Learning the Urinary System Chapter 27

This tends to be a more interesting unit of study for most students, and  you have many tools which will aide your successful l You must choose a system that works and launch into your study each day.  You have approximately 1.5 weeks to complete this task.  Stay tuned to the pulse of this unit as you learn.

 Hope everything "comes out" OK for you as you study this unit!

At the end of the study of this system, the successful student will be able to:

Lecture:

• Identify the components of the urinary system p814-815

  APR CD  Select Animation.  . Select Urinary System Overview

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• Identify the structures of the kidney 817

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  • APR CD: Select Animation:  Select Kidney Gross Anatomy

• Identify the Blood Supply to the Kidneys  P. 819

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  • APR CD: Select Animation: Select Kidney Gross Anatomy:  see blood supply

• Identify the Structure of the Nephron  P. 820-823

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• Recognize the basic principles of Urine Formation: P. 824

  • APR CD: Select Animation:  Select Urine Formation

• Understand Filtration at the Glomerulus p821

• Be able to identify a Renal Corpuscle

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• Know the Properties of Normal Urine

• Understand Hormonal control of the Kidney Function p.824

  • Renin-Angiotensin System

  • ADH

  • Aldosterone

• Understand Urine Transport, Storage and Elimination

• Understand The function of the following:

  • Ureters

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  • Urinary Bladder P. 826

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  • Urethra

• Understand the Micturition Reflex and Urination p. 828

  • APR CD:  Select Animation:   Select Micturition Reflex

  OMIT FROM THIS CHAPTER:

  • Development of the Urinary System: P. 831-832

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

LAB:

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  Be able to locate each  structure on the lab models listed here:

  Human Torso Model (one per table) Text P. 814

  • Kidney

  • Ureter

  • Bladder

  • Urethra

  • Inferior Vena Cava

  • Abdominal Aorta

  • Renal Artery

  • Renal Vein

  Kidney-Nephron-Glomerulus(3 part) model (one per table) P. 819

  Renal Artery

  • Segmental Artery

  • Interlobar Artery

  • Arcuate Artery

  • Interlobular Artery

  • Afferent arteriole

  • Efferent Arteriole

  • peritubular capillaries

  • vasa recta

  • Interlobular vein

  • arcuate vein

  • interlobar vein

  • renal vein

Human Torso Model (one per table) and Kidney 3-part model

• Renal capsule (not visible on model

• Renal Cortex

• Renal Medulla

  • Renal Pyramids

• Minor Calyx

• Major Calyx

• Renal Pelvis

• Ureter

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• Kidney-Nephron-Glomerulus(3 part) model:  P 820-823

  • Renal Corpuscle

    • Glomerulus

    • Bowmans Capsule (glomerular capsule)

  • Proximal Convoluted Tubule

  • Descending Limb( 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. McGraw Hill website:  online Learning Center text material has great potential to help you learn the many components of anatomy and Physiology:

   1. Body Smart which has animations to help you learn the basic components of the body's systems
   2. Do the multiple choice, matching, and labeling for Chapter 27
   3. Use your Anatomy and Physiology revealed OFTEN, studying the interactive images, not just watching them.
   4. Practice, practice, practice and then practice more.  There is a lot of material in these 3 chapters and you will have to spend at least twice as much time as you think you will need to to actually master all this critical material.

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. You may find the glossary helpful for terminology understanding and to learn how to pronounce the words.  If you have forgotten how to call up the glossary, return to the introduction and reread the directions.  There are so many new terms that if you don't practice pronunciation at the same time you master the meaning, you will eventually find yourself very, very confused.  Adult learners remember via words stored in memory.  Without the sound that goes with the word, you will have difficulty retaining the work and its meaning.

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