NATS 1650 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Renal Calyx, Collecting Duct System, Nephron
8 Jan 2020
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To filter the blood and purify it. To maintain homeostasis in the body; responsible for sifting through the blood to makes sure the perfect amount of things are in the body (calcium, protein, liquid, hormones, etc) Sticks them to the back wall; kind of just hanging there. Adrenal glands sit on top, they produce hormones. Outer part; functional area of the kidney. Little tubes are located here, called nephrons; microscopic tube function that filters the blood. Filtrate: the waste products we pull out of the blood. Once we"re done making it in the kidney it becomes urine. Between 8-15 in your body, one for each renal medulla. Formed by minor calyx, only 3 or 4 of these in the kidney. Afferent arteriole brings blood into the nephron. Water, salts, blood moves into the capsule from the blood. What"s left of the blood leaves through the efferent (exit) arteriole.
