BIOM 3200 Lecture 3: UNIT_3_COURSELINK_NOTES_PDFpdf

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Anatomy: each human kidney weighs about 160 g and measures about 10 cm long, 5 cm wide, and. The thick segments have a simple cuboidal epithelium. Urine formation: urine formation consists of four main processes, filtration: fluid and solutes are filtered through the glomerulus and enter. Bowman"s capsule: tubular reabsorption: recovers useful solutes and water, tubular secretion: eliminates wastes from blood, water conservation: water is recovered from the filtrate, resulting in urine which then passes into the collecting ducts. On the basis of size alone, the basement membrane would exclude any molecules larger than 8 nm. Some smaller molecules (small proteins) are also held back by the negative electrical charge of the proteoglycans. Although the blood plasma is 7% protein, the glomerular filtrate is only 0. 03% protein: filtration slits. The podocyte of the glomerular capsule extends octopus like around the capillaries.

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