Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
organs that make urinary system
|
2 kidneys, 2 uterus, 1 galbladder, 1 urethra
|
|
|
Kidneys filter...(1)
|
blood plasma
|
|
|
kidnesy regulate... (3)
|
blood volume and pressure, pH in body fluid, Osmolarity of H20 particles.
|
|
|
Kidneys sucrete... (2)
|
renin (controls blood pressure)
erythropoietin (control red blood cell count and oxygen capacity) |
|
|
Kidnesy synthesis...(1)
|
vitamin D
|
|
|
Nitrogenous wastes deaminate =
|
take away amino acid -NH2
|
|
|
3 types of Nitrogenous wastes
|
1. Ammonia
2. Urea 3. Uric Acid |
|
|
highly toxic, takes a lot of water to dilute, metabollically cheap
|
Ammonia
|
|
|
less toxic, some water to dilute, metabolically expensive, 50% of nitrogenous waste
|
Urea
|
|
|
not toxic, no water to dilute, very metabollically expensive
|
Uric Acid
|
|
|
functional unit of vertebral kidney
|
nephron
|
|
|
Two parts of nephron
|
1. Renal Curpuscle
2. Tubular network |
|
|
Glomerulus + Bowman's capsule =
|
Renal Curpuscle
|
|
|
blood broght to glomerulus through
|
afferent arteriole
|
|
|
licks blood through holes
|
glomerculus
|
|
|
absorbs liquid glomerulus licks
|
Bowman's capsule
|
|
|
claiming of good things happens in...
|
tubular network
|
|
|
back to circulatory system through
|
efferent arteriole
|
|
|
Firts part of tubular network
|
proximal convalated tubule
|
|
|
second part of tubular network
|
Loop of Henle'
|
|
|
third part of tubular network
|
distal convulated tubule
|
|
|
last part of tubular network
|
collecting duct
|
