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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