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Functions of the urinary system

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-Elimination of waste products such as nitrogenous waste ( urea, creatinine, ammonium and uric acid) toxins and drugs

  • Regulation of aspects of homeostasis
    • RBC production
    • Activation of vitamin D
    • water balance
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Organs of the urinary system

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  • Kidneys
  • ureters
  • urinary bladder
  • urethra
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Three region of kidney

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  • Renal cortex
  • Renal medulla
  • Renal pelvis
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Each nephron consists of two main structures

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  1. Renal corpuscle

2. Renal tubule

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The subdivision of the renal tubule are

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  1. proximal convulated tubule
  2. Nephron loop
  3. Distal convulated tubule
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Urine formation is the result of three processes

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  1. glomerular filtration
  2. tubular reabsorption
  3. Tubular secretion
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Glomerula filtration occurs when blood enters the __________

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glomerulus via the afferent ateriole

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The afferent arteriole has a

_________ diameter than the efferent arteriole, resulting in _______. This increased blood pressure _______________.

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larger, an increase in glomerular blood pressure , forces more fluid and molecules to leave the glomerulus than in typical capillaries

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fluid that enters the glomerular capsule is called

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glomerular filtrate

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glomerular filtrate enters the

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glomerular capsule

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(Glomerular filtration) Filterable components of plasma :

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Water, nitrogenous wastes, nutrients and salts

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(glomerular filtration )Non-filterable components of plasma

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Formed element (blood cells and platelets), plasma proteins

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How do the non- filterable components leave the glomerulus

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by way of the efferent arteriole

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Why are plasma proteins or formed elements will not be filtered

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Larger solutes

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How is water and solutes filtered from the blood

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Blood pressure forces water and small solutes to be filtered from blood into the bowman’s capsule

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What is glomerular filtration rate ?

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Amount of filtrate kidneys produce each minute

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What happens when the glomerular capillaries is damaged?

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larger molecules will be filtered into the filtrate and excreted in the urine

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What happens during glomerular filtration

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water and solutes smaller than proteins are forced through the capillary walls and pores of the glomerular capsule into the renal tubule

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What happens during tubular reabsorption

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Water ,glucose, amino acids , and needed ions are transported out of the filtrate into the tubule cells and then enter the capillary blood

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What happens during tubular secretion

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H+, K+ , creatine and drugs are removed from the peritubular blood and secreted by the tubule cells into the filtrate

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Tubular reabsorption

The capillaries around the tubules reabsorbed ________________.

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useful substances from the renal tubule cells such as water, glucose, amino acids, ions

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Most reabsorption occurs in the __________.

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proximal convulated tubule.

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tubular reabsorption

______________ are poorly reabsorbed

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Nitrogenous waste products are poorly reabsorbed

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Second way by which substances move from the blood to the tubular fluid

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tubular secretion

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what are secreted (tubular secretion )
h+,creatine and drugs such as penicillin are secreted
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Tubular secretion occurs _________
along the length of the kidney tubule
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Secretion is important for
- Getting rid of substances not already in the filtrate - Removing drugs and excess ions - Maintaining acid-base balance of blood
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Series of tubes carrying tubular fluid away from the nephron
- collecting duct | - papillary duct
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Collecting duct
collect fluid from many nephrons
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Papillary duct
collect fluid from multiple collecting ducts
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In the end urine contain
substances that have been filtered but not reabsorbed, plus what has been secreted
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Solutes normally found in urine
Sodium and potassium ions Urea, uric acid, creatine Ammonia Bicarbonate ions
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Solutes not normally found in urine
- Glucose - Blood proteins - Red blood cells - Hemoglobin - Pus - Bile
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Ureters
Slender tubes attatching the kidney to the urinary bladder
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what aids gravity in urine transport
peristalsis aids gravity in urine transport
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What is a urinary bladder
It temporarily stores urine
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Trigone
triangular region of the urinary bladder base
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Urinary bladder has three openings
two from the ureters, one to the urethra
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Wall of the urinary bladder
Three layers of smooth muscle collectively called the detrusor muscle Mucosa made of transitional epithelium Walls are thick and folded in an empty urinary bladder
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Urethra
Thin-walled tube that carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body by peristalsis
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Function of urethra
females - only carries urine | males- carries urine and sperm
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Release of urine is controlled by
sphincters
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Two sphincter that control the release of urine is called
Internal urethral sphincter and external urethral sphincter
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Internal urethral sphincters
involuntary and made of smooth muscle
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external urethral sphincter
voluntary and made of skeletal muscle
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Micturition
Voiding , emptying of urinary bladder
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Micturition reflex causes _________________
involuntary internal sphincter to open when stretch receptors in the bladder are stimulated
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Micturition can usually be delayed as
the external sphincter is voluntarily controlled
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Intracellular fluids
fluid inside the cells , about two-thirds of body fluids
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Extracellular fluid
Fluids outside cells which includes - interstitial fluid - blood plasma, cerebrospinal and serous fluids, humors of the yes and lymph
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_________ and _______ participate in the reabsorption of water
Tubules of a nephron and the collecting duct
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The reabsorption of ______ always precedes the reabsorption of ______, which occurs by
salt , water , osmosis
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Water reabsorption in collecting ducts is proportion to
Antidiuretic hormone release
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Abnormalities of water balance
Dehydration Edema: atypical accumulation of interstitial fluid, resulting in tissue swelling.
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Solutes in the body include
electrolytes such as sodium, potassium and calcium ions
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_________ increases sodium and water reabsorption and decreases potassium reabsorption
Aldosterone (a hormone)
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Normal pH for body fluids is
7.35 to 7.45
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Alkalosis
blood pH above 7.45
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blood pH above 7.45
alkalosis
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Acidosis
blood pH below 7.35
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blood pH below 7.35
acidosis
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The pH of body fluids is maintained via several mechanisms
- acid-base buffer systems - the respiratory center - the kidneys
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renal mechanisms when blood ph rises:
- bicarbonate ions are excreted | - hydrogen ions are retained by kidney tubules
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renal mechanisms when blood pH fails:
- bicarbonate ions are reabsorbed | - hydrogen ions are secreted
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Kidney assist other systems such as
- secretes erythropoietin , a hormone that stimulates production of RBCs in the red bone marrow - They regulate the amount of Ca2+ in the blood by converting vitamin D to its active form, which is needed for Ca2+ absorption in the digestive tract. They also regulate the excretion of electrolytes, inc Ca2+
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Renal failure develops when
there is a reduction in the kidneys' ability to sufficiently filter waste products from the blood
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Renal failure may require
renal replacement therapy : dialysis or renal transplant
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What is an Acute Kidney Injury
Sudden decline in glomerular filtration rate. This results in elevations in serum creatinine , blood urea nitrogen and electrolyte levels
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Chronic Kidney disease
Presence of kidney damage or decreased GFR for greater than 3 months

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