Exam 4 Lec Notes Contd 2 Flashcards

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1
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vit D directly responsible for control mechanisms of … by …

A

calcium absorption; GI system

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2
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kidneys affect long term BP by affecting … in the body –> losing … to lower BP, or increase it by losing … via …

A

volume of blood;
blood plasma;
less water;
urine

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3
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different size nephrons that fit and … in such a way that the amount of nephrons are ..

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overlap;

maximized

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4
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juxtamedullary nephrons have … loops of Henle

…, … and … all in cortex for these nephrons

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much longer;
glomerulus;
PCT;
DCT

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5
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collecting ducts come together into the …

A

papillary duct

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if a lot of blood volume is lost, … cells will slow rate at which blood is flowing through each individual glomerular capillary to filter … to …

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mesangial;
less blood;
lose less water

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kidney tissue that isn’t nephron is filled with …

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peritubular flud

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water always follows …
water form thin segment will follow sodium and chloride ions being pumped out of …
helps … the amount of fluid that’s inside the loops of Henle, which helps to …

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salt;
thick segment;
concentrate;
conserve water

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9
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… is what moves fluid through DCT. In PCT there are … to help with this

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blood pressure;

microvilli

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collecting ducts actively …. to conserve water if necessary. if excess of water, they don’t do this

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move out water

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primarily excreting … waste products, because these cannot be … and so they must be excreted

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nitrogenous;

recycled

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12
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manufacture of nitrogenous compounds is …, not worth the energy to recycle them. it’s more energy efficient to … the waste products

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energy dependent;

eliminate

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… responsible for pumping things out of interior of certain sections of nephrons. if there’s more “stuff” than are carriers, it can’t be … and will be … via …

A

proteins;
retained;
eliminated;
urine

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14
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can directly measure, through comparison of known values, how much of a certain thing a person should be … and can get a relative measure of how well their kidney’s are functioning

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reabsorbing

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15
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if glucose is in blood, it can either tell you that person is suffering from … or if they have …

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kidney failure;

type I diabetes

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16
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why renal threshold for amino acids is low is because people probably didn’t evolve eating large amounts of …

A

protein rich meals

17
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ascending limb … in interstitial fluid, causing water in descending limb through … to leave descending limb and try and … concentration of sodium and chloride ions in interstitial fluid

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concentrates salt;
simple osmotic pressure;
dilute

18
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loop of Henle:
fluid moving in two …
… system allows for reabsorption of more water than would be reabsorbed otherwise

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opposite directions;

countercurrent

19
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glucose reabsorbed in …

20
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can further concentrate urine using …, which tells kidneys, particularly cells in DCT and collecting ducts to insert … (…)

A

antidiuretic hormone;

aquaporins; water holes

21
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through ADH and aquaporins water passively flows into …. because it has a high concentration of salts
important for …, in which more aquaporins would be added
always reclaiming some water; some ADH always being secreted

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interstitial fluid;

dehydration

22
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collecting ducts by themselves actively reabsorbing … L/day

23
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obstetric fistula: … labor, cervix is nor relaxing and uterus is contracting –> puts pressure on where bladder lays adjacent to walls of vagina
fistula = …

A

protracted;

hole

24
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obstetric fistula:
the constant pressure will … in tissue to point where they collapse, and necrosis occurs, such that that tissue …
that hole destroys the bladder, such that urine leaks into … or … all the time.

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squeeze capillaries;
dies;
vagina;
uterus

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obstetric fistula: | unable to actively ... inside of body, and it just leaks out
retain urine
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... has longest loop of henle of any animal --> so efficient at reclaiming water that they never drink liquid water, get enough water from their food
kangaroo rat
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because ... live in freshwater, their kidney have amongst the shortest loops of henle- produce enormous amount of urine because they don't have to conserve water
beavers