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List all the macroscopic parts of the Kidney
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• Renal Capusle
• Cortex • Medulla • Hilus or Hilum • Renal Pelvis • Ureter • Urinary bladder • Urethra |
make sure to list 8
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Where does the URETER start and where does it carry fluids?
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starts at the kidney and carries the fluids down to the bladder
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starts at the process of filtering
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Where does the URETHRA start and where does it carry fluids?
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Starts at the bladder and exits the urine out of the body
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the last function before the exit of urine
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What is the samllest functional unit of the kidney?
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The Nephron
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A single kidney = 1,000,000 of them
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What is the main component of Urine?
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Water
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main fluid of the body
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List 3 steps to makiing Urine
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1. filteration
2. Re-absorption 3. secretion |
none. repeatition!
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Where in a nephron does filtration occur?
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from glomerulus into Bowmans's capsule
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none. repeatition!
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During Intense activity , will blood pressure of the glomerulus increase or decrease?
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DECREASE!
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Overall does urine production increase or decrease in response to higher blood pressure ?
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INCREASE!
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BP^=urine^
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