BIOL 1175 Lecture Notes - Urethritis, Urinary Tract Infection, Anemia

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10 Apr 2013
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Several organs eliminate waste and excess essential ions. Organs of the gi tract - solid wastes and some metabolic waste. ~ 1600 l of blood flow through a pair of human kidneys each day. This produce ~180 of initial filtrate: excretion. Urea made by the breakdown of amino acids in the liver. Main issue is to get rid of amino group (ammonia) very toxic: ammonia + carbon dioxide = urea and water. Uric acid made by the break down of nucleotides. Nephrons are the filters of the kidney. Proximal convoluted tubule (glucose amino acid vitamin water sodium chloride) Loop of henle descending limb and ascending limb. Water and small molecule move from glomerulus to glomerular capsule while large molecules formed elements remain in the glomerular blood. Many molecules and ion are reabsorbed from the nephron and return to the blood eg. nacl, h20. In descending loop of henle water gets reabsorbed.

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