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21 Cards in this Set
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Nitrogenous metabolic wastes |
urea uric acid creatinine
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Accessory excretory organs |
skin lungs large intestine |
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kidney location |
behind parietal peritoneum |
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connective tissue coverings |
Renal fascia, fat pads, and capsule |
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inner renal medulla is made up of |
pyramids papilla and columns |
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renal sinus is made up of |
minor and major calyx renal pelvis |
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right and left renal arteris branch from what |
abdominal aorta |
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blood circulafion of kidney |
aorta > renal artery >lobar > interlobar > arcuate > interlobular > afferent > glomerulus > efferent > peritubular capillaries > renal vein > inf vena cava (A,R,L,I,A,I,A,G,E,P,R,I) |
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Nephron structure made up of |
renal corpuscle and tubule |
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renal corpuscle consists of |
glomerulus and bowmans capsule |
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renal tubule consists of |
PCT loop of henule DCT collecting duct |
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glomerulus made os |
cappilary network and fenestrated endothelium |
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bowmans cap made of |
visceral layer and paretieal layer |
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renal tubule made of |
PCT loop of henule DCT Collecting duct |
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filtrate flow |
Glom Cap to PCT to Nephron Loop to DCT to Collecting Duct to Minor Cal to Major Cal to Renal Pelvis to Ureter to Bladder to Urethra |
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Nutrients taken in |
glucose vitamins amino acids |
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Nephron flow |
Interlobar Art to Aff to Glom to Eff to Peritubular Capillary to Interlobar Vein to Arcuate Vein to Renal Vein to Inf Vena Cava |
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Glomerular filtration does what |
creates a plasmalike filtrate of the blood |
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tubular reabsorption does what |
removes useful solutes from the filtrate and returns them to the blood |
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Tubular secretion does what |
Removes additional waste from the blood and adds them to filtrate |
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Water conservation does what |
Removes water from the urine and returns it to blood; concentrates wastes |
