BSCI 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Renal Blood Flow, Efferent Arteriole, Afferent Arterioles

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Biological Sciences Program
• Course: BSCI 202
• Professor: Obrien

Document Summary

Outline: functions, the kidneys regulate many aspects of homeostasis, water balance by antidiuretic hormone (adh) Structures: kidneys form urine, ureters transport urine from kidneys to bladder, bladder stores urine, urethra excretes urine from bladder to outside of body. Focus during lecture: afferent (entering) arterioles glomerulus (capillaries) efferent (exiting) arteriole peritubular capillaries (wraps around tubules of the kidneys: features. In most people natural chemicals in the urine stop stones from forming: most kidney stones are calcium oxalate . The structural and functional units of the kidneys: responsible for forming urine, nephrons are renal tubes that extend from the glomerular capsule and end at the collecting duct. Loop of henle: glomerular (bowman"s) capsule, distal convoluted tubule (dct, renal corpuscle, composed of, bowman"s capsule, the site of filtration (first part of nephron, glomerulus is tuft(?) of capillaries. It is the site of filtration, blood is filtered from the glomerular capillaries into. Bowman"s capsule: types, cortical nephrons, located in the cortex.