A molecule of water is in your Renal Artery. Please trace its path from the artery, though the urinary tract and out via urine. What structures will it pass through? What internal factors determine if and when the water leaves?
2007-04-21 16:51:34 · 4 answers · asked by andrea W 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Your textbook should have a chapter on that.
2007-04-21 16:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They are located near the middle of your back, just below the rib cage. The kidneys are sophisticated reprocessing machines. Every day, your kidneys process about 200 quarts of blood to sift out about 2 quarts of waste products and extra water. The waste and extra water become urine, which flows to your bladder through tubes called ureters. Your bladder stores urine until you go to the bathroom.
The wastes in your blood come from the normal breakdown of active tissues and from the food you eat. Your body uses the food for energy and self-repair. After your body has taken what it needs from the food, waste is sent to the blood. If your kidneys did not remove these wastes, the wastes would build up in the blood and damage your body.
The actual filtering occurs in tiny units inside your kidneys called nephrons. Every kidney has about a million nephrons. In the nephron, a glomerulus—which is a tiny blood vessel, or capillary—intertwines with a tiny urine-collecting tube called a tubule. A complicated chemical exchange takes place, as waste materials and water leave your blood and enter your urinary system.
At first, the tubules receive a combination of waste materials and chemicals that your body can still use. Your kidneys measure out chemicals like sodium, phosphorus, and potassium and release them back to the blood to return to the body. In this way, your kidneys regulate the body’s level of these substances. The right balance is necessary for life, but excess levels can be harmful.
In addition to removing wastes, your kidneys release three important hormones:
* erythropoietin (eh-RITH-ro-POY-eh-tin), or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells
* renin (REE-nin), which regulates blood pressure
* calcitriol (kal-suh-TRY-ul), the active form of vitamin D, which helps maintain calcium for bones and for normal chemical balance in the body
2007-04-21 23:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by Gary S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be hard for you to pass the test if you do not read the book and thoroughly understand the processes.
2007-04-22 13:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your book do not use others for your home work. If you read it will be good for you and later you can use that knowledge or else its call cheating. Spartan
2007-04-22 00:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Spartan Total Warrior 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋