Learning the Urinary System Chapter 18

The Urinary  System tends to have minimum anatomy with more complex physiology to study.   This is a DIFFICULT SESSION, BUT you have many tools which will aide your successful learning. You must choose a system that works and launch into your study each day.  You will find additional help outside your text at the prenhall website,EAP CD(E, D, G)  (NOTE:  You may find it easier to just run the CD from your computer.).  (Click Start, Run, Browse for your CD.  Select Start_EAP3e_CD from the files displayed.), ADAM Interactive Anatomy (LRC Lab). PLEASE NOTE:  The website is NOT for your textbook, but the content is identical (human body is a human body is a ...) so the activities will be the same., ADAM Interactive Anatomy (LRC Lab). You have approximately 1 week to complete this task. Hope everything "comes out" OK for you as you study this unit!

At the end of the study of this system, p. 548-564, the successful student will be able to:

• Identify the components of the urinary system p. 548

• Identify the structures of the kidney 550

• Identify the Blood Supply to the Kidneys 554

• Identify the Structure of the Nephron 551 & 554

• Recognize the basic principles of Urine Production p.555

• Understand Filtration at the Glomerulus p.556

• Know the Properties of Normal Urine

• Understand Hormonal control of the Kidney Function p.560

  • Renin-Angiotensin System

  • ADH

  • Aldosterone

• Understand Urine Transport, Storage and Elimination

• Understand The function of the (p.562-564)

  • Ureters

  • Urinary Bladder

  • Urethra

• Understand the Micturition Reflex and Urination p. 563

In addition, from the lab studies,  the student will be able to

• Recognize and Identify the Structures and Blood Supply of the Urinary System ext p. 554 and  plate 120

  • Abdominal Aorta

  • Renal Artery

  • Interlobar Artery

  • Arcuate Artery

  • Interlobular Artery

  • Afferent arteriole

  • Efferent Arteriole

  • peritubular capillaries

  • Interlobular vein

  • arcuate vein

  • interlobar vein

  • renal vein

• Recognize and Identify the structures of the Kidney using the Torso and kidney models plate: 121-122 and page 196-197

  • Renal capsule

  • Renal Cortex

  • Renal Medulla

    • Renal Pyramids

  • Major Calyx

  • Minor calyx

  • Renal Pelvis

  • Ureter

• Recognize and Identify the Parts of the Nephron using the Lab p. 198-199 and plate 124-125

  • Renal Corpuscle

    • Glomerulus

    • Bowmans Capsule

  • Proximal Convoluted Tubule

  • Descending Limb(of loop of Henle)

  • Loop of Henle

  • Ascending Limb (of the loop of Henle)

  • Distal Convoluted Tubule

  • Collecting Duct

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The following sources of information will help you master the  the urinary system and the related structures for which you are responsible.

1. Prenhall website:    

   1. The text material has great potential to help you learn the many components of the Urinary system:

      1. Urinary (19)

   2. Review the quizzes

   3. including matching

   4. and most importantly, labeling exercises:

      1. Urinary System.

2. Textbook:  Read the objectives.  Use them as a guide when you 

   1. skim read the chapter to get a feel for the content and how the different topics are related

   2. reread the chapter look for the critical points and preparing for lecture

   3. study the chapter to learn the critical content

   4. review the chapter preparing for the quizzes and exams

3. Lecture:    Attend all lectures.  Use them to 

   1. identify important points

   2. ask questions of points not well understood in the text

   3. measure your learning comprehension

4. Lab:     Attend your scheduled lab and take advantage of open times to continue to study  
               Use your labs to correlate text structures to actual specimens in lab

5. EAP CDrom   

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