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-Composed of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and -Renal fascia - (outermost capsule)
urethra. -anchors the kidney and helps hold the kidney in
place against the muscle of the trunk wall.
FUNCTIONS OF THE URINARY
SYSTEM ________________________________
1. Maintains the body’s water and salt balance. Kidneys have 2 other regulatory function:
2. Regulates the acid-base balance of the blood. By producing the enzyme renin, that help
regulate blood pressure.
3. Removes the nitrogen containing wastes, TOXINS The hormone erythropoietin
from the blood and flushes them from the body
through the urine. -stimulates the production of RBC in the bone
marrow
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_________________ -it converts vitamin D to its active form
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KIDNEYS
-Bean-shaped organ about 12 cms long, 6 cms wide
and 3 cms thick
-Located at the level of T12 to L3
-The right kidney is slightly lower than the left
COVERINGS OF THE KINDEY
1. Fibrous Capsule
-transparent HOMEOSTATIC IMBALANCE
-encloses each kidney and gives a fresh kidney a 1. Ptosis
glistening appearance
-dropping of the kidney to a lower position if the
2. Perirenal fat capsule amount of tissue dwindles (as with rapid weight loss)
-surrounds the kidney
=creates problems if the ureters which drain urine
from the kidneys become kinked.
=when this happens, urine that can no longer pass
thru the ureters backs up and exerts pressure on the
kidney tissue causing HYDRONEPHROSIS which
can severely damage the kidney
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NEPHRONS
-also called as the collecting duct
THREE PROCESSES OF URINE
THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL
UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS FORMATION
-Responsible for forming urine 1. Glomerular filtration
-Main structures of the nephrons: -is a nonselective passive process in which fluids
passes from the blood into the glomerular capsule
Glomerulus – a knot capillaries parts of the renal tubule.
Renal tubule
2. Tubular reabsorption
-Types of Nephrons
-is the process of reclaiming nutrients, ions, and
1. Cortical Nephrons water that the body needs from the filtrate in the
renal tubule.
-located entirely in the cortex
3. Tubular filtration
-includes most nephrons
-the process of actively moving substance from
2. Juxtamedullary nephrons peritubular blood into the renal tubule for
-found at the boundary of the cortex and medulla elimination from the body.
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RENAL TUBULE
-has a cup-shaped closed end called Glomerular
(Bowman’s) capsule
-the rest of the tubule had a collecting tube called
collecting duct
-Have different regions namely the:
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GLOMERULUS
-a specialized capillary bed
-fed and drained by arterioles
a. Large afferent arteriole – is the feeder vessel
b. Narrow efferent arteriole – receives blood
that has passed through the glomerulus
-capillaries are covered with octopus sized cells
called podocytes from the renal tube
-sits within a glomerular capsule (the first part of the
renal tube)
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URETERS
-two slender tubes attaching the kidney to the ___________________________________
bladder which is 25 to 30 cms long and 6 mm in __
diameter
URETHRA
-serves as a passageway that carry urine from the
kidney to the bladder -thin-walled tube that carries urine from the bladder
to the outside of the body by peristalsis
Continuous with the renal pelvis
-release of urine is controlled by two sphincters:
Enter the posterior aspect of the bladder
Internal urethral sphincter (involuntary) -
-runs behind the peritoneum
keeps the urethra closed when urine is not
-peristalsis aids gravity in urine transport being passed.
External urethral sphincter (voluntary) -
HOMEOSTATIC IMBALANCE fashioned by skeletal muscle as the urethra
passes thru the pelvic floor
1. Renal calculi
-crystals formed from solutes such as uric acid salts FUNCTIONS OF THE URINARY
that precipitate in the renal pelvis caused by urine SYSTEM
becomes concentrated
-Regulate aspects of homeostasis
-there is excruciating pain that radiates to the flank
Water balance
-caused by frequent bacterial infections of the Electrolytes
urinary tract Acid-base balance in blood
-urinary retention and alkaline urine all favor calculi Blood pressure
formation Red blood cell production
Activation of vitamin D
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URINARY BLADDER
-smooth, collapsible, muscular sac
WATER BALANCE FUNCTION
-FUNCTION: -maintaining water balance
-Water – is necessary for many body functions and
Temporarily stores urine
levels must be maintained
-Normal amount of water in the body:
Interstitial fluid
-if the interior of the bladder is scanned, 3 openings
Blood plasma
are seen:
-"Where sodium goes, water follows” -mixture of carbonic acid (H₂CO₃) and sodium
bicarbonate (NaHCO₃)
Alters blood volume and blood pressure
Can impair the activity of cells -bicarbonate ions (HCO₃-) react with strong acids to
change them to weak acids
MAINTAINING WATER BALANCE
-carbonic acid dissociates in the presence of a strong
-Dilute urine is produced if water intake is excessive base to form a weak base and water
-Less urine (concentrated) is produced if large RESPIRATORY SYSTEM CONTROLS OF
amounts of water are lost ACID-BASE BALANCE
-Proper concentrations of various electrolytes must -Carbon dioxide in the blood is converted to
be present bicarbonate ion and transported in the plasma
REGULATION OF WATER AND -Increases in hydrogen ion concentration produces
ELECTROLYTE REABSORPTION more carbonic acid
-Regulation is primarily by hormones -Excess hydrogen ion can be blown off with the
release of carbon dioxide from the lungs
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) prevents
excessive water loss in urine -Respiratory rate can rise and fall depending on
Aldosterone regulates sodium ion content of changing blood pH
extracellular fluid
RENAL MECHANISMS OF ACID-
-triggered by the renninangiotensin mechanism
BASE BALANCE
-Cells in the kidneys and hypothalamus are active
monitors -Excrete bicarbonate ions if needed
-Conserve or generate new bicarbonate ions if
MAINTAINING ACID-BASE needed
BALANCE – function
-Urine pH varies from 4.5 to 8.0
MAINTAINING ACID-BASE BALANCE IN
BLOOD URINE FORMATION PROCESSES
-Blood pH must remain between 7.35 and 7.45 to Glomerular filtration
maintain homeostasis Tubular reabsorption
Tubular secretion
Alkalosis – pH below 7.45
Acidosis – pH below 7.35
-Most ions originate as byproducts of cellular
metabolism
-Most acid-base balance is maintained by the
kidneys
-Other acid-base controlling systems
Blood buffers
Respiration
1. Glomerular filtration Hydrogen and potassium ions
Creatinine
-is a nonselective passive process in which fluids
passes from the blood into the glomerular capsule -Materials left in the renal tubule move toward the
parts of the renal tubule. ureter
-water and solutes smaller than proteins are forced CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE
through capillary walls and pores of the glomerular
capsule into the renal tube USED FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
-blood cells cannot pass out to the capillaries Colored somewhat yellow due to the pigment
urochrome (from the destruction of
-filtrate is collected in the glomerular capsule and hemoglobin) and solutes
leaves via the renal tubule Sterile
Slightly aromatic
HOMEOSTATIC IMBALANCE
Normal pH of around 6
1. Oliguria Specific gravity of 1.001 to 1.035
-an abnormally urine output between 100 and 400 _________________________________
ml/day
MICTURITION (Voiding)
2. Anuria
-Both sphincter muscles must open to allow voiding
-less than 100 ml/day
The internal urethral sphincter is relaxed
-low urinary output indicates that glomerular BP is after stretching of the bladder
too low to cause filtration
Activation is from an impulse sent to the
-but Anuria – may also result from transfusion spinal cord and then back via the pelvic
reaction and acute inflammation or from crush splanchnic nerves
injuries of the kidneys The external urethral sphincter must be
voluntarily relaxed
TUBULAR REABSORPTION
DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF
-Water, glucose, amino acids and needed ions are
transported out of the filtrate into the tubule cells
URINARY SYSTEM
and then enter the capillary blood -Functional kidneys are developed by the third
month
-The peritubular capillaries reabsorb several
materials -Urinary system of a newborn
Some water Bladder is small
Glucose Urine cannot be concentrated
Amino acids
Ions -Control of the voluntary urethral sphincter does not
start until age 18 months
-Some reabsorption is passive, most is active
-Urinary infections are the only common problems
-Most reabsorption occurs in the proximal before old age
convoluted tubule
AGING AND THE URINARY
MATERIALS NOT ABSORBED
SYSTEM
-Nitrogenous waste products
-There is progressive decline in urinary function
Urea – formed by the liver
-The bladder shrinks with aging
Uric acid – released when nucleic acids are
metabolized -Urinary retention is common in males
Creatinine
-Excess water
TUBULAR SECRETION –
REABSORPTION IN REVERSE
-Hydrogen and potassium ions, creatinine and drugs
are removed from peritubular blood and secreted by
the tubule cells into the filtrate
-Some materials move from the peritubular
capillaries into the renal tubules