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    The Kidney

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    The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that filters waste from the blood to produce urine. It contains millions of nephrons, each with a glomerulus that filters the blood and a renal tubule that reabsorbs nutrients and secretes waste to form urine. The kidney receives a large portion of the heart's blood flow and precisely regulates fluid and electrolyte levels through glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion.

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    The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that filters waste from the blood to produce urine. It contains millions of nephrons, each with a glomerulus that filters the blood and a renal tubule that reabsorbs nutrients and secretes waste to form urine. The kidney receives a large portion of the heart's blood flow and precisely regulates fluid and electrolyte levels through glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion.

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    The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that filters waste from the blood to produce urine. It contains millions of nephrons, each with a glomerulus that filters the blood and a renal tubule that reabsorbs nutrients and secretes waste to form urine. The kidney receives a large portion of the heart's blood flow and precisely regulates fluid and electrolyte levels through glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion.

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    The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that filters waste from the blood to produce urine. It contains millions of nephrons, each with a glomerulus that filters the blood and a renal tubule that reabsorbs nutrients and secretes waste to form urine. The kidney receives a large portion of the heart's blood flow and precisely regulates fluid and electrolyte levels through glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion.

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    The Kidney  Bowman’s capsule – layer that

     2 bean shaped organs surrounds the glomerulus; filtrate is


     Receive 20-25% of the total arterial collected to the renal tubule
    blood pumped by the heart  Afferent arteriole – carries blood into
     Urine Production the nephron (going in)
    Parts of the Kidney  Efferent arteriole – carries blood to the
     Hilus – blood vessels and nerves pass renal tubular area (going out)
    into and out of the kidneys  8 coiled capillary lobes
     Renal Artery - Blood enters the kidney  MW = <70,000 dalton
     Renal Vein – Blood leaves the kidney Renal Tubules
     Renal Cortex – Outer layer of the  30 – 40mm long
    kidney; most nephrons are located o Proximal Convulated Tubule
     Renal Medulla – Inner region; stringy (PCT) – Glucose, electrolytes
    appearance; renal pyramids/ (Na, Cl) and Water
    malphigian pyramid, renal papillae o Loop of Henle (LH) – more
     Renal Lobe – overlying cortex area Water and sodium
     Calyces (Major and Minor) – cuplike o Distal Convulated Tubule (DCT)
    divisions of the renal pelvis surrounding – exchange of Na, K, and H;
    one or more renal papillae reabsorption of water
     Pelvis – Funnel-shaped structure that is  Collecting Tubule – urine to ureter
    formed at one end by the expanded Renal Physiology
    upper portion of the ureter  Glomerular Filtration
     Nephron – functional unit of the kidney  Tubular Reabsorption
    (cortex); 1 – 1.5 millions/kidney  Tubular Secretion
    o Types of Nephron Renal Blood Flow
     Cortical Nephron (85%  Glomerular filtration rate: 120-
    of all nephrons) – 130mL/min
    located in the cortex;  Total Renal BF: 1200mL/min
    removal of waste  Effective Renal Plasma Flow: 600 –
    products and 700mL/min (filtered)
    reabsorption of
    nutrients
     Juxtamedullary
    nephron – longer
    henle’s loop; for urine
    concentration
    The Nephron
     Parts:
    o Glomerulus/ Malphigian body/
    Renal Corpuscle – 8 glomerular Factors that influence actual filtration
    capillaries; Tuft of the capillaries  Cellular structure of the capillary walls
    o Renal Tubule and Bowman’s capsule
     Pressures (hydrostatic and oncotic)
    Glomerulus

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