Renal physiology Flashcards
(77 cards)
What is the primary function of the kidneys?

What does the ureter do?

What does the urinary bladder do?

What does the urethra do?

What are the 4 specific functions of the kidney?



What is the functional unit of the kidney?
How many nephrons per kidney?
What are they made up of?
What shape do these things form around what? Called what?









What are juxtamedullary nephrons?
What kind of loop of Henle?
Involved in what?
What percentage of nephrons?
What are cortical nerphons?
What kind of loop of Henle?
What are they involved with?

Renal blood flow is how much per min?
more than 1 liter/min

















Define the forces governing filtration

Describe how constricting the afferent arterial or the efferent arterial affert globular filtration rate. Describe how dilating efferent arterial and dialating afferent arterial affect globular filtration rate




































































































