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Ayan J:
Can anyone answer this question?
Mr Andy suffers from chronic kidney failure. Following four years of renal dialysis he has finally found a suitable kidney donor and undergoes a successful renal transplant.
Give a complete description, using diagrams where appropriate, of the process by which the kidney forms urine, from the entry of blood into the renal artery to the flow of urine into the urinary bladder?
Diagnostic:
Sister Ayan, these links are helpful:
http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/focus4/ep-urine.html (Description with diagrams)
http://library.thinkquest.org/28807/data/excr11.htm (Description with diagrams)
http://www.youtube.com/v/AdlfxBooqIA&rel=0 (Description with Video)
Aftahfallo:
if u want to answer this question u have to know more about renal circulation.
DESCRIPTIVE FORM OF RENAL CIRCULATION.
RENAL ARTERY_SEGMENTAL ARTERY_ARCUATE ARTERY_INTERLOBULA ARTERY_AFFRENT ARTERIOLE_GLOMERULS_EFERRENT ARTERIOLE. whent the blood is bring in this manner, the valuable filtrate are returning venous pathway like that of artries,THE remaining fluid are poured in the renal papilla then renal pyramids then mainor calyx to the major calyx when these fluids are in the calyxs they changed into URINE the they pass the renal pelvis to the ureter to the urinary bladder
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