Purpose:
The kidneys are a very important organ responsible for removing nitrogenous waste in the body. Every day, the kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. To understand how this amazing organ works, it‘s important to explore and learn about each component. This dissection of kidney is a great opportunity to earn first hand on experience with the kidney and understand it role in the unary system.
Hypothesis:
It’s a common knowledge that pig kidneys are similar to human kidney. According to Wake Forest Baptiste Medical Center, using pig kidneys as scaffolds for human patients has several advantages, including that the organs are similar in size and that pig heart valves – removed of cells – have safety been used in patients for more than three decades. If the human kidney is as similar to the pig kidney, then the pig kidneys should have recognizable parts similar to the human kidneys that we can identify and discern how they work together to produce urine.
Experimentation: Background
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, behind the stomach, one on each side of the spine. Each kidney contains s system of tiny filters called nephron. A …show more content…
The different structure of the pig kidneys were similar to those of human as well as performing the same function.
Externally, the kidneys have three layers. The outermost layer called the renal fascia, is a tough connective tissue layer. The second layer which is the perirenal fat capsule, uses as a foundation to help the kidneys to stay in place. The third and innermost layer is the renal
The kidneys are a very important organ responsible for removing nitrogenous waste in the body. Every day, the kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. To understand how this amazing organ works, it‘s important to explore and learn about each component. This dissection of kidney is a great opportunity to earn first hand on experience with the kidney and understand it role in the unary system.
Hypothesis:
It’s a common knowledge that pig kidneys are similar to human kidney. According to Wake Forest Baptiste Medical Center, using pig kidneys as scaffolds for human patients has several advantages, including that the organs are similar in size and that pig heart valves – removed of cells – have safety been used in patients for more than three decades. If the human kidney is as similar to the pig kidney, then the pig kidneys should have recognizable parts similar to the human kidneys that we can identify and discern how they work together to produce urine.
Experimentation: Background
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, behind the stomach, one on each side of the spine. Each kidney contains s system of tiny filters called nephron. A …show more content…
The different structure of the pig kidneys were similar to those of human as well as performing the same function.
Externally, the kidneys have three layers. The outermost layer called the renal fascia, is a tough connective tissue layer. The second layer which is the perirenal fat capsule, uses as a foundation to help the kidneys to stay in place. The third and innermost layer is the renal