Questions About The Kidney

1) How big is a kidney?
Each Kidney is about 4 1/2 inches long and weighs approximately 4 to 6 ounces

2) What is the size of the kidney within a baby?
The kidneys of a newborn baby are about 3 times larger in proportion to body weight as in an adult.

3) Does the blood flow that occurs within the kidney differ from the brain and heart?
The kidneys have a higher blood flow when compared to the brain, liver, and heart.

4) What is kidney stones?
Kidney stones are an accumulation of mineral salts and mostly combined with calcium which can lodge anywhere along the course of the urinary tract.

5) What can cause kidney stones?
An excess of milk or antacids may cause kidney stones.

6) What helps make kidney stones?
Refined carbohydrates and sugar help the body make kidney stones.



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Nephron and the urinary system: monica and ashpreet

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Circulation Quiz Review

Pulmonary System:

-Deoxygenated blood

-Blood is carried away from the heart to the lungs

-Begins at the right ventricle

-Walls are thinner

Systematic System:

-Oxygenated

-Carries blood away from the heart to the body

-Begins at the left ventricle

-Walls are thicker

Similarties:

-Carry blood to the tissues of whole body

-Both necessary to homeostasis

Arteries:

-Have a thicker wall because they have a larger middle layer

-Have arteriole

Veins:

-Larger in diameter

-Have venule and valves

-Thinner wall

-Walls have less smooth muscle and and connective tissue

Similarities:

-Walls have three layers

-Inner layer composed largely of endothelium

-With basement membrane that has elastic fibres

-Middle layer is smooth tissue

-Outer layer is connective tissue

Fetal Circulation:

Foramenovale

- helps RA and LA

-acts as lungs and digestive system for fetus

Ductus Arteriosis

-between pulmonary truck and aorta

-makes sure blood doesn't go into fetus lungs

Ductus Venosus:

-umbilical vein attaches to the vena cava