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Urinary System

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What are the end products of metabolism?

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CO2

Nitrogenous waste

Water

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What are Nitrogenous wastes

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The end products of protein, creatinine, phosphate and nucleic acid metabolism

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Nitrogenous waste includes the following

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Urea

Creatinine

Uric acid

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What is Urea and how is it produced?

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Most abundant organic waste

Produced from breakdown of aa. Deamination leads to ammonia production. Ammonia is v. toxic and converted to urea which is less toxic by the liver

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How is creatinine generated?

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by skeletal muscle through the breakdown of creatinine phosphate for energy

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How is Uric acid generated?

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It is derived from the nitrogenous bases of RNA molecles

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What materials are excreted through the urinary system

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End products of metabolism (CO2, Nitrogenous wastes and water) and ANY substance which is in excess of body needs

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Why does excretion play a major role in homeostasis?

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It maintains the proper concentration for body fluids

front 9

What does the urinary system do?

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Responsible for bulk of all other excretion except for CO2

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What organs make up the urinary system

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Kidneys

Ureters

Bladder

Urethra

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Where is urine formed

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The Kidneys

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What do the ureters do?

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Muscular tubes that transport urine

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What does the bladder do?

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Stores urine

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Why is the bladder able to stretch?

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Transitional epithelium

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What does the urethra do?

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Muscular tube, transports urine from bladder to outside

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What are the functions of the kidney (6)

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Regulate composition and volume of blood directly, other body fluids indirectly

Excrete waste from blood

Regulate urethral pyosis by releasing urethra pyotin

Aid in regulating pH

Regulate blood pressure by releasing renin which activates the angeotensin system

Assist liver w/ detoxification, deamination and glyconeogenis

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What is the external anatomy of the kidney

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Large bean shape w/ hilus (indentation) where ureters exit

Made up of 3 layers of tissue

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What are the 3 layers of kidney tissue?

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Renal capsule

Adipose capsule

Renal fascia

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What is the renal capsule and what does it do?

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Innermost layer of the kidney

Protects against infection and kidney

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What is the adipose capsule and what does it do?

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Middle layer

Consists of fatty tissue

Cushions against shock an anchors kiney

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What is the Renal fascia and what does it do?

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Outter layer

Consists of thin connective tissue

Anchors kidney to body wall and also surrounds adrenal gland

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What 2 layers make up the inside of the kidney?

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Medulla

Cortex

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What is the medulla?

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Innermost layer of kidney, made up of 5-14 pyramids

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What is the renal papillae?

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Broad base of pyramid that faces out

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Where is your loop of Henle found?

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Medulla

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What is the cortex?

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Outter layer of the internal kidney, most nephrons are found here

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What areas go from the pyramids to the ureter?

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Pyramid -> minor calyx -> major calyx -> renal pelvis -> ureter

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What is the functional unit of the kidney and what does it do?

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Nephron, site of urine formation

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Name the parts of a nephron

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Glomerular (Bowman's) capsule

Proximal convoluted tubule

Loop of Henle

Distal convoluted tubule

Collecting ducts

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What do the glomerular capsules do?

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Filter

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Name the 2 layers of the glomerular capsule and their epithelial type

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Outter - perietal cup - squamous epithelium

Inner - visceral layer - podocytes

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What are podocytes?

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Special epithelial cells with filtration slits to filter plasma

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What lines the proximal convoluted tubule?

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Microvilli

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What part of the nephron is heavily surrounded by capillaries?

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Distal convoluted tubule

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There is one duct for each nephron T of F

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F

Several nephrons will empty in to 1 duct

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What are the 2 types of nephrons?

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Cortical

Juxtamedullary

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Describe a cortical nephron

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Glomerular lie in the outter region of cortex

No loop of Henle

Don't dip into medullary area

Make up about 85% of nephrons

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Describe a juxtamedullary nephron

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Glomerular lie in cortex close to pyramid

Have loop of Henle which penetrates deep into pyramid

Major role is water balance (osmotic gradient)

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Describe the vascular pathway in the kidney

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Renal artery -> segmental arteries -> lobar arteries -> Interlobar arteries -> arcuate arteries -> interlobular arteries -> afferent arterioles -> glomerulus -> efferent arterioles -> peritubular capillary beds

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What is a renal plexus?

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Nerve supply for kidney, has a capillary network that surrounds loop of Henle calle vasa recta

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What are the 3 different processes for urine formation

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Filtration

Reabsorption

Secretion

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What makes the glomerular best for filtration?

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It is very permeable, open pores, no cell, basement membrane, surface area is very large, has a high blood pressure

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Why is the blood pressure high in the gloerulus?

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The efferent arterial is smaller in diameter than the afferent

And the osmotic pressure in the unfiltered blood pulls fluid back into glomerulus

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What is the standard measurement for the glomerular filtration rate?

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Insulin

It can be varied by regulating glomeruler pressure

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What is the initial composition of filtrate

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Same as plasma, minus plasma proteins

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Where does reabsorption primarily occure

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Proximal convoluted tubule

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What is more selective, filtration or reabsorption?

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reabsorption

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How much glucose and aa are reclaimed?

How much urea?

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Almost always 100%

50%

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What is the threshold value?

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Concentration in the plasma must be exceeded before it appears in the urine

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Where does secretion mostly occur?

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Distal conveluted tubuel

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What is micturitiion

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urination

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How is water lost from the body?

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Kidneys, skin (sweat), lungs, GI tract

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What are the 2 main fluid compartments?

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Intracellular (fluid w/i the cells)

Extracellular (fluid outside of the cells)

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What are the 2 divisions of extracellular fluid?

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Interstitial Fluid

Plasma

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What is the relationship between Na and water reabsorption?

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water follows Na that is reabsorbed in the proximal convaluted tubule

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How does aldosterone affect Na?

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Produced by adrenal cortex, causes kidney tubules (especially distal portion) to increase Na transport thus increases Na reabsorption

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How does the atrial natriuretic factor affect Na?

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Realesed by atrial myocardial cells. inhibits renin, modifies activity of angiotensin system, which reduces aldosterone, reducing sodium, reducing water retention and reducing bloo pressure

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How do juxtamedullary cells affect blood pressure?

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They are cells close to glomerular

They decrease blood supply to kidneys where renin is produced which increases tensinogen, angiotensin 1 and 2 which constricts arteriols and increases blood pressure

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3 hormones release by kidney

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Renin

Urethropyotin

calcitrial

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What happens to urine if there is execs water?

What if the boy is dehydrated?

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Diluted urine

Concentrated urine

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Where does most water reabsorption occur?

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Proximal tubules

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Describe the urine as it travels the Loop of Henle

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Entering the descending limb - isotonic to plasma

Moving down the descending limb it becomes more concentrated

Moving up the ascending limb begins to loose concentration because chloride is transported out and Na follows, water stays behind

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Where does some urea diffuse out?

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lower portion of collecting duct

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What is the role of the vasa recta?

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Maintains the medullary concentration gradient developed by the loop of Henle

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T/F the vasa recta carries salts away

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F, the salts dilute into an out of the vasa recta

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What does ADH control?

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The amount of water reabsorbed from collecting ducts

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What releases ADH

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nurohypophysis

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Does ADH cause urine to be more concentrated or diluted?

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Concentrated

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80% of the total water reabosorption occurs in the _____. The ______ system is responsible for the remaining amount

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proximal convoluted tubules

counter-current-ADH

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The transport of ___ and ___ from the ascending loop creates an osmotic gradient in the ___. This gradient is enhanced by the reabsorption of ___ in the collecting ducts.

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chloride and sodium

interstitial fluid

Urea

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The ___ maintains the concentration gradient established by removing the water reabsorbed from the ___.

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Vasa recta

collecting duct

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What regulates the permeability of the collecting duct?

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ADH

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What type of urine is produced when the tubule is permeable?

What if the tubule is not permeable?

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hypertonic to plasma

hypotonic to plasma, copious amounts

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What do electrolytes affect?

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water movement, pH, enzyme activity and osmotic pressure

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How does chloride affect osmotic pressure?

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Indirectly, it is regulated by aldostorone and attracted to Na

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What is the most abundant cation in ICF?

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Potassium

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What regulates calcium and phosphate?

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endochrine glands

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What increases magnesium excretion?

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Increase levels of aldostorone

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what is respiratory alkalosis?

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pH leads to hyperventalation

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What is metabolic alkalosis?

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Increase in pH an bicarbonate levels

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What is alkalosis?

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pH in arteriole blood is greater than 7.45

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What is aciosis

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When pH is 7.0-7.35

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What does respiratory acidosis lead to?

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CO2 retention

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What does metabolic acidosis do?

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decrease in pH brings bicarbonate levels down

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What are the 3 major chemical buffers?

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Bicarbonate

phosphate

protein

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What is diabetes insipidus?

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ADH is absent or low, little to no water is reabsorbe

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What is glomerulonephritis?

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Inflammation of glomeruli. Inflammatory response leads to blockage of many nephrons

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What are kidney stones?

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crystals formed in renal pelvis, may pass down ureter to bladder and cause pain and/or block urine

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What is cystitis?

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Inflammation of bladder

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What happens in dialysis?

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blood is passed through a tube which allows the movement of urea and other small molecules out but blocks proteins and blood cells. Tube runs through a bath which contains the proper concentration of glucose and vitamins

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What happens with age?

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decrease in GFR

renal blood flow decreases

decrease in concentration of urine in tubules

increased volumes of urine and frequency of urination

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What is edema

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accumulation of fluid in interstitial space, leading to swelling

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What is thirst promoted by?

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decrease in saliva

decrease in plasma osmolaity

increase in plasma volume