Tishk International UniversityScience FacultyMedical analysis Department

Systematic Physiology

2nd Stage-Spring Semester 2020-2021

TOPIC: Urinary system

Instructor: Zhikal O. Khudhur

Urinary system

Function of Kidney

• Filtering the blood

• Regulation of blood volume

• Regulation of solute concentration in the blood

• Regulation of pH

• Regulation of red blood cell synthesis

• Vitamin D synthesis

Renal anatomy

Glomerular Filteration

Proximal convoluted tubule

Loop of henle

Distal convoluted tubule

Regulation of renal blood flow

• AUTO REGULATION

• 1. Mygenic

• 2.Macula densa

Hormones and the kidney

• Renin

• Erythropoietin

• Vitamin D

• Prostaglandins

Steps of urine formation

• Glomerular Filtration

• Tubular Reabsorption

• Tubular Secretion

• Water conservation

Micturition

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