Notes on the structure, function, and processes involved in the human kidney
Title: Notes on the structure, function, and processes involved in the human kidney Category:Science & Technology / Biology Details: Words: 480 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Notes on the structure, function, and processes involved in the human kidney
-Blood enters each kidney via renal artery and leaves each kidney via renal vein
-Urine exists the kidney through a duct called the ureter and the uruters of both kidneys drain into a common urinary bladder
-Kidney consists of outer renal cortex and inner renal medulla
-Nephron is functional unit of vertebrate kidney
<Tab/>-Consists of single long tubule and ball of capillaries called the glomerulus
<Tab/>-Bowman's capsule surrounds the glomerulus
-Kidney regulates the composition of …showed first 85 words of 480 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 480 total…release of aldosterone, which also acts on nephron's distal tubules and helps, reabsorb more sodium and water
<Tab/>-Negative feedback turns rennin production off
<Tab/>-Called the rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
-Atrial natriuretic factor opposes RAAS
<Tab/>-Released by the heart in response to an increase in blood volume and pressure
<Tab/>-Inhibits the release of rennin
<Tab/>-Inhibits NaCl reabsorption and reduces aldosterone release from adren
