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URINARY
A&P 104
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NEPHRONES | WHERE URINE PRODUCTION OCCURS |
| MINOR CAYLX | DUCTS THAT URINE DRAIN INTO |
| CALYCES | FROM THE RENAL PELVIS |
| NEPHRONE | RENAL CORPSULE (BOWMANS CAPSULE) |
| CORPUSCLE | FILTERS PLASMA, NUTRIENTS, IONS, AND WATER |
| TUBULES | REABSORB MOLECULES, IONS, AND SECRETES WASTE |
| GLOMERULAR CAPSULE | OUTER WALL OF CORPUSCLE |
| PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE | 1ST SEGMENT OF RENAL TUBULE, RE-ABSORPTION OCCURS HERE |
| LOOP OF HENELY | REMOVES 50% OF WATER AND 66% OF SODIUM |
| ASCENDING LOOP | PUMPS SOLUTES INTO IF |
| DESCENDING LOOP | WATER ONLY |
| DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE | ACTIVE SECRETION OF IONS, ACID, DRUGS, AND TOXINS, INCREASES ADH (VASOPRESSION) |
| UREA | AMINO ACID BREAK DOWN |
| CREATINE | HIGH ENERGY COMPOUND BREAK DOWN |
| URIC ACID | BREAK DOWN OF RNA |
| GLOMERULAR BP | MUST STAY HIGH |
| GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE | CONTROLLED BY AUTOREGULATION, HORMONAL, AND AUTONOMIC |
| GFR HORMONES | ADH, ALDOSTERONE, ANP, ANGIOTENSIN 2 |
| GFR | INCREASE IN BP CAUSES AN INCREASE IN |
| RELEASE OF RENIN | WHEN BP IS LOW FROM JGC, COVERTS ANGETONSIN 1 INTO ANGIOTENSIN 2 |
| ACE | CONVERTS ANGIOTENSIN 1 INTO ANGIOTENSIN 2 |
| ALDOSTERONE | RELEASED FROM ADRENAL GLANDS AND REABSORBS SODIUM AND K+ |
| ANP | RISE IN BP RESULTS IN INHIBITION OF RENIN AND ALDOSTERONE |
| ADH | DECREASES IN SODIUM REABSORPTION |
| URETERS | TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM TISSUE |
| SODIUM | MOST COMMON ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
| VITAMIN K+ | IS INTRACELLULAR |
| 7.35-7.45 | NORMAL PH |
| 7.35 AND BELOW | ACIDOSIS |
| ABOVE 7.45 | ALKALOSIS |
| MEDULLA | INNER LAYER OF KIDNEY SHAPED LIKE A PYRAMID |
| CORTEX | OUTER LAYER OF KIDNEY |
| RENAL PAPILLA | TIP PROJECTS INTO RENAL PELVIS |