renal

nitrogenous waset urea ammonia and cratinine

is to excrete of the waste products . the kidneys also asist in regulating the bodys water electrolytes and acid base balance

which produce urine by removing wate excess water and electrolytes from thr blood

transfers urine from the kidneys to the bladder

collects and stores urine

transposrts urine from the bladder to the outside of the body for elimination

lie behin the parietal peritoneum just below the diaphragm on each side of the vertebral columns. kidneys are dark red bean shaped organs that are 4 to 5 inches wide and about 1 inch thick

slightly lower than the left due to the liver

by adipose tissue

hilus where the the renal artery enters and the renal vein and the ureter exit the kidney

adrenal glands

secrete hormone that help control BP, HR

aldosterone

plasma potassium concentration

outer covering of the kidney strong layer of the connective tissue

directly beneath the renal capsule it contains 1.25 million renal tubes which are part of the filtration system

beneath the cortex darker color contains the triangle pyramids

narrow points of the phyramid ewmpyt urine into the calyces

cup like extensions of the renal pelvis that guide urine into the renal pelvis

expanison of the upper end of the ureter, ureter turns the drians to the finished product urine into the vladder

each kidney contacins more than 1 million nephrons

responsible for filtering blood and processing urine

• controlling body fluids levels by selectively removing or retaining waster
• assisting with the regulation of the PH of the blood
• and removing toxic waste from the blood

renal corpuscle and the renal tubule

composed of tightly bound network of cappilarries called the glumeruli that are held inside a cuplike structure

regulates the fiunction of each nephron

water and solutes (sodium and other ions nitrogren waste urea uric acid creatnine glucose and other nutrients filter through the glomurli

water solutes

sodium and chloride ions