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24 Cards in this Set
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At rest, Kidneys receive how much of the Cardiac Output?
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25%
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At rest, Kidneys use how much of the body O2?
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25%
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How many times a day does the entire volume of blood plasma passes through the kidneys?
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60 times
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What is the major challenge with the kidneys?
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To remove wastes while conserving blood volume and desirable solutes
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Where are the Kidneys located?
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Inferior to the diaphragm
-lie @ L1 - L4 vertebrae |
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What is the difference is the left and right kidneys location?
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Right kidney is slightly lower than the left?
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Why is the Right kidney slightly lower then the left?
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Make room for the liver
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What is the Nephrons composed of?
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glomerulus & a renal tubule
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What feeds the blood to the glomerulus?
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afferent arteriole
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What drains the blood from glomerulus?
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efferent arteriole
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After the blood drains from the glomeulus from the efferent arteriole it eventually forms??
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network of pertitubular capillaries
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What does the Kidneys remove from the blood stream?
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chemical waste & excess ions
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What would be considered the processing place of the Nephron?
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Renal tubule
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What does the Renal tubule collect?
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fluid lost from the blood stream
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What is the cup around the glomerulus called(2 answers)
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-bowman's capsule
-Glomerular capsule |
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Name the control center of the nephrons?
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus
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Where does the Juxtaglomerular apparatus?
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Sits near where the DCT (Distal Convoluted tubule) approaches the afferent arteriole
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What are the 2 important regulatory cells in the Juxtaglomerular?
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Granular cells &Macular densa cells
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What do granular cells act as?
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mechanoreceptors
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The granular cells monitor what?
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blood delivery to the glomerulus
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What does the granular cells detect that helps monitor blood delivery to glomerulus?
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detect blood pressure in the afferent arteriole
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What do the Macula densa cells at as?
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chemoreceptors
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What does the Macula densa cells keep track of?
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NaCl
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How does the Macula densa cells keep track of NaCl?
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monitor osmolarity in the renal tubule at the DCT
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