BIOM 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Distal Convoluted Tubule, Proximal Tubule, Urethral Sphincters

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Elimination of waste products: nitrogenous wastes, toxins, drugs. Regulate aspects of homeostasis: water balance, electrolytes, acid-base balance in blood, blood pressure, red blood cell production. Kidneys are essential organs (if they don"t function, we die) Focus on the role of the kidney in water and salt regulation, acid base balance, and the removal of toxic material from the blood. In abdominal cavity, against the dorsal body wall in a retroperitoneal position. Ureters connect the kidneys to the bladder. Ureters use peristalsis to move the urine down the tube into the bladder. Urinary bladder is a stretchy muscle sac (temporarily stores urine) Smooth muscle in the bladder wall is able to stretch without being triggered to contract; bladder fills without the sensation of needing to urinate. At a certain level of filling, stretch sensors are activation and the need to urinate is felt. 2 sphincters used to prevent loss of urine: internal urethral sphincter and external urethral sphincter.

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