Exercise 15 Content
Learning Objectives
After completing this lab, the students will be able to:
- Identify the organs of the urinary system.
- Identifty the structures of the kidneys.
- Identify the parts of the nephron.
Lab Readings
Read the following materials before you begin the experiment.
- The Urinary System (Openstax, AP, chapter 25)
- 25.1Physical Characteristics of Urine
- 25.2Gross Anatomy of Urine Transport
- 25.3Gross Anatomy of the Kidney
- 25.4Microscopic Anatomy of the Kidney
- 25.5Physiology of Urine Formation
- 25.6Tubular Reabsorption
- 25.7Regulation of Renal Blood Flow
- 25.8Endocrine Regulation of Kidney Function
- 25.9Regulation of Fluid Volume and Composition
- 25.10The Urinary System and Homeostasis
- Key Terms
- Chapter Review
- Review Questions
- Critical thinking questions
- The Excretory System (Lumen learning, Bio2, module 22)
- Why It Matters: The Excretory System
- Introduction to Osmoregulation and Osmotic Balance
- Need for Osmoregulation
- Osmolality and Milliequivalent
- Osmoregulators and Osmoconformers
- Hormonal Control of Osmoregulatory Functions
- Introduction to Kidneys and Osmoregulatory Organs
- Kidney Structure
- Kidney Function and Physiology
- Introduction to Excretion Systems
- Comparing Excretion Systems
- Nitrogenous Wastes
- Putting It Together: The Excretory System
- Cerego: The Excretory System
- The Urinary System (Lumen learning, AP2, module 9)
- Introduction to the Urinary System
- Physical Characteristics of Urine
- Gross Anatomy of Urine Transport
- Gross Anatomy of the Kidney
- Microscopic Anatomy of the Kidney
- Physiology of Urine Formation
- Tubular Reabsorption
- Regulation of Renal Blood Flow
- Endocrine Regulation of Kidney Function
- Regulation of Fluid Volume and Composition
- The Urinary System and Homeostasis
- The Urinary System (access science)
Videos
Watch the following three videos before you start the lab activity.
- View below or on YouTube Urinary Anatomy lab by Ross Langston
https://youtu.be/zkW08zhZ1KI
- View below or on YouTube Kidney anatomy by Sam Webster
https://youtu.be/dQ3bX7nafuI
- View below or on YouTube Pig Dissection Webinar– Carolina Biological (Urinary system start from 34:00-35:51)
- View Urinary System Model presentation below.
Lab Activity
Please follow the instructions below before get into Fetal Pig Dissection.
- Fetal Pig Dissection Guideline and Diagram by Dr. J. Lim, (shsu.edu)
Quiz
Download and complete the urinary system questions from page 15 to 23 on your pdf file. (Hostos Community College) .
