PHGY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Renal Function, Peritubular Capillaries, Proximal Tubule

• School: McGill University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: PHGY 210
• Professor: Tomoko Takano

Document Summary

1) regulation of water, inorganic ion balance, and acid-base balance. (most important function) 2) removal of metabolic waste products from the blood and their excretion in the urine. 3) removal of foreign chemicals from the blood and their excretion in the urine. Renin: enzymes that controls the formation of angiotensin and influences blood pressure and sodium balance. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d: active vitamin that influences calcium balance. The ureter connects the kidneys to the bladder. The renal pelvis is where initial urine is before entering the ureter. The afferent arteriole supplies blood to the functional unit of the kidney the nephron. Each kidney contains 1 million subunits called. Each nephron consists of: renal corpuscle: glomerulus & bowman"s capsule, tubule. The bowman"s capsule is a mono layer of epithelial: renal summary (6 lectures) The glomerular capillary wall acts as a filtration cells. barrier of 3 layers: ( podocytes ) 1) visceral glomerular layer of epithelial cells.