Transcription of RENAL PHYSIOLOGY LECTURES
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RENAL PHYSIOLOGY LECTURESL awrence P. Sullivan, EmeritusKidney Institute & Dept of PhysiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterLord Nephros, we pray that you willshower your wisdom upon us allHOMER W. SMITH, 1895-1962 SCIENTIST, TEACHER, EXPLORER, PHILOSOPHER, NOVELIST AND PERENNIAL STUDENT uperficially, it might be said that thefunction of the kidneys is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy SmithMAJOR FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEY REGULATION OF BODY FLUID VOLUME REGULATION OF OSMOTIC BALANCE REGULATION OF ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION REGULATION OF ACID-BASE BALANCE REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE ERYTHROPOIESIS EXCRETION OF WASTE PRODUCTS AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCESSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PROCESS LARGE VOLUME OF FLUID LARGE SURFACE TO VOLUME RATIO CLOSE CONTROL MINIMAL ENERGY COST RETAIN NUTRIENTSSYSTEM REQUIREMENTSPROCESS LARGE VOLUME OF FLUID: RENAL Blood Flow (RBF) = L/min, >1700 L/day, 20-25% of cardiac output.
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY LECTURES Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Kidney Institute & Dept of Physiology University of Kansas Medical Center
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