A&P II Final Exam (Reproductive)

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Urinary system function

to remove metabolic waste from blood and direct them out of body

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urinary system

kidney
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra

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kidney function

remove metabolic waste (filters ~1700 L blood)
excrete metabolic waste from body
maintenance of blood
regulation of RBC (eryhthropoeitin)
blood pressure (renin)
blood volume (ADH)
blood composition
blood pH

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Kidney excretion

1/3 evaporated from skins and exhaled frmo lungs
2/3 excreted as urine

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nephron function

filters blood and produces urine

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nephron composition

renal corpuscle
renal tubule

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renal corpuscle composition

glomerulus - filtration unit
Bowman’s capsule - collects fluids and small molecules

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juxtaglomerular apparatus

point of contact between afferent arteriole and distal convoluted tubule

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cortical nephrons

80% of nephrons
located in cortex

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juxtamedullary nephrons

20% of nephrons
located partially in medulla
regulate water balance

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blood supply of nephron

20-25% of cardiac output goes to kidneys