MON 27
Kidney Anatomy and Glomerular Filtration
Nephron parts and the pressures that start urine formation.
BIO 304 · Week 8 of 8 · Jul 27 to Aug 2 · Nightly Pre-Work
How the kidneys filter, how bodies make new people.
Four pre-work days. Six topics. How the kidneys make urine, how the body holds fluid and pH in range, and the reproductive systems that make new people. Schedule extra runway, this week has more moving parts. Each topic page walks you through the reading, the fill-in-the-blank notes, the video, and then opens your nightly spaced-recall cards. Open one topic on Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri. Wednesday is catch-up and discussion.
How each pre-work session runs
Four steps, in order.
Same four steps every pre-work day. The order matters. The retrieval check is what makes the cards work.
01
Open the topic, print the workbook
Pick the day's topic from the list below. Print that day's lab workbook before you sit down. Breaking flow to find a printer is where good study sessions die.
02
Watch the short video
Finishing the video is what starts the retrieval gate. Read the fill-in-the-blank notes alongside it.
03
Write the 60-word check
Pull together what the video just taught you. Submitting unlocks the spaced-recall cards for the topic.
04
Run the nightly cards
DOK 1 to DOK 3 cards. They carry over into future Daily Reviews so the work compounds.
This week at a glance
Six dates to put on your calendar.
Week opens
Mon, Jul 27
First pre-work day
Discussion post
Fri, Jul 31
Initial post, 11:59 PM
Quiz opens
Fri, Jul 31
20 questions, 20 minutes
Discussion replies
Sun, Aug 2
Two replies, 11:59 PM
Lab workbooks
Sun, Aug 2
All four submitted, 11:59 PM
Quiz closes
Sun, Aug 2
11:59 PM, one attempt
Your four pre-work days
Open one topic per day.
Each topic links to its lecture page. The lecture page is the gate into your spaced-recall cards for that topic.
TUE 28
Tubular Function and Urine Concentration
Reabsorption, secretion, and the countercurrent that lets you save water.
THU 30
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
How the body holds pH and ion concentrations in range.
Male Reproductive System
Testes, ducts, glands, and the spermatogenesis pathway.
FRI 31
Female Reproductive System
Ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, and the ovarian and uterine cycles.
Pregnancy A&P Basics
Fertilization, implantation, and the maternal changes that follow.
A note from me
Week 8, same rhythm.
Each pre-work day takes about 30 to 45 minutes if you sit with it. The retrieval check is the part that makes it stick. Do not skip writing those 60 words, even when the cards look like the easier path.
If you fall behind on a day, do that day's topic first before moving to the next. The spaced-recall cards only schedule properly when you have done the work on the topic page first.
Dr. Sharilyn Rennie
Ready to start
Day 29 is the kidney. Open it.
Nephron anatomy and glomerular filtration set up the rest of the week. The math gets cleaner once you see the structure.
Open Kidney Anatomy