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/>…

…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