BIOL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Blood, Erythropoiesis, Gluconeogenesis
6 Mar 2020
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Functions: regulates blood composition and volume, removes metabolic wastes, regulates water content (topic 7), maintains ionic concentrations (topic 7), maintains ph balance (topic 8), regulates blood pressure (renin; topic 3), regulates erythropoiesis (topic 1), completes vitamin d synthesis; and, gluconeogenesis during prolonged fasting. The overall, main function of the urinary system can be summed up as. Regulation of blood composition and volume (based on several texts). In order to achieve this it: removes metabolic wastes, regulates water content (topic 11), maintains ionic concentrations (topic 11), maintains ph balance (topic 12), regulates blood pressure (topic 4), regulates erythropoiesis (topic 1), completes vitamin d synthesis; and, gluconeogenesis during prolonged fasting. Metabolic wastes: urea, made by liver, deamination of amino acids, creatinine, phosphocreatine, skeletal muscle (a&p i, uric acid - nucleotide nitrogen bases. Urea is produced by the liver from the deamination of amino acids. Creatinine comes from the breakdown of phosphocreatine in skeletal muscle (a&p i).
