ANAT 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Inferior Vena Cava, Renal Pyramids, Renal Artery
8 Mar 2017
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Urinary system: lecture 1 (reading material: chapter 26: pages 695-706) Functions: good regulator of what"s going on in the body (body operates at a certain ph and a. People who have kidney problems: have multiple system failures eventually certain concentration of solutes in fluid (blood/lymph) A lot of body functions relate to concentration of na+ and k+ Renal dialysis: to regulate electrolytes very important for proper body function; if kidneys fail, almost all body systems also fail. Kidney is a good control center for regulating bv and bp (ie. after alcohol, go to the bathroom a lot because body has an overload of water urination) Kidney produces erythropoietin, directly relates to rbc (at high altitudes, erythropoietin increases rbc number to react to low amounts of oxygen) Garbage disposal: in small molecules through secretions into urine; urine sample can be an indicator of health. Produces vitamin d to increase absorption of calcitrol.
