Physiology 1021 Midterm: Renal physiology Study guide (with pictures)

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 1021
• Professor: Anita Woods

Document Summary

Renal physiology - last update - lecture 2 thursday jan 11th. In the general population, we each have one kidney on each side of the spine. Retroperitoneal - behind (retro) the membrane on the outside of the stomach (the peritoneum) Regulation of extracellular uid volume and blood pressure: volume is directly related to blood pressure (increase in volume = increase in pressure and vice versa), so because kidneys deal with. Uids they work to maintain the bodies uid volume so that blood pressure is maintained at the proper level. Regulation of osmolarity: when too much salt is consumed, cells shrivel because the ecf has a, when theres not enough salt/too much water, cells will expand higher concentration, and mater moves to dilute. This is bad because water moves into cell because the cell will have a higher concentration than the solution and water moves to dilute. Maintaining ion balance: basically what i just said about osmolarity - same end goal.