Physiology 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, Gamepro, Posterior Pituitary

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 1021
• Professor: John Ciriello

Document Summary

Kidney filters these products and disposes of them in the urine. Erythropoietin is made by the kidney and vitamin d is activated by the kidney: gluconeogenesis. The functional unit of the kidney (smallest functional unit of the kidney: approx. one million nephrons per kidney, made up of the renal corpuscle (where filtration of blood occurs) and the tubule (where the filtered fluid is processed) Tubule tube like structure made up of a single layer of epithelial cells; the epithelial cells have functional differences which gives the nephron the ability to carefully select which items will be excreted as urine. You can call the substance urine when it reaches the renal pelvis otherwise it is filtrate. People have more cortical than juxtamedullary nephrons (varies by species) Both nephrons function to filter blood to produce the ultrafiltrate. Juxtamedullary nephrons the most responsible for having the ability of conserving water in the body.