary system organs
- Kidneys
- Ureters
- Urinary bladder
- Urethra
The functional unit of the kidney is the _______________, consisting of millions of microscopic funnels and tubules.
nephron
The nephron can be divided into (2) distinct parts:
- The renal corpuscle -> filter
- The renal tubule
Where does reabsorption and secretion take place in the nephron?
The renal tubule
Renal corpuscle consists of which (2) parts?
- Glomerulus
- Glomerular capsule (Bowman’s capsule)
Bowman’s capsule is AKA?
Glomerular capsule
_____________ a knot of capillaries, surrounded by podocytes
Glomerulus
_______________ surrounds the glomerulus and is the first part of the renal tubule
Glomerular capsule
The glomerulus allows everything to be filtered through except? (2)
Cells and proteins
______________ have filtration slits and foot processes that stick to the glomerulus. This permits passage of small molecules into the Glomerular (Bowman’s) capsule
Podocytes
______________ extends from
glomerular capsule and ends all the way when it empties into the collecting duct
The renal tubule
the (3) subdivisions of the renal tubule are:
- Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
- Nephron loop (Loop of Henle)
- Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
Convoluted means?
Twisting and turning
The nephron is everything from the glomerulus to the collecting ducts, true or false?
True
___________________ are located entirely in the cortex and include most nephrons
Cortical nephrons
___________________ is found at the middle of the cortex and medulla
Juxtamedullary nephrons
Nephron loop dips deep into the ______________?
medulla
(2) capillary beds of the nephrons?
- Glomerulus
- Peritubular capillary bed
Secretion and reabsorption in the ______________ bed
Peritubular capillary bed
___________________ is fed and drained by
afferent and efferent arterioles
Glomerulus
What (2) factors make the glomerulus a high pressure area?
- Convoluted shape
- Efferent arteriole has a smaller diameter
High pressure forces _____________ and ____________ out of blood and into the glomerular capsule
fluid and solutes
Is the filtrate red? Why yes or no?
No because there are no RBCs
_________________________________ arise from efferent arteriole of the glomerulus and has normal, low-pressure, porous capillaries
Peritubular capillary beds
Is the glomerulus or peritubular capillary beds adapted for absorption
instead of filtration?
Peritubular capillary beds
_________________________ is the destination of the blood that is flowing through the peritubular capillary
interlobar
veins
(3) Steps Urine Formation
- Glomerular filtration
- Tubular reabsorption
- Tubular secretion
____________ transport is when you go from a high concentration area to low concentration area with NO ATP
Passive
Where does glomerular filtration occur?
In the glomerulus
Where does tubular reabsorption occur?
In renal tubule
_____________ is the fluid that ends up in the glomerular capsule
Filtrate
Where does tubular secretion occur?
In renal tubule
Filtration is a _______________ passive process
nonselective
Filtrate is collected in the glomerular capsule and leaves via the _____________________?
renal tubule
Filtrate will be formed as long as systemic blood pressure is ______________?
Normal
Amount of filtrate created/min is known as?
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
____________ is abnormally low urine output (between 100 and 400
ml per day)
Oliguria
_______ is less than 100 ml of urine produced per day
Anuria