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What are the functions of the kidney?

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  • water and sodium homeostasis
    • control of ion concentration
    • acid base balance
    • excretion of waste
    • endocrine
    • conserve or excrete water depending on conditions
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What hormones are produced by the kidney?

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EPO, renin, vitamin D3, PGI2

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What are the two types of glomeruli?

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superficial cortical glomeruli and juxtamedullary glomeruli

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What percentage of glomeruli are superficial cortical glomeruli?

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85%

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What is the difference between SCG and JMG?

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SCG have a short loop of Henle and are located in the outer cortex, JMG have a long loop and are located at the junction between cortex and medulla so their loop can penetrate deep into the medulla

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What is the osmolarity of concentrated urine?

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1200

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What is the osmolarity of dilute urine?

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300

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What are the segments of the nephron?

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  • bowman’s capsule
    • proximal tubule (convoluted tubule and pars recta)
    • thin descending loop of Henle
    • thin ascending loop of Henle
    • thick ascending loop of Henle
    • distal tubule
    • collecting duct
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Where is most of the reabsorption done?

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in the proximal tubule

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Which part of the nephron is responsible for diluting urine?

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thick ascending limb of Henle

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Is there one collecting duct for every nephron?

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no - a number of distal tubules converge on one collecting duct

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What is the rate of renal blood flow?

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1L/min

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What is the filtration fraction?

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0.2 - the amount of plasma that is filtered

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What is the rate of renal plasma flow?

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600mL/min

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What is the GFR?

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180L/day - amount of plasma filtered per day

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What is the most important force that affects GFR?

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Hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capillary - this is why you need pre and post glomerular arterioles

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Why isn’t all of the GFR excreted in urine?

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because the peritubular capillaries reabsorb most of the filtrate

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What happens to GFR with age?

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it decreases

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What is the amount of solute excreted equal to?

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the amount filtered - the amount reabsorbed + the amount secreted

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What is auto regulation?

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the ability of renal blood flow to remain constant across a range of blood pressures (MAP 80mHg - 180mmHg)

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What controls auto regulation?

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tubular glomerular feedback and myogenic reflex

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What is tubular glomerular feedback?

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the macula densa in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle detects the amount of sodium chloride and there is a paracrine signal from the macula densa to the afferent arteriole to constrict with an increase in sodium chloride

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What mediators send the paracrine signal from the macula densa to the afferent arteriole?

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adenosine and thromboxane (vasoconstrictors) and prostaglandins (vasodilator)

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What is the myogenic reflex?

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The ability of the afferent arteriole to constrict in response to stretch

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What is the purpose of auto regulation?
to keep the pressure in the glomerulus constant so that the filtration pressure is always 50mmHg
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What else is macula densa involved in?
renin release
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What is the function of renin?
increase blood pressure and conserve salt
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What causes renin release?
volume depletion and blood pressure decrease, sodium depletion (detected via macula densa), activation of sympathetic nervous system
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Where is renin released from?
granular cells of afferent arteriole
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What is the action of renin?
converts ANGI to ANGII
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What is the action of ANGII
many ways to increase blood pressure
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What is clearance?
the amount of plasma that is cleared of a solute per unit of time
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How do you calculate clearance?
UV/P where U is equal to the concentration in urine, V is the volume of urine and P is the plasma concentration
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What is creatinine clearance equal to?
GFR = 180L/day
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What would happen if GFR decreased?
creatinine concentration in the plasma would rise
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What is glucose clearance equal to?
0 - filtered freely but all is reabsorbed
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What happens if plasma glucose concentration is too high?
it saturates the active transport maximum so can’t all be reabsorbed and there is glucose in the urine
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What is penicillin clearance?
greater than GFR - because it is both filtered and secreted but not reabsorbed
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What must filtration pass through?
fenestrations of capillary walls, the basal lamina and filtration slits in foot processes of podocytes
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What are the limitations of what can be filtered?
size and charge - large molecules and negatively charged molecules are repelled
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Which plasma protein is highly negatively charged and therefore repelled?
albumin
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What does albumin in the urine indicate?
advanced diabetes - degeneration of basal lamina
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What is the hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capillary?
50mmHg
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What is the hydrostatic pressure in Bowman’s capsule?
10mmHg
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What is the oncotic pressure in the glomerular capillary?
25-40mmHg - increases as filtration occurs
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What is the oncotic pressure in Bowman’s capsule?
0mmHg
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What is the net filtration pressure?
15mmHg
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What stops filtration from occurring at the end of the capsule?
the increase in oncotic pressure in the glomerular capillary
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What happens to GFR with constriction of the afferent arteriole?
GFR will decrease - reduce the flow so reduce the pressure so reduce the GFR
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What happens to GFR with constriction of the efferent arteriole?
GFR will increase - bank up blood will increase pressure so increase GFR
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Which arteriole does angiotensin II preferentially constrict?
the efferent arteriole - therefore leads to an increase in GFR
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What will constrict the afferent arteriole?
noradrenaline (sympathetic nervous system) - trying to maintain BP and will sacrifice blood flow to the kidney to ensure the blood flow to the brain is maintained - but will hopefully be balanced out by RAAS
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What makes up the juxtaglomerular apparatus?
macula densa cells, granular cells and the mesangial cells
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What is the function of mesangial cells?
provide structure and constrict the glomerular capillaries to alter glomerular filtration by altering capillary surface area
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How is the pressure in Bowman’s capsule increased?
blocking the outflow e.g. kidney stones or benign prostatic hypertrophy - the result will be a decrease in GFR

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