Consists of:

 

Kidney-

 

Filters

 

Maintains

 

Regulates

 

Synthesis

 

Structurally

 

Retroperitoneal organ

 

Outer layer

 

Outer portion

 

Inner portion

 

-renal pyramids: portion at end

 

Renal papilla

 

Kidney produces urine---à renal papilla----à minor calyx---à major calyx----à renal pelvis---à ureter

Hilum

 

Renal medulla

 

Apex of medulla-renal papilla

 

Structure of ureters and renal pelvis

 

Ureter- 

 

Urinary bladder

 

-folds into

 

-3 layers of smooth muscle

 

Urethra-

 

2 urethra muscles

  

Difference between female and male ureathra

 

Female

 

Male

 

-Kidney-

Cortex and medulla-

 

 

BLOOD FLOW

 

Abdominal

 

aorta

 

----à ___________________

 

----à interlobar artery

 

------à ____________

 

------à interlobular artery

 

-------à ________________

 

-------à glomerius

 

-----à _________________

 

-----à Para tubular capillaries

 

------à ________________

 

--------à lobar vein

 

------à _______________

 

---------à inferior vena cava

 

Nephron-structural functional unit of kidney

 

Renal corpusal

 

Paratubular capsule

 

Descending limb

 

Ascending limb

 

Distal convoluted tubule-

 

Capsular space-

 

Afferent arteriole

 

Bowmans capsule

 

4 processes to determine filtration process: