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The kidneys are bean shaped organs, which help the body produce urine to get rid of unwanted waste substances. When urine is formed, tubes called ureters transport it to the urinary bladder, where it is stored and excreted via the urethra.
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What can be found in the lumen of a transverse tubule?
Extracellular fluid
Is peritubular fluid is same with interstitial fluid?
Yes, btw peritubular capillary and tubule/duct
What is the process that is performed by the glomerulus that forms blood plasma without blood proteins?
Glomerular Filtration - a passive process in which fluid passes from the blood into the glomerular capsule (part of the renal tubule) Once in the capsule the fluid is called filtrate and is essentially blood plasma without proteins
Function of distal tubule?
The distal tubule reabsorbs ions into the tubular fluid. The distal tubule plays a huge role in the balance of acid in the urinary tract.
What us the primary function of the distal convoluted tubule?
The Distal Convoluted Tubule or DCT, acts as a site for selective secretion and reabsorption as water and ions pass between the blood and the filtrate across the tubule membrane. The DCT's are involved in pH Regulation as well as tubular excretion (excretion of Ammonia, Uric Acid, Urea, Creatinine, Hydrogen, antibiotics,and other nitrogenous wastes).Also the distal covulated tubule reabsorve molecules and act whev the body response to loss of water. thank you
What fluid passes through the renal tubule?
A renal tubule passes most of the fluids it processes into the bloodstream
What can be found in the lumen of a transverse tubule?
Extracellular fluid
Once fluid enters the proximal convoluted tubule?
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How does the tissue of the kidneys structure to aid in filtration?
Function * Ultrafiltiration: the process by which fluid is filtered out of the blood by the glomerulus. * The blood pressure in a glomerulus causes part of the blood plasma to leak through the capillary walls. The red blood cells and plasma proteins are too big to pass out of the capillary, so the fluid that does filter through is plasma without the protein. The fluid thus consists mainly of water with dissolved salts, glucose, urea and uric acid. * Selective Reabsorption: the process of absorbing back the substances needed by the body. * The filtrate from the glomerulus collects in the renal capsule and trickles down the renal tubule. * As it does so, the capillaries which surround the tubule absorb the substance the body needs back into the blood. * ** The glucose is reabsorbed with much of the water. ** Some of the salts are taken back to keep the correct concentration in the blood. ** *** Salts not needed by the body are left to pass down the kidney tubule with the urea and uric acid. *** They continue down the renal tubule into the pelvis of the kidney, passes down the ureter and to the bladder.
Where does glucose reabsorption occur in the nephron?
Glucose reabsorption takes place in the proximal renal tubule. This tubule is a portion of the nephron that contains fluid. The functions of the nephron include the reabsorption and secretion of various substances like ions, glucose, and amino acids.
Is peritubular fluid is same with interstitial fluid?
Yes, btw peritubular capillary and tubule/duct
What is the process that is performed by the glomerulus that forms blood plasma without blood proteins?
Glomerular Filtration - a passive process in which fluid passes from the blood into the glomerular capsule (part of the renal tubule) Once in the capsule the fluid is called filtrate and is essentially blood plasma without proteins
How is the tissue of the kidneys structurally modified to aid in filtration?
FunctionUltrafiltiration: the process by which fluid is filtered out of the blood by the glomerulus.The blood pressure in a glomerulus causes part of the blood plasma to leak through the capillary walls. The red blood cells and plasma proteins are too big to pass out of the capillary, so the fluid that does filter through is plasma without the protein. The fluid thus consists mainly of water with dissolved salts, glucose, urea and uric acid.Selective Reabsorption: the process of absorbing back the substances needed by the body.The filtrate from the glomerulus collects in the renal capsule and trickles down the renal tubule.As it does so, the capillaries which surround the tubule absorb the substance the body needs back into the blood.** The glucose is reabsorbed with much of the water.Some of the salts are taken back to keep the correct concentration in the blood.*** Salts not needed by the body are left to pass down the kidney tubule with the urea and uric acid.They continue down the renal tubule into the pelvis of the kidney, passes down the ureter and to the bladder.
Function of distal tubule?
The distal tubule reabsorbs ions into the tubular fluid. The distal tubule plays a huge role in the balance of acid in the urinary tract.
Where in the nephron is most of the previously removed fluid added back to the blood?
Renal tubule
What us the primary function of the distal convoluted tubule?
The Distal Convoluted Tubule or DCT, acts as a site for selective secretion and reabsorption as water and ions pass between the blood and the filtrate across the tubule membrane. The DCT's are involved in pH Regulation as well as tubular excretion (excretion of Ammonia, Uric Acid, Urea, Creatinine, Hydrogen, antibiotics,and other nitrogenous wastes).Also the distal covulated tubule reabsorve molecules and act whev the body response to loss of water. thank you
Collecting waste fluid?
kidney
