1) Kidney structure and function

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What is the Importance of the kidney?
Structure and function Physiological homeostasis Role in Blood pressure regulation Action of drugs
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Renal function and contribution to homeostasis?
Blood ionic composition Blood pH Blood Volume Blood Pressure Blood osmolarity Excretion of waste Hormone production Glucose levels
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Where are the adrenal glands?
sit on top of kidneys
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What is the ureter?
Ureter divides into renal pelvis which splits into calyx (drains filtrate – urine – down ureter into bladder from where it is released)
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Kidney is divided into what?
outer cortex (lighter in colour) and inner zone, the medulla (darker), there are renal pyramids which narrow down into papilla regions
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What are nephrons?
(the functional unit-drains down into bottom of the renal pyramid into the papilla region and releases its contents into the minor calyx which broadens into the major calyx [through the renal pelvis] which drains down into the ureter and then t
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