Glomerulus

intro The purpose of this essay is to identify what symptoms may occur in a person or animal which is suffering from renal failure? And what are the options for treatment in both humans and animals as well as determining which method of treatment fits best for the situation. To understand renal failure an understanding of the renal system is necessary, although renal failure is mainly associated with the kidneys. The renal system consisting of the kidneys, bladder and urethra is responsible for…

Dialysis is a process used to remove waste and excess water from the blood, and it’s used mainly to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in patients with renal failure. Dialysis may be used for those with an acute disturbance in kidney function or progressive but chronically worsening kidney function. Dialysis, however, does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney. Its treatments only replace some of these functions through diffusion (waste removal)…

An electrolyte is an ionised component of a living cell, blood or any other matter and can conduct electricity when molten or dissolved. There are many different electrolytes found in our body such as sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and so forth. Electrolytes have many functions throughout the body for instance controlling the water balance in the body. Also assisting transmitting nerve impulses and helping your muscles relax and contract. For example Sodium chloride which is also know by…

Kidneys involve greatly in helping body to regulate fluids and electrolytes. Fluids and electrolytes are filtered by the glomerulus and collected in the nephron’s tubules. Some fluids and electrolytes are reabsorbed at varies segments (proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule, collecting duct) along the nephron. Others are excreted via urine(3). Sodium and potassium are two of the most important electrolytes that is filtered in the kidney. Fluids in the body drops rapidly if too much…

takes place in the renal corpuscle specifically with the glomerular capillaries and glomerular capsule. Filtration produces filtrate which is blood minus the cells and proteins. In general, only about 20% of the plasma volume that passes through the glomerulus is filtered. The filtrate then continues through the nephron where it can be reabsorbed or secreted and eventually becoming removed as urine in micturition. Overall, about 180 liters of fluid is filtered by the kidneys every day.…

In a strictly operational sense, calcium balance is determined by the relationship between calcium intake and calcium absorption and excretion. The system is that relatively small changes in calcium absorption and excretion that can neutralize a high intake or compensate for a low one. Moreover the calcium absorption is an ingested calcium mixes with digestive juice calcium in the proximal small intestine from where it is absorbed by a process, which has an active saturable component and a…

THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Naturally the ultimate goal for all living organisms on earth is the preservation and continuity of their kind. This is achieved through reproduction. Reproduction or procreation is the biological process through which organisms give rise to new individuals referred to as offspring (Silverstein, Silverstein, & Silverstein, 2010). It is in two forms namely; asexual and sexual. Sexual reproduction is the most common, advanced and more…

Question 1 Table 1 shows the results for the absorbance values of different concentrations of NaCl, glucose, and tween 20. These solutions were absorbed at 540 nm and 640 nm. Table 2 shows the results of the red blood cells once they were submerged in different concentrations of NaCl and Tween 20. Something is said to be hypo-osmotic if the solution has fewer osmoles per unit volume when mixed with something else (Silverthorn, 2014). The solution in this experiment that was hypo-osmotic…

Blood Pressure Blood pressure , as a physiological variable of humans, is a hydrostatic pressure, utilized by blood on the walls of blood vessels.(Tortora and Derrickson 2011). It is caused by the contraction of the ventricles and the amount of blood in the whole cardiovascular system. The mean blood pressure (the average pressure in the cardiac cycle) is coordinated in order to provide adequate blood transfer to the tissues.(Saladin,2001). The decrease of blood pressure is followed by an…

urine which is waste product of the kidney, can be used to detect different diseases or abnormality by doing urine analysis. urine is composed of water, certain electrolytes, and various waste products that are filtered out of the blood system. due to the kidneys filtration system big molecules, blood, and different ions are not supposed to leave the body, so their presence during analysis can indicate abnormality. The urinary system is responsible for maintain the fluid hemostat of the body,…