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Urinary system function
to remove metabolic waste from blood and direct them out of body
urinary system
kidney
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
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
Kidney excretion
1/3 evaporated from skins and exhaled frmo lungs
2/3 excreted as urine
nephron function
filters blood and produces urine
nephron composition
renal corpuscle
renal tubule
renal corpuscle composition
glomerulus - filtration unit
Bowman’s capsule - collects fluids and small molecules
juxtaglomerular apparatus
point of contact between afferent arteriole and distal convoluted tubule
cortical nephrons
80% of nephrons
located in cortex
juxtamedullary nephrons
20% of nephrons
located partially in medulla
regulate water balance
blood supply of nephron
20-25% of cardiac output goes to kidneys