In: Anatomy and Physiology
What are the differences in the urinary system of humans compared to the camels urinary system?
please find answer as below.
Properties |
Camel Urinary system |
Human urinary system |
SHAPE OF KIDNEY |
Bean shaped, smooth, multilobar and unipapillary |
Bean shaped , |
Parts of kidney |
Thick renal medulla |
Kidney is divided into outer renal cortex and inner renal medulla |
Features |
Close association of renal pelvis and medulla provide large surface area for recycling of urea and urine concentration. The thick extensive renal crest Presence of large number of nephrons with long loops |
Initial filtration portion of nephron is renal corpuscle followed by renal tubule and collecting duct |
Role |
Conservation of water through increasing the osmolarity of urine |
Eliminate waste from body , regulate blood volume and blood pressure , control level of electrolyte and metabolites, regulate pH |
Adaptive feature |
Well-developed henle’s loop and number of juxtamedullary nephrons in kidneys is very high about 35% |
Number of juxtamedullary nephron is 15% |