BIOL 1201 Chapter : Lecture 7 Chapter 7 Membranes
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Chapters 18-19: the urinary system: kidneys, main kidney functions, primarily responsible for maintaining stability of ecf volume, electrolyte composition, and osmolarity, main route for eliminating potentially toxic metabolic wastes and foreign compounds from the body. By determining what is in the blood they can maintain ecf. Goal of kidneys is not to produce perfect urine but to make perfect blood and maintain composition of the blood. Make sure blood is perfect when it leaves the kidneys: without kidney, you need dialysis to clear blood. Get sick without this bc blood becomes toxic. Think blood when thinking about kidneys, urine is just waste: overview of some kidney functions, maintain h2o balance in the body, maintain proper osmolarity of body fluids, primarily through regulating. H2o balance: regulate the quantity and concentration of most ecf ions, maintain proper plasma volume, help maintain proper acid-base balance in the body, excreting (eliminating) the end products (wastes) of bodily metabolism, regulating osmolarity.
