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What are the 3 layers that cover the kidney?
- renal fascia
- Adipose
- Renal capsule
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What are the 3 things that come out of the hilum of the kidney?
- Blood vessels
- nerves
- ureter
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What is the outer most layer of the kidney?
Renal fascia
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What is the layer that is the closest to kidney?
Renal capsule
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What 2 things collect urine?
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What is that ball of capillaries in the kidney called?
Glomerulus
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How many nephrons are there per kidney?
1 million+
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What 2 things make up the renal corpuscle?
- Glomerulus
- Bowmans capsule
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What 4 things make up the renal tubule?
- Bowmans capsule
- proximal convoluted tubule
- loop of henle
- distal convoluted tubule
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What is the main function of a nephron?
Urine production
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What is the name for the nephrons in the cortical region?
Cortical nephrons
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What is the name for the nephrons that are in the cortex region and in the medullary region? (spell)
Juxtamedullary nephron
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What two things make up a nephron?
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What percent of cariac output is filtered through the kidney per minute?
25%
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In the glomerulus what is the name of the inner wall of the capillary?
Podocytes
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What are the arteries that come from interlobular arteries and go into glomerulus?
Afferent arterioles
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Arteries that leave the glomerulus and go into peritubular capillaries are the.....
Efferent arterioles
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What is the duct that collects from distal convoluted tubule?
Collecting duct
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Collecting duct dumps into?
Minor calyx
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Juxtamedullary nephrons:
Specialized peritubular capillaries around loop of henle
Vasa recta
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