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Study Notes

The renal system has 5 main functions.
Metabolic waste products exit the renal system through urine. Malfunction in the system can affect waste product elimination.
The renal system includes various anatomical structures with different functions.
Urine flows from the collection duct to the urethra.
Nephrons are delivered with blood and nutrient/waste exchange takes place in the glomerulus.
The renal corpuscle has various tissue layers and barriers that facilitate or hinder the mobility of blood components. Fluid/solutes must pass through these layers to go from the circulatory system to the nephron.
Podocytes, mesangial cells, and macula dense cells have different functions in the nephron.
Each section of the nephron has a different physiological function, solutes moving, driving forces, and transport mechanism.
The kidney is divided into two major divisions. The local environment of the kidney aids in the function of the nephrons.
There are two main types of nephrons.
Hormones such as aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone impact renal physiology.
Absorption and secretion occur in different parts of the nephron and have different mechanisms.
GFR is the glomerular filtration rate and is regulated by various processes.