Kidney Dissection Paper

The function of ureters is to enter the urinary bladder at an angle to help prevent any back flow (reflux) of urine back into the ureter. The ureter connects the kidney to the urinary bladder and urine is drained from the kidney and stored in the bladder it’s a passage through which urine passes from kidneys to the urinary bladder.

It may be disturbing to hear those procedures described: “… we’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.”

It also proved that many of Galen's findings were wrong. In 1541, Andreas realized Galen’s research was based of animal dissections due to human dissection being in banned in Ancient Rome. He would dissect Barbary Macaques because it was closest to the man body structure. Andreas had many scientific findings in the skeletal system, muscular system, vascular and circulatory systems, nervous system, abdominal organs, and the heart. Vesalius’s work was part of one the earliest health programs.

According to Patton and Thibodeau (2012), the kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs found along the posterior muscular wall of the abdominal cavity. The convex side of each kidney is located laterally and the concave side medial. The renal hilum on the concave side is the point where the renal artery enters, the vein and ureter leave the kidney. Deep to the perirenal fat, the kidney is surrounded by fibrous connective tissue called the renal capsule. Deep to the renal capsule is the renal cortex, which surrounds the renal medulla with their apexes facing inward toward the centre of the kidney. Nephrons, the basic structural and functional unit that filters blood to produce urine, are located within the cortex and medulla. The minor calyces that collects urine are connected to the papilla of each pyramid, and merge to form major calyces, which further merge into the renal pelvis. Urine drains into the ureter at the renal hilum where renal pelvis exits the kidney (Brenner, 2007).

Kidney structure include the renal corpuscle that filters the blood, passing of urine, and different tubules (comprised of a dowman’s capsule and glomerulus). The renal corpuscle are made of

distal tubule adjusts the ionic balance of the body by changing the amount of sodium

In the human body, there are systems that provide different functions and help the body to operate more efficiently. The urinary system is one in particular designed to help the body remain free of excess that we no longer need. “The urinary tract is the drainage system used for removing wastes and extra water. The urinary tract includes two kidneys, two ureters, a bladder, and a urethra. The kidneys are a pair of “bean-shaped” organs, each about the size of a fist. The kidneys are located below the ribs, one on each side of the spine, towards the middle of the back.” (NIDDK, 2013) Every several minutes, your kidneys filter around three ounces of blood, also then removing wastes and extra water. That extra water and

Next I cut the skin and underlying muscles of the hind flank, exposing the rim of the hip joint, then cut the round ligament to free the head of the femur and thus the

In the urine storage phase, the bladder is passively filled and subjected to low pressure. In contrast, for micturition, coordination of detrusor contraction is required with the relaxation of the internal and external urinary sphincter. To achieve this normal urination with urinary continence, control by the central nervous system, which coordinates the activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system with the somatic nervous system, is required. Therefore, damage or diseases of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system can lead to neurogenic bladder dysfunction.

Once the all the internal organs have been examine the pathologist may return all but the portions they have saved to the body

• A thin, flexible tube (catheter) will be passed through your urethra and into your bladder. This drains urine into a bag outside of your body.

d. Describe the collecting duct role relative to urine concentration. Depending on the body fluid

A study of kidney function usually focuses on the nephrons, and the filtrate that passes through them. But there are other important elements as well. Discuss the importance of the medulla, the epithelial cells of the

For the past two-hundred years, dissection of the human cadaver has been the gold standard for teaching aspiring medical professionals the networking and layout of the human body. Surprisingly, cadaver usage has had a rather curious history.

The past two weeks of dissection have been very valuable learning opportunities and extremely enjoyable. Dr Molyneux and the demonstrators were so helpful and caring; I felt they truly made a difference to how much I understood from this dissection experience. As well as this, I feel very privileged to have been given this opportunity to dissect a human body and would like to thank the individual who kindly donated their body for this purpose.