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Excretory System
Sarah Norton
Giselle Lehman
Cam Hansel
Urinary System
FUNCTION: remove waste and excess water from
blood and get it out of the body in the form of urine;
counters unwanted shifts in the volume and
composition of extracellular fluid (8)
Urine Formation Helps Maintain
Homeostasis
- excretion regulates the water content (to ensure the
correct amount is the body) in the blood by producing
hypotonic or hypertonic urine (compared to blood plasma)
(3)
• in summer, water is lost through sweat--> urine is
hypertonic (8)
• no water loss from sweating in winter--> urine is
hypotonic (8)
- urine formation counters shifts in volume and
concentration of solutes and foreign substances (like
drugs) (3)
- excretion regulates pH of the blood by removing waste (3)
The Kidney
STRUCTURE:
• in the rib cage, next to the spine, have 2 (4)
• small (about 10 cm), bean-shaped (8)
FUNCTION:
• filters used/unwanted water, minerals, and urea (waste)
from blood--returns all but 1% to blood (8)
• makes that 1% into urine (~1.5 liters a day) (8)
• blood pressure regulation (by secreting enzyme renin)
(9)
• controls production of erythropoietin, which controls red
blood cell production (4)
• regulates the volume, composition and pH of body fluids
(1)
• regulates calcium absorption via vitamin D (4)
The Nephron
- tiny filtering units in the kidney, millions in cortex (8)
- purifies and filtrates blood (7)
- the whole nephron is made of the Renal
Corpuscle (glomerulus + Bowman's capsule) and the Renal
Tubule (proximal convoluted tubule+ loop of Henle) (7)
-Glomerulus: ball formed of small blood capillaries (glomerular)
-Bowman's capsule: nephron starts here, double-walled
epithelial cup that holds the glomerulus (7)
-proximal convoluted tubule:absorbs and regulates the
potassium, calcium, sodium and pH of filtrate and secretes
natural acids into filtrate (7)
-loop of Henle: U-shaped tube, concentrates salt of the tissue
around it (7)
-Distal Tubule: adjustment stage, can lead to urine that is
highly dillute, concentrated or in between (8)
-Collecting Duct: leads to kidney's central cavity then into an
ureter (8)
The Nephron
Filtration
• blood is filtered by osmosis and diffusion
in glomerulus (2)
• driven by heart's contractions
• blood enters through the glomular capillaries
(glomerulus) in the nephron
• blood pressure filters blood when it forces water and
solutes (except proteins) out of the glomerular
capillaries.
• this protein-free solution moves into the proximal
tubule
• filtered fluid in the Bowman's capsule is isotonic (2)
[all from source 2 and 8]
Tubular Reabsorption
• happens in tubules; sodium is pumped out through active
transport in loop of Henle and proximal tubule (8)
• reclamation (reabsorption) of water (80%), glucose,
electrolytes, amino acids, sodium, potassium, etc-restores their concentrations in blood
• done by capillary network around tubules
• osmosis and active transport (for glucose, amino acids).
• then filtrate's water and solutes move into peritubular
capillaries.
[all from source 2 and 8]
Tubular Secretion
• as the tubular filtrate drains, toxic substances(not filtered
in the glomerulus) are secreted through the blood and
tubular wall into the filtrate (in the opposite direction of
reabsorption)
• cells in the tubule wall accept solutes then secrete them
into the nephron wall
• filtered waste products make urine
[all from source 2 and 8]
How does this relate to diabetes?
- the kidney filters waste from the blood
- in diabetes there is an excess of glucose in blood
because of a lack of insulin
- extra glucose is considered waste gets filtered from blood
in kidney
- the kidneys make that glucose (waste) into urine and thus
it becomes a symptom of diabetes that glucose appears in
the urine
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