BIOL 2P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ascending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Renal Cortex, Active Transport

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Renal (urinary) system consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Produce hormones: primary function, to regulate water and salt balance, to remove various types of wastes. General flow rate of blood across renal system. Kidneys have massive amount of blood flow. W/ respect to removal of exogenous toxins, kidneys receive highest proportion of cardiac output (blood flow) @ 27% Kidney functions to maintain molecular composition of blood by secreting or excreting specific molecules. Blood ionic composition is about the same as interstitial fluid. Ureters transport fluid from kidneys to bladder. During voiding: bladder contracts, forces urine into urethra. Renal system part 1 lecture 1/3: out of body. Capsule: fibrous membrane, protection, and shape. 2 main types of tissue: cortex: Renal pyramids [rp: pyramid like structures, space between the rp, known as the renal columns, house veins and arteries that supply the cortex and upper part of medulla w/ blood, tips of rp, leak, or remove fluid (waste)

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