Flashcards in excretory system Deck (53)
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– medial side
-where renal artery and nerve enter kidney
-where renal vein, ureter, lymphatic vessels exit kidney
-opens into the renal sinus
hilum
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contains blood vessels
-part of the system for collecting urine and adipose tissue
renal sinus
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– cone-shaped
-tip project toward the center
Renal Pyramids
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surrounds tip of renal pyramid
-calyces join to form renal pelvis
Calyx –
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functional unit of each kidney
-approx. 1.3 M for each kidney
nephron
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enlarged end of nephron, double-walled chamber
bowman's capsul
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tuft of capillaries (ball of yarn)
glomerulus
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carry fluid from cortex through medulla
Collecting ducts –
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– (15%) have loops of Henle that extend deep into the medulla
Juxtamedullary nephrons
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(85%) loops of Henle do not extend deep into the medulla
Cortical nephrons –
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parts of filtration membrane
Endothelium of glomerular capillaries
Podocytes
Basement membrane
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Structures consisting of Simple cuboidal epithelium
Proximal convoluted tubules
Thick segments of Loop of Henle
Collecting ducts
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consists of microvilli and mitochondria that actively transport ion & molecules across the wall of nephron
Simple Cuboidal epithelium –
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Structures consisting of Simple Squamous
Thin segments of the descending and ascending loop of henle
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– formed when the distal convoluted tubule come in contact with afferent arteriole
-certain cells secrete renin
Juxtaglomerular apparatus
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movement of water, ions and small molecules through filtration membrane into Bowman’s capsule
A.FILTRATION –
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portion of plasma entering the nephron
-formation depends on filtration pressure (pressure gradient)
Filtrate -
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– blood pressure in the glomerular capillary
Glomerular capillary pressure
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– pressure of the filtrate already inside Bowman
Capsular Pressure
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– pressure within glomerular capillary
-Because most plasma proteins do not pass the filtration membrane, they produce an osmotic pressure that favors fluid movement into the glomerular capillary from Bowman’s capsule
Colloid Osmotic Pressure
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– allows small solutes and water to readily pass but not blood cells and most proteins except for albumin
-thus filtrate contains no cells and little protein (albumin)
Filtration membrane
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– movement of substances from filtrate across nephron wall back into the blood of peritubular capillaries
TUBULAR REABSORPTION
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active transport of solutes across nephron walls into the filtrate
-can either be active or passive
C. TUBULAR SECRETION –
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– secreted by cells of juxtaglomerular apparatuses in kidneys
-acts on angiotensinogen to convert it into angiotensin I
-angiotensin-converting enzyme converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
renin
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– acts on the adrenal cortex, causing it to secrete aldosterone
angiotensin II
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– increases rate of active transport of Na in distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts
Aldosterone
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– secreted by posterior pituitary gland
-passes through circulatory system to the kidneys
-regulates amount of water reabsorbed by the distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts
-release is regulated by hypothalamus
-also influenced by baroreceptors (monitor BP) ↓BP, ↑ADH secretion
ADH
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– secreted from cardiac muscle cells in the right atrium of the heart
C. ATRIAL NATRIURETIC HORMONE
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– small tubes that carry urine from renal pelvis of kidney to posterior inferior portion of urinary bladder
-transitional epithelium
Ureters
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