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14 Cards in this Set
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Name the hormones produced by the kidneys
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erythropoietin
calcitriol renin |
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What surrounds each kidney
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the renal capsule
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What is the kidney embedded in?
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Fat
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What attaches the kidney to the posterior abdominal wall, and also covers the renal capsule and fatty layer
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The renal fascia
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What protects he kidney from trauma
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the fat cushion, and the position of the kidney
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Why is the Right Kidney slightly lower than the left?
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Because it is deplaced by the kidney
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What portion of the kidney does the renal cortex contain?
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All the glomeruli and portions of the tubules
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What joins together to form the renal pelvis
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the two major calyces
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What is the structural unit of the kidney
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The lobe
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How many lobes are there
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approx 14 in each kidney
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Define glomerulus
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a tuft of cappilarries that loop into the Bowman capsule
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Describe mesangial cells
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1. serves as a matrix which supports the glomerular capillaries.
2. Have Contractile Properties 3. Have Phagocytic properties 4. Produce vasoactive substances which may influence the GFR |
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Name the components of the renal corpuscle
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Glomerulus, Bowman's Capsule, and Mesangial Cells
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What are teh small openings called on the glomerular endothelium
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Fenestrae
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