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---脿 renal papilla----脿 minor calyx---脿 major calyx----脿 renal pelvis---脿 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

 

----脿 ___________________

 

----脿 interlobar artery

 

------脿 ____________

 

------脿 interlobular artery

 

-------脿 ________________

 

-------脿 glomerius

 

-----脿 _________________

 

-----脿 Para tubular capillaries

 

------脿 ________________

 

--------脿 lobar vein

 

------脿 _______________

 

---------脿 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: