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1. Composition and Volume of Blood
2. Blood Pressure
3. Ionic Composition
4. Glucose Levels
5. Excretes Waste and Foreign Material |
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| bean shaped organ located just above the waste behind the peritoneum on the posterior wall of abdominal cavity |
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| Most superior/external tissue layer of the kidney |
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| Outer, superficial layer, site of urine formation |
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| Deeper, inner layer site of urine collection and nutrient and water reabsorption |
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| Located near the center concavity of the kidney sitewhere ureter leaves and blood vessels enter |
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| 8-18 triangular masses of tissue medulla babe faces cortex and apex points towards the renal hilus |
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| Portions of the renal cortex that extend between the renal pyramids |
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| the apices of the renal pyramids |
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| Small cuplike collecting structures, recieve from the renal papillae |
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| Larger collecting structures, recieve from the renal papillae |
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| Large cavity into which urine collects from the major calyces |
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| Tube that enters the kidney at the renal hilus and drains the renal pelvis, empties into the urinary bladder. One per kidney |
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| Hollow, distenible muscular organ situated in the pelvic cavity posterior to the pubic symphysis |
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| Site where ureteral openings form the bose points of a triangle with apex being the internal urethral orfice |
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| Capacity of urinal bladder |
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700-800mL
the bladder will automatically contract when it reached full capacity |
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| Tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body to void urine 4cm in females. of variable length in males, at 15-20cm |
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| Urine formation (Nephron) |
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| Located in the renal cortex, extends down into the medulla |
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| 2 Main sections of urine formation |
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Renal corpsuscle
Renal Tubule |
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| Capillary ball in the center of the Bowman's Capsule. Site of filtration |
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| Space in-between the Bowman's Capsule and Glomerulus |
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| Medullar extention, re-absorbs 99% of filtration |
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| Proximate Convoluted Tubule |
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| Coiled tube attached to the Renal Corpuscle |
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| Section that dips down into Medulla |
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| Coiled tube attached to ascending limb of Henle, opens into collecting ducts |
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| Common site for multiple nephrons to connect, runs through the Renal Pyramids |
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| Right/Left Renal Arteries |
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| Carry Blood to the kidney |
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| branches of the segmental arteries, travel up the renal columns |
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| Divisions of the arcuate, travel to the Glomerulus |
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| Branches of the segmental Arteries |
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| Carry Blood out of the Glomerulus |
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| Capillary network that surround the nephron in the medulla, site of most reabsorption |
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| Reuniting of the Vasa Recta |
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| Run the base of the Renal Pyramid |
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| Travel down the renal columns |
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| Carry blood away from the kidney |
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| Complete pathway for Urine Drainage |
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| 1. Afferent Arteriole 2. Glomerulus 3. Proximal Convulled Tubule 4. Descending Limb of Henle 5. Loop of Henle 6. Ascending Limb of Henle 7. Distal Convoluted Tubule 8. Collecting duct 9. Renal Pyramid 10. Renal Papillae 11. Minor Calyx 12. Major Calyx, 13. Renal Pelvis 14. ureter 15. urinary bladder 16. urethra |
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| Composed of exocrine and endocrine glands that secrete hormones that control every single process that occurs in the body. "The Puppet Master of the Body" |
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| Releases products directly into the blood |
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| Secretes products into a duct |
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| Molecule released in one part of the body that regulates an action in another part of the body |
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| the location that the hormone acts upon |
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| the resulting alteration that occurs from the presence of the hormone on a target area |
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| the master gland, located just superior to the pituitary gland, produces regulatory hormones that tell other glands to release their hormones |
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| Thyroid Releaseing Hormones (TRS) |
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| Stimulates release of THS |
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| Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) |
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| Prlactin Releasing Hormone (PRH) |
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| Stimulates release of PRL |
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| Corticotropic Releasing Hormone (CRH) |
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| Stimulates release of ACTH |
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| Gonadotropic Releasing Hormones (GnRH) |
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| Stimulates release of FSH |
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| Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline) |
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| Returns the body to "normal" function |
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| Located in different places according to sex |
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| Located in the male scrotum, release sperm |
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| Male sex hormone, causes secondary male sexual characteristics, masculine features, regulates spermatogenesis, secreted out of latex cells |
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| Produced by Sertoli Cells, inhibits FSH to slow spermatogenesis |
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| located in the female pelvic cavity, release a mature ovum |
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| female sex hormones, cause secondary female sexual characteristics, feminine features, and help release an egg |
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| stimulates growth of uterine lining, maintains uterus lining during pregnancy |
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| Allows release of milk from breast and stimulates uterine contractions (labor onset) |
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| Located in the center of the brain |
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| Regulates circadian rhythms, levels increase in darkness and decrease in sunlight |
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| Located in the throught, has 2 lobes connected anterior-medially by an Isthmus |
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Rings of cells that form a follicle, the lumen of which is filled with Colloid
--> Produces 2 hormones: tetraiodothyronine Tsub4 and Triiodothyronine Tsub3: Regulate oxygen use and basal metabolic rate, meabolism and growth and development |
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| Parafollicular cells (C-cells) |
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| located between the follicles |
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| Decreases Ca +2 levels in the blood, therby increasing bone mass |
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| 4 small glands located on the posterior surface of the thyroid |
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| Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) |
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| Regulates Ca +2, Mg+2, and HPOsub 4 -2, increases Ca+2 levels in the blood by decreasing bone mass |
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| Located behind the sternum between the lungs, decreases in size with age |
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| Stimulates the growth of T-Cells |
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| Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans contain 4 types of hormone secreting cells: |
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| Alpha, beta, delta, F Cells |
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| Produce Glucagon: Raise glucose levels |
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| Produce Insulin: Lower Glucose levels |
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| Produce Pancreatic Polypeptide: Inhibits somatostatin, gallbladder contraction and secretion of pancreatic digestive enzymes |
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| Located just superior to the kidney |
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| Subdivided into three zones, each producing a specific hormone |
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| Outermost layer, secrete mineralocorticoids affect mineral homeostasis |
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| Middle (Wide) layer, secrete glucocorticoids: affect glucose homeostasis |
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| innermost layer, secrete gonadocorticoids |
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| inner region of the adrenal gland, affect the sympathetic division of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) during stress (ie deals with the Fight or Flight mechanism |
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