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1)composition & volume of blood
2)blood pressure
3)ionic composition
4)glucose levels
5)excretes waste & foreign materials - urea |
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| bean shaped organ located just above the waist behind the peritoneum on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity |
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| most superior/external tissue layer of the kidney |
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| outer, superficial layer, site of urine formation |
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| deeper, inner layer, site of urine collection & nutrient & water reabsorption |
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| located near the center concavity of the kidney, site where ureter leaves & blood vessels enter |
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| 8-18 traingular masses of tissue in medulla, base faces cortex & apex points toward the Renal Hilus |
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| portions of the Renal Cortex that extend between the Renal Pyramids |
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| the apices of the Renal Pyramids |
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| small cuplike collecting structures, receive from the Renal Papillae |
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| larger collecting structures that the Minor Calyces converge on |
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| large cavity into which urine collects from the Major Calyces |
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| tube that enters the kidney at the Renal Hilus & drains the Renal Pelvis, empties into the Urinary Bladder. One per kidney |
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| hollow, distensible muscular organ situated in the pelvic cavity posterior to the pubic symphysis |
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| site where ureteral openings from the base points of a triangle with apex being the internal urethral orifice |
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| 700-800mL --> the bladder will automatically contract when it reaches full capacity |
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| tube leading from the bladder to outside the body to void urine, 4cm in females, of variable length in males at 15-20cm |
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| located in the Renal Cortex, extends down into the medulla |
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| capillary ball in the center of the Bowman's Capsule, site of filtration |
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| space in betweeen the Bowman's Capsule & Glomerulus |
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| medullar extension, reabsorbs 99% of filtrate |
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| Proximate Convoluted Tubule |
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| coiled tube attached to the Renal Corpuscle |
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| section that dips down into medulla |
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| section that ascends back up to the cortex |
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| coiled tube attached to Ascending Limb of Henle, opens into Collecting Ducts |
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| common site for multiple nephrons to connect, runs through the Renal Pyramids |
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| Right & Left Renal Arteries |
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| carry blood to the kidneys |
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| branches of the Segmental Arteries, travel up the Renal Columns |
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| arteries at the base of the Renal Pyramid |
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| divisions of the Arcuate, travel to the Glomerulus |
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| carry blood out of the Glomerulus |
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| capillary network that surround the nephron in the medulla, site of most absorption |
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| reuniting of the Vasa Recta |
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| run the base of the Renal Pyramid |
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| travel down the Renal Columns |
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| carry blood away from the kidneys |
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