RENAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (NURS 5315 MOD 10 EXAM 4) Correctly Answered 2024/2025

RENAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (NURS 5315 MOD 10 EXAM 4) Correctly Answered 2024 kidney functions - Answer --excrete metabolic waste -maintain water balance -regulate acid base balance -regulate blood pressure -secrete erythropoietin to stimulate RBC growth -activate Vit D to absorb calcium in intestines Kidney disorders may result in decrease in erythropoietin causing: - Answer -anemia Vit D in kidney function - Answer --active form assists with Ca absorption in intestines -precursor ingested in food -after absorbed it is taken to skin and turned into another precursor by UV light -then transported to kidney and converted to active Vit D (calcitriol). -kidney disorders may cause: Vit D deficiency hypocalcemia Calcitriol - Answer --responsible for assisting with absorption of calcium in the intestines -promoting release of calcium from bone (resorption) -decreasing renal calcium excretion renal capsule - Answer --outer most portion of kidney -fibrous tissue renal fascia - Answer --fatty layer of tissue -adheres each kidney to posterior wall of abdomenrenal cortex - Answer --directly below renal capsule -extends between medullary pyramids -houses renal corpuscles and proximal and distal tubules of nephron renal medulla - Answer --pyramid shaped -inner darker portion of kidney tissue consisting of renal pyramids -contains secreting and collecting tubules -gives rise to ureter extending to bladder renal calyces - Answer --extend from medulla and merge to form renal medulla -responsible for collecting urine from medulla nephron - Answer --functional unit of kidney 2 nephron types - Answer --cortical nephron -juxtamedullary nephron cortical nephron - Answer --located in renal cortex juxtamedullary nephron - Answer --lays close to and extends into the medulla 3 main functional parts of nephron - Answer --glomerulus -bowman's capsule -tubular system glomerulus - Answer --collection of capillaries which receives blood from the renal artery -responsible for filtering the blood bowman's capsule - Answer --partially encases the glomerulus -extends to form the tubule system