BIOM 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glomerular Basement Membrane, Autoregulation, Ion

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Each kidney contains many tiny tubules that empty into a cavity drained by the ureter. Each of the tubules receives a blood filtrate from a capillary bed called the glomerulus. The filtrate is modified as it passes through different regions of the tubule and is then changed into urine. The primary function of the kidneys is regulation of the extra-cellular fluid (plasma and interstitial fluid) environment in the body: accomplish this with the formation of urine, urine is a modified filtrate of plasma. The paired kidneys lie on either side of the vertebral column below the diaphragm and liver. Each adult kidney weighs about 160 g: it"s about the size of a fist. Urine produced in the kidneys is drained into a cavity known as the renal pelvis and then is channeled from each kidney via long ducts called the ureters to the urinary bladder. The cavity of the kidney is divided into different portions.

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