Main Jobs
Wastes are removed from this fluid
What is Blood?
The order of urine flow
Renal Artery
Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
This does the work of filtration under high pressure...careful if the pressure is too high this can happen
What is the Glomerulus
The most reabsorption happens here (following flow from the Bowmans capsule)
What is the Proximal Tubule?
It takes this many steps or processes to form urine
What are four?
The balanced blood pH is this number
What is 7.4?
The Kidney Structure (Outer Most Layer to Inner Most Layer)
Cortex - outer layer
Medulla - inner (renal pyramids)
Renal Pelvis (collects urine)
These are the small blood vessels that bring blood in and out of the Nephron
What are the Arterioles?
This loop balances salt and water. I wonder if the person who discovered it gave it it's name?
What is the Loop of Henle?
This FIRST process occurs in Glomerulus into the Bowmans Capsule
What is FILTRATION?
The ions regulated by the Kidney
What are sodium, potassium, Chloride and bicarbonate?
The functional unit of the Kidney
What is the Nephron?
This small blood vessel brings blood from the renal artery INTO the Nephron
What is the AFFerent Arteriole?
This "far away" tubule supports the fine tuning of the remaining liquid inside.
What is the Distal Tubule?
This SECOND process happens in the Proximal Tubule and 85- 99% of the filtrate (the good things...glucose, amino acids) are brought back to the blood
What is REABSORPTION?
The Kidneys produce this much urine per day
What is 2 Litres?
The kidney contains this many nephrons
What are about 1 million per Kidney
This small blood vessel brings blood out of the the Nephron and to the renal vein
What is the EFFerent Arteriole?
This space deep inside the Kidney collects the urine and sends it to the renal pelvis
What is the Collecting Duct?
This THIRD process or last chance to remove the bad stuff (potassium, drugs, alcohol, creatinine) occurs in the Distal Tubule and collecting ducts.
What is SECRETION?
A primary function of the Kidneys
What is to maintain water balance?
There are this many parts to the Nephron
What are 8 parts?
This structure collects filtrate
What is the Bowmans Capsule?
Once blood flows through the Nephron this is created
What is Urine!
This FOURTH process is controlled by hormones (ADH) in the collecting ducts and determines the urine concentration.
What is WATER REABSORPTION?