BIO310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Renal Calyx, Renal Pelvis, Renal Capsule
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Slide 11: kidney has many functions, the only exit for these metabolic wastes is through the kidney, not going to talk about gluconeogenesis, we will highlight role of sodium. If the by-products exceed the physiological range, they have to be secreted in the urine. Slide 13: we will be able to see the functional part, the nephron, if we zoom up, the glomerulus is the beginning of the nephron, network of capillaries. If glomerulus is very close to medulla, we call this nephron juxtamedullary nephrons (usually have a long loop of henle: because glomerulus is father away from the nephron, it is a cortical nephron (has a short loop of. Loop of henle are surrounded by vasa recta (straight vessels) It will then stretch: ascending part of loop of henle has a thin and thick part, distal convoluted tubule is farther away, many of these distal convoluted tubules will end up in collecting duct (in medulla)
