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12 Cards in this Set
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Water Content Loop |
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What part of your brain monitors the concentration of your blood |
Osmoregulatory Centre |
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Where is the osmoregulatory centre |
Next to the pituitary gland which releases ADH into your bloodstream |
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ADH |
A hormone produced kn your pituitary gland that regulates the volume of urine you excrete |
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Water and ADH |
More water you consume the less ADH is produced and that means more water into your urine and more dilute urine |
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Protein Removal |
Protein in your diet Broken down by your digestive system into amino acids Absorbed into blood Broken down into ammonia in your liver Ammonia is toxic so immediately converted to urea Filtered to your blood in your kidney and excrete in your urine |
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The Kidney |
Bean shaped and found in your lower back either side of your spine, blood is brought in the renal arteries. Filtered by kidney then taken away from renal veins. Ureter forms a third tube that leads to bladder. |
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Kidney area |
Outer - cortex Inner - medulla And nephrons found in both |
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Nephron |
The functional unit of the kidney where excess water, ions and urea are removed from the blood |
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Kidney Failure |
When a persons kidney are no longer able to filter blood properly. The reasons are injury, communicable diseases, inherited conditions |
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Kidney Dialysis |
A temporary medical treatment for kidney failure patients where blood is removed from their body, filtered and replaced Has to be done several times per week and takes several hours |
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Transplant Operation |
The surgical removal of an organ or tissue from one person and placement of it in another person |
