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Lecture 1: Renal Phys Intro and Clearance Flashcards

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Where is the hilium?

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Middle of the kidney

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What is in the hilium?

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Renal artery, vein, and ureter.

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What is the function unit of the kidney?

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Nephron

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What does the nephron do? Vaguely

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Filters blood to make urine

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What are the 2 general renal functions of the kidney?

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Regulation of water balance

Maintain normal electrolyte concentrations and content in plasma

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Other functions of the kidney

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Conserve nutrients

Excrete wastes

Regulate cardiac output and BP

Control hematopoiesis

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How does the kidney control hematopoiesis?

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Release erythropoetin in times of renal/circulatory hypoxia (makes RBCs)

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How does the kidney regulate CO and BP?

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Through RAAS (renin angiotensin aldosterone system)

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What are the two kinds of nephrons and how are they categorized?

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Cortical (superficial) and Juxtamedullary

Location within the kidney

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Where/what are the cortical nephrons?

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Mostly out of the medulla, dips into medulla. Mostly in cortex

Has a short loop of Henle

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Where/what is the juxtamedullary nephron?

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Can go down to the Papilla, mainly in the medulla, small portion is in the cortex

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The Juxtamedullary nephron has a specialized peritubular capillary called the…

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Vasa recta

-very slow moving blood supply that helps nephron do its job

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Which nephron is there more of?

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Cortical (superficial) - 80%

Juxtamedullary- 20%

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What are the 2 capillary beds of the nephron?

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Glomerular capillaries and peritubular capillaries

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What/where are the golmerular capillaries?

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Found in the glomerulus

1st step in urine formation, filters plasma into nephron making tubular fluid

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The glomerular capillaries receive blood from __________ ___________ and drained into __________ _________.

They can also control the ___________ of each arteriole.

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Afferent arteriole

Efferent arteriole

Diameter

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Where/what are the peritubular capillaries?

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Normal capillaries, that wrap around the rest of the nephron.

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Peritubular nephrons are fed by the __________ arteriole and are required for what 2 functions?

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Efferent

Reabsorption and secretion

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Where does filtration occur and what does it filter and form?

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At the glomerulus

Filters plasma

Forms tubular fluid/urine

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Define excretion/

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What is removed from the body via urine

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Equation for urinary excretion rate

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Filtration rate - reabsorption rate + secretion rate

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What is reabsorption?

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Moves solutes/water from tubular fluid back to blood

“Reabsorbed into the blood”

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What is secretion?

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Moves solutes from blood into the tubular fluid

“Secreted into nephron”

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Order of Nephron Structures

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  1. Glomerulus
  2. Proximal Conv. Tubule
  3. Loop of Henle
    3a. Macula densa
  4. Distal Conv. Tubule
  5. Collecting Duct
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Capillary bed that filters blood to produce urine
Glomerulus
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Cup-shaped entrance to nephron and surrounds the glomerulus
Bowman's capsule Has arterioles on both sides
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Area between Bowman's capsule and capillary bed of glomerulus
Bowman's space
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1st step in urine production
Filtration
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What is reabsorbed into the PCT?
67% of ions - Na, K, and Ca Water ALL glucose and AA's
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Most transport mechanisms are dependent on __________ in the PCT?
Na/K ATPase Makes sense because 67% of ions are filtered here, including Na and K (plus Ca and Water)
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What drugs have diuretic effects in the PCT? | Ex?
Carbonic hydrate inhibitor Acetazolamide
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What mainly happens in the Loop of Henle?
Reabsorption and dilution of urine. Sets up gradient used to alter urine concentration
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In the Loop of Henle, water reabsorption occurs in the ______________ limb and solute reabsorption occurs in the. ______________ limb.
Descending (H2O) Ascending (solute)
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Specialized part of the Loop of Henle that senses tubular fluid flow and renal blood flow
Macula Densa Part of the Juxtaglomerular appartus
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What drugs act at a diuretic in the Loop of Henle? | Ex?
Loop diuretics Lasix (furosimide)
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What happens isn't he DCT?
Reabsorption and secretion of ions, fine-tuning of urine solute amounts. Site of pH balancing
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What ions are moved in the DCT for pH balancing?
H+ and HCO3+
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What drugs work in the DCT? | Ex?
Thiazides (-like diuretics)
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What is the main function of the collecting duct?
To reabsorb water to concentrate urine Final control of urine osmolality!
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Collecting ducts are the site of _________________ function. | What does this drug do?
Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH) Makes ya not pee a lot. Adds aquaporins to collecting ducts membranes to make them permeable to water Reabsorb water!
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What diuretics work in the collecting ducts?
K-sparing diuretics Spirolactone Amiloride
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Glucose is removed from the tubular fluid by active transport and returned to the blood. This is an example of what kind of renal process?
Reabsorption
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In periods of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) like in Diabetes Mellitus, some filtered glucose is lost to the urine. This is an example of what kind of renal process?
Excretion
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The most water is reabsorbed in which segment of the nephron?
PCT (67% of ions and water)
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What is the 1 way and 2 ways out of the Kidney?
In: Renal artery Out: ureter and renal vein
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Kidney only filters:
Blood plasma Not RBCs WBCs etc
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Equation for blood volume, in relation to plasma volume and filtration
BV = PV/(1-hematocrit)
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Plasma volume is about ______ of total blood volume
Half...about 40%ish PV= 0.5TBV
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Equation for input of solute to the kidney
RPF * Xa RPF=renal plasma flow Xa= concentration in blood plasma
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Equation for output, solute leaving the kidney in urine AND renal vein
(RPF * Xv) + (Xu + V) RPF = renal plasma flow Xv = concentration in renal vein Xu= concentration in urine V = urine volume
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Equation for Renal Function Determination
Input = Output RPF * Xa = (RPF * Xv) + (Xu * V) Determines the clearance of a solute!
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How much plasma the kidney is able to clear Or Volume of plasma that has had a solute removed from it in one minute
Clearance Solutes removed from the plasma
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Equation for Clearance Units?
Cx= (Xu * V)/ Xa Cx= clearance (units are mLs/min) Xu= Conc. Urine V= urine volume Xa= conc. Blood plasma
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What is the basis for determining renal function?
Clearance. Can determine the amount of plasma filtered AND the amount of blood delivered to the kidney
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Clearance of ______ can determine the glomerular filtration rate. What will this tell you?
Inulin The amount of plasma filtered by the kidneys
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Clearance of _____ determines renal plasma flow (RPF) What will this tell you?
Para-aminohippuric acid (PAH) Every bit of PAH is pulled out of blood and put into urine (100% filtered and secreted) Will tell you how much plasma is moved through the kidney
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Filtration Fraction
FF = GFR/RPF Amount of plasma that is filtered by the kidney
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tells us how much water we are excreting.
Free Water Clearance
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If plasma osmolarity were too high, what would we want?
Excrete minimum amount of H2O to dilute solutes.
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If plasma osmolarity were too low, what would we want?
Excrete H2O
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Equation for Clear water clearance
Cosm = (Uosm * V) / Posm Tells us the volume from which ALL solutes have been removed
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If osmolarity clearance is 1ml/min, but our urine flow is 3ml/min, where does the extra 2 mls come from?
Free water, water that has no dissolved substances
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If free water is negative...
More solute cleared than water.
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If free water clearance is positive....
More water cleared than solutes.
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If Uosm > Posm, then you should have:
Negative Cwater
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If Uosm < Posm, then you will have:
Positive Cwater
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What is normal Uosm? | Posm?
100-1000 (Uosm) 265-320 (Posm)
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Consider the following information: Posm=335 mOsm/L Uosm= 156 mOsm/L Flow = 4 mls/min Is this an appropriate free water clearance?
NO because both Posm and Uosm should be high for a low Uflow, and vice versa. Uflow is too high for the high Posm

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