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100 functions of the kidney (or nearly)

  • 20-10-2009 1:43am
    #1
    DrIndy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭


    1) makes pee
    2)filters water.....


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  • #2
    Papa_Lazarou
    Registered Users Posts: 1,863 ✭✭✭Papa_Lazarou


    3) regulates blood pH


  • #3
    biomed32
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭biomed32


    4) Regulation of electrolytes
    5) production of erythopoeitin
    6) Re absorption of Glucose


  • #4
    mega man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 370 ✭✭mega man


    stake and kidney pie


  • #5
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    7)Regulation of salt

    Emergency Christmas present?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #6
    virtus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭virtus


    8) concentrates urine
    9) releases renin
    10) regulates angiotensin levels


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  • #7
    tallaght01
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    11) Glycogen storage


  • #8
    Jessibelle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Jessibelle


    12) Creates Erythropoietin to control a body’s volume of blood.
    13) Creates Calcitriol to help maintain the necessary amount of calcium


  • #9
    biomed32
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭biomed32


    14) production of ADH for urine excretion


  • #10
    Jessibelle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Jessibelle


    Darn you Biomed32 *shakes fist feebly* thats what I was gonna add next :(:p

    15)regulates Phosporus levels in the body (I Think??)


  • #11
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    biomed32 wrote: »
    14) production of ADH for urine excretion

    Works in the kidney. Not produced there. Or have I lost the plot?


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  • #12
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,678 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    produced in the brain gland thing (pituatary afair) so adh is NOT produced there.
    One could argue that it gives ADH a reason to live, and that is a function...

    Also
    kidney list wrote:
    1) makes pee
    2)filters water.....
    3) regulates blood pH
    4) Regulation of electrolytes
    5) production of erythopoeitin
    6) Re absorption of Glucose
    7)Regulation of salt
    8) concentrates urine
    9) releases renin
    10) regulates angiotensin levels
    11) Glycogen storage
    12) Creates Erythropoietin to control a body’s volume of blood.
    13) Creates Calcitriol to help maintain the necessary amount of calcium
    15)regulates Phosporus levels in the body (I Think??)

    I was gonna add hydroxylates vitamin D, but that's already been put in there in the form of creating calcitriol (active vit D). I have no original thoughts :(

    Though maybe we could break down regulation into the various electrolytes it does regulate, coz the blanket manages electrolytes followed by specific examples is cheating in some regard :) (shoudl prolly do that w/ the various proteins the liver makes too...)


  • #13
    PFJSplitter
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    16) Removes toxic waste products/metabolites from the blood
    17) Responds to elevated BP via the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis to decrease or to increase BP
    18) Not only produces urine, but also concentrates urine
    19) Provides a measure of renal function via creatinine clearance
    20) Responds to anemia
    21) Regulates RBC production


  • #14
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    Cheeeating. responds to anaemia BY up regulating RC production!


  • #15
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,678 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    hmmmmmmmm, now i'm tempted to fiddle the list even more. Ive noticed that EPO is flavour of the week with 5) production of erythopoeitin, 12) Creates Erythropoietin to control a body’s volume of blood, 20) Responds to anemia, 21) Regulates RBC production

    I propose to merge all these into "Manufactures EPO (which upregulates production of rbc's and thereby attempts to correct anaemia)" [I also propose that blood volume regulation isnt epo's fault/doing but the water regulators (renin/angiotensin/aldosterone path and anti-diuretic hormone, etc.)]


  • #16
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    provides redundancy for the other one
    lowers your centre of gravity
    formation of kidney stones
    excretion of urea


  • #17
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,678 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    lowers your centre of gravity
    <3

    on the otherhand, kidney stones arent formed directly by the kidney. They occur as minerals precipitate out of the concentrated urine (either because of a change of conditions such as pH, or having a ridiculously high amount of the mineral). And im not sure "making bad things that make me cry" is a function so much as a dysfunction...


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