ANATOMY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Renal Fascia, Renal Vein, Renal Cortex
22 May 2018
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Kidneys: Protected by ribs and cushion of fat
Two layers:
Perirenal fat- in more surrounding kidney
Perarenal fat (out towards edges)
-In retroperitoneal Space
Fascia:
Anterior posterior renal fascia
-Thick connective tissue is renal fascia
-Prevents infections from intestines and stomach or infection in
kidney from making its way out to your abdomen.
Kidneys: Filtering your blood
-Enough water, electrolytes, does it need to be adjusted?
-Controls consistency of blood by changing what is in your plasma
and they have the ability to change the volume of your blood
-Too much plasma: Kidneys will want to get plasma out, and you
will create more urine. If you don’t have enough, kidneys wont go
pee and filter as much.
-Kidneys regulate volume and consistency of blood
-Hilum: Majority of the blood flow coming in and out of the organ
• Renal artery
Renal vein
• Ureter
Ureter: Tube that goes from each of your kidney to bladder
Layers:
Renal cortex- outside (Lighter region)
Renal medulla- around the inside
Renal Pelvis- Big open space collecting space for urine. Down by
the ureter entrance
-Urine made in the cortex and medulla
-Works its way towards ureter
-Major Calyx (large tube)
-Minor Calyx (small tube)
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Document Summary
Kidneys: protected by ribs and cushion of fat. Prevents infections from intestines and stomach or infection in kidney from making its way out to your abdomen. Controls consistency of blood by changing what is in your plasma and they have the ability to change the volume of your blood. Too much plasma: kidneys will want to get plasma out, and you will create more urine. If you don"t have enough, kidneys wont go pee and filter as much. Hilum: majority of the blood flow coming in and out of the organ: renal artery. Ureter: tube that goes from each of your kidney to bladder. Renal pelvis- big open space collecting space for urine. Series of tubes: job of collecting and creating urine. Primary substance is plasma from your blood which makes up urine. Will have glomerular capillaries (where blood enters the nephron) You want to get fluid part out of the blood.
