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AP Resources - Urinary
Consists of:
Kidney-
Filters
Maintains
Regulates
Synthesis
Structurally
Retroperitoneal organ
Outer layer
Outer portion
Inner portion
-renal pyramids: portion at end
Renal papilla
Kidney produces urine---Ã renal papilla----Ã minor calyx---Ã major calyx----Ã renal pelvis---Ã ureter
Hilum
Renal medulla
Apex of medulla-renal papilla
Structure of ureters and renal pelvis
Ureter-
Urinary bladder
-folds into
-3 layers of smooth muscle
Urethra-
2 urethra muscles
Difference between female and male ureathra
Female
Male
-Kidney-
Cortex and medulla-
BLOOD FLOW
Abdominal
aorta
----Ã ___________________
----Ã interlobar artery
------Ã ____________
------Ã interlobular artery
-------Ã ________________
-------Ã glomerius
-----Ã _________________
-----Ã Para tubular capillaries
------Ã ________________
--------Ã lobar vein
------Ã _______________
---------Ã inferior vena cava
Nephron-structural functional unit of kidney
Renal corpusal
Paratubular capsule
Descending limb
Ascending limb
Distal convoluted tubule-
Capsular space-
Afferent arteriole
Bowmans capsule
4 processes to determine filtration process: