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Understanding the Urinary System: Functions, Nephron, and Kidney Health

Explore the critical functions of the urinary system including nephron composition, hormonal effects, glomerular filtration process, kidney structure, renal corpuscle, and more. Understand renal failure types, floating kidneys, bladder anatomy, and common kidney disorders.

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Understanding the Urinary System: Functions, Nephron, and Kidney Health

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  1. What is the function of the urinary system? • What composes a nephron? • What hormones affect the kidneys. • Explain the process of glomerular filtration.

  2. 5. What are the areas of the kidney, and where does the parts of the nephron lie within? 6. Explain the structure of the renal corpuscle. 7. Explain the process of tubular reabsorption. 8. List and explain the three types of renal failure.

  3. 9. What is a floating kidney, and what can it affect? 10. Describe the shape of the urinary bladder, and what allows it to stretch. 11. How much fluid can the bladder hold, and describe the micturition reflex?

  4. 12. Describe and give symptoms of • UTI • Diabetes insipidus • Bright’s disease • Polycystic kidney disease

  5. 13. What is the pathway of blood from the abdominal aorta, and renal filtrate from the glomerulus?

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