KIDNEY
• Kidneys are bean shaped organs.
• Function of Kidneys - Excretion
• The functional unit of Kidney is - Nephron
• Kidneys act as filters of the body.
√ About 110 ml of blood circulates through the kidney per minute.
√ 1 ml of Glomerular filtrate become urine in kidney per minute.
• The blood vessels which carries blood to kidney - Renal vein
• Each adult kidney weighs about - 150 grams
• The cup shaped part of the nephron is called Bowman's capsule.
• The capillaries of the Bowman's capsule is glomerulus.
• The hormone which regulates the amount of water excreted through urine is -
Vasopressin (ADH)
√ The organ which purifies blood is - Lungs
√ The organ which purifies blood by filtration is - Kidney
• Organ responsible for the removal of excess water, salts and waste products from the blood in the form of urine - Kidney
• Conditions in which both kidneys fails to function - Uremia
• Presence of excessive amount of urea in the blood is called - Uremia
• Presence of hemoglobin in urine - Heamoglobinuria
• Presense of excess of proteins in urine - Proteinuria
• Presence of glucose in urine - Glycosuria
• Presence of ketone bodies in urine - Ketonurnia
• Urea is removed from the blood by - Kidneys
• The volume of urine produced in an adult human being for every 24 hours is - 1.5 litres.
• The pigment which gives yellow colour to the urine is - Urochrome
√ The study of kidney is known as - Nephrology
√ Surgical removal of kidney is called - Nephrectomy
√ Inflammation of kidney due to infection - Nephritis
√ Nephritis is also known as
- Bright's disease
• The major hormones secreted by the kidneys are - Erythropoietin and renin
• Erythropoietin stimulates production of red blood cell ( erythropoiesis ) in the bone marrow.
• Renin helps in the regulation of aldosterone levels.
• Ultrafiltration of the kidney is done with the help of the hormone - Renin
• Presence of stone or insoluble mass of crystallized salts formed within the kidney
- Renal calculi
• Chemically kidney stone is
- Calcium Oxalate
• Pain created by the stone of kidney is
- Renal Colic
• Treatment using Ultrasound waves to break up kidney stones in to small pieces
- Lithotripsy
• The organ effected by the poison of viper is
- Kidney
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