Proper identifications and descriptions are tools that enhance effective learning. It is crucial to point out the necessity of incorporating appropriate methods when learning. Attainment of knowledge and skills relies on how a person can perceive information and apply it in the field. For instance, we can test this by allowing the mind to twist when searching for information in human biology. This will enhance mind work and appreciate the attainment of knowledge. In a bid to prove this, I will present a case calling for critical thinking and specialized identification strategies.
I am an organ placed in the cavity of the human abdomen. I am found on the paravertebral gutter in the abdomen. I exist with a look-alike on my left side. We lie on either side of the spine. However, we have unequal locations in terms of height. I am located at a lower height. Also, the diaphragm is on my top. The liver lies on my anterior side while the adrenal glands lie on my top. The 11th rib, 12th rib and a double fat layer have a role of protecting me. I have a shape that is similar to that of a bean seed. I am sure that I am identified, but I will make several statements before writing my name. My weight ranges from a hundred and twenty-five grams to a hundred and seventy grams when I am located in a mature male human body. Do not forget that I am smaller than my look alike and that my main role is excretion. My name is right human kidney (Starr, 2012).
We all rely on the kidney for the effective elimination of metabolic waste products. Excretion is a vital process in human life since we cannot live without removing metabolic waste from the body. Its formation results from a sequence of events that involve filtrating, reabsorbing and secreting body fluid materials. Filtration occurs in renal corpuscles where blood passes at high pressure through the glomeruli resulting in filtration of waste and useful products into the Bowman’s capsule. The glomerular filtrate formed comprises water, salt, sugars, and waste products among other chemicals. Some of the products that filtrate in the Bowman’s capsule are necessary for the body. Useful products incorporate into the blood through reabsorption. Reabsorption starts in the proximal convoluted tubule, where sugars and a large amount of water are reabsorbed into the body and commences in the collecting duct. The loop of Henle and the distal convoluted tubule is the other sections of the nephron that function by reabsorbing necessary material into the blood (Starr, 2012). The materials leaving the distal convoluted tubule consist of water, hormone, and waste products among others. Some components are introduced into the tubules here. This results in the formation of urine which collects in a bladder.
When Na+ and K+ ions concentrations in the capillaries change, a hormone referred to as aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal cortex cells. This hormone leads to the conservation of water and Na+ ions. Antidiuretic hormone is another hormone that responds to the reduction of water in the blood. This hormone is produced by neurons located in the hypothalamus. When ADH arrives in the kidney, it raises epithelial lining permeability and enables rapid water movement into the blood. These two hormones make urine concentrated because the amount of water diluting urine reduces significantly (Starr, 2012).
Strategic learning equips learners and makes them wise and skilled. In this way, I learn about the kidney and achieve the distinguishing characteristics of the right and left kidney comprehensively.
Reference
Starr, C., & McMillan, B. (2012). Human biology (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.