BIOL 1015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Renal Pelvis, Ascending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Homeostasis
4 Apr 2016
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Taking things form the outside world and excreting the rest. Kidneys has one cell layer btwn the blood and the filtrate. Total moles substances dissolved per unit volume of blood. The amount of any substance that contains as many units (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons) as there are atoms in 12 grams of pure 12c. Tonicity inside cells relative to the blood plasma. The excratory system maintians proper tonicity of the blood. Up to the kidneys to contorl the proper tonicity of the blood. Regulating osmolarity and therefore tonicity of body fluids. Collect excess solutes and pump them into the gut. Segmented worms: have an excretory and blood cicrulatory system like humans. Renal cortex is outer part of the kidney ms. Renal cortex is outer part of the kidney. Renal pelvis is where all the tubes converge that carry unrine and exits through ureter. Nephrons are the filtering units of the kidneys.
