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1
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What are the three basic functions of the kidney?

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-Homeostatis
-Excretion
-Production

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2
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True/False: kidneys are important in regulating total body water?

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true

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3
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What is the main ion regulating blood volume?

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Na

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4
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List 5 metabolic waste products removed from the blood

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Urea, creatinine, uric acid, allantoin, bilirubin

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5
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Under what conditions is renin released?

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low arterial blood pressure

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6
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What cells release renin?

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juxtamedullary

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7
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Why is it not uncommon for CKD patients to be anemic as well?

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because the kidney releases erythropoietin

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8
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What is the preferred substrate for gluconeogenesis in the kidney?

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glutamine

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9
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Where does gluconeogenesis occur in the kidney?

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proximal tubule epithelial cells

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10
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What is the body mass: cardiac output ratio of the kidney

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<1% body mass to 20% CO

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11
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Why does the kidney receive so much of the cardiac output?

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because all of the blood needs to be processed by the kidney

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12
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What structures are included in the nephron?

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renal corpuscle (glomerulus and bowman’s capsule) and the tubules

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13
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What is the macula densa, what is its function, where is it located?

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a group of cells located in the wall of the distal tubule and its main function is to monitor the amount of NA in the blood, regulate flow rate and blood flow through afferent arteriole

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14
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Describe the path blood takes through the kidney

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renal artery, afferent arteriole, glomerular capillaries, efferent arteriole, peritubular capillaries (vasa recta), renal vein

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15
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What cells make up the tubular system?

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a single layer of epithelial cells

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16
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True/False: the glomerulus is a high pressure capillary bed

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true

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17
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What type of capillaries are in the glomerulus?

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fenestrated

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18
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what can leave fenestrated capillaries?

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most solutes and limited amounts of small peptides

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19
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What are the 4 main steps of urine formation?

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-filtration
-selective reabsorption from filtrate
-selective secretion into filtrate
-excretion of final product=urine

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20
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what percent of plasma moves into filtrate?

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20%

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21
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True/False: kidney osmolarity is higher than plasma? why?

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true because the kidney usually reabsorbs more water than dissolved substances

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22
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what is the main difference between cortical and justamedullary nephrons

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renal corpuscle sits at junction between cortex and medulla and they have longer loops of henle that extend into the medulla

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23
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what percent of the blood that goes to the glomerulus gets filtered?

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25%

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24
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Why can glomerular capillaries have high pressures?

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because the goal is filtration of plasma (starlings forces)

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25
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Why do peritubular capillaries have low pressure?

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because the goal is reabsorption of a large percentage of the filtrate (starlings forces)

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26
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True/False: ultrafiltrate contains proteins and blood celss

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false. Ultrafiltrate contains water and all the small solutes of blood, but does not have proteins and blood cells

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27
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What are the three main layers of glomerular filtration

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fenestrated endothelium, basement membrane (basal lamina), podocyte foot processes

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28
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What is the purpose of the podocyte foot process?

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there are filtration slits that are bridged by nephrin which result in a charged barrier

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29
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What is the charge of the barrier created by the glomerular wall?

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negative

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30
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Describe what will and will not pass the glomerular filtration barrier

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-small and/or positively charged particles pass freely
-large and/or negatively charged particles are excluded

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31
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What are the roles of mesangial cells

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-surround capillary endothelial cells and exhibit contractile characteristics similar to muscle cells
-phagocytic functions

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32
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Where does the majority of reabsorption take place?

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prox tubule

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33
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True/False: proteinurea can be indicative of glomerulus disease

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true

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34
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Define GFR

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the volume of fluid filtered per minute from the glomerular capillaries into bowman’s space

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35
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Filtration coefficient is determined by what two factors

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permeability and surface area

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36
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What two things are true of glomerular capillaries that is not true of capillaries in the rest of the body

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-pressure declines only marginally along the length of the glomerular capillary due to flow into a high resistance efferent arteriole
-oncotic pressure increases as more plasma is filtered since protein is left behind

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37
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What is the main regulation of GFR

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autoregulation which acts on afferent and efferent arterioles

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38
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What are the 3 main auto regulation controls

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-Myogenic control
-Pressure diuresis
-Tubuloglomerular feedback

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39
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Describe myogenic auto regulation

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increase in afferent arterial pressure should increase GFR but the myogenic response tempers this response

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40
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Describe pressure diuresis auto regulation

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increase urine output and Na excretion as a result of an increase in arterial blood pressure which in turn reduces blood pressure and blood volume

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41
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Describe tubuloglomerular feedback auto regulation

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mediated by the macula densa which senses a flow of filtrate and NaCl in distal tubule, signals juxtamedullary cells to release renin and decreases GFR and RBF`

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42
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What factors stimulate renin release?

A

-drop in blood pressure
-reduced GFR
-reduced concentration of Na and Cl in tubules of kidney
-SNS input to the kidney and circulation catecholamines

Think hemorrhage or dehydration

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43
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What are the effects of angeotensin II on GFR and RBF? at high levels vs low levels

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  • AngII can act on both efferent and afferent arterioles but to different ends whether it is at low levels or high levels
    -At low levels preferentially constricts EA
    -At high levels constricts AA and EA trying to maintain GFR which results in a small decrease of GFR and RBF, this also leads to a decrease in hydrostatic pressure in peritubular capillaries facilitating reabsorption of ions/ water and maintenance of ECF
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44
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What are the factors that inhibit renin release? (7)

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-Ang II
-Aldostrone
-ADH
-Renal hypertension
-increased Na or Cl in the distal tubule filtrate
-increased GFR
-ANP

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45
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What is the gold standard for GFR measurement?

A

inulin

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46
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What is PAH clearance used to measure?

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Measuring of the effective renal plasma flow

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47
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Describe filtrate reabsorption in the proximal tubule, what two main methods of transport exist?

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paracellular and transcellular.

48
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True/False: paracellular resorption/secretion is always passive?

A

True

49
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What are the three common mechanisms for regulating channel and transporter activity? What are the speeds of these regualtions?

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1.Transport proteins are regulated by translocation (fast)
2.Transport protein levels are regulated by synthesis/degradation (slow)
3.Transport proteins are activated/inhibited by attaching ligands (covalently/reversibly) (slow, but longer acting response)

50
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True/False: glucose transporters in kidney are insulin dependent

A

False

51
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What glucose transporters are primarily on the apical membrane of the proximal tubule?

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sodium dependent (SGLT1&2)

52
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What glucose transporters are on the basolateral membrane of the proximal tubule?

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GLUT 1& 2

53
Q

Where in the nephron is most of the filtered glucose reabsorbed? be specific

A

S1 of the proximal tubule (~90%)
The rest is absorbed in the S2/S3 as needed

54
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When is glucose excreted in the urine?

A

during hyperglycemia when Tm is reached

55
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What does Tm stand for when discussing renal resorption?

A

transport maximum

56
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How does the kidney handle protein and small peptides?

A

They are filtered to a minor extent, if any gets through they are endocytosed from the filtrate by binding to megalin and cubilin, they are then degraded and the amino acids reenter peritubular blood.

57
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True/False: proteins are not returned intact to peritubular blood

A

true

58
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How do immunoglobulins get into and not degraded in the renal cells?

A

they are endocytosed into vesicles which can be transported intact to opposite cellular membrane

59
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How does the kidney handle organic molecules?

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endogenous waste products and foreign chemicals that are filtered because they are typically bound to proteins so secretion is the only way to get rid of them (OATs, OCTs) cations are traded for H+ on the apical membrane and anions use MDR1 and MRP2 transporters

60
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What molecules use the MDR1 and MRP2 transporters on the apical membrane of the proximal tubule?

A

anion based organic molecules

61
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What are two cations that are secreted, but mainly by the distal tubule?

A

K+ and H+

62
Q

Why do we care about acidification and alkalization of urine in regards to clearances of certain molecules?

A

the state of ionization affects the membrane permeability of substances. Unionized substances are more easily reabsorbed than ionized

63
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Describe renal handling of urea

A

freely filtered
transported in most segments of the nephron
reabsorbed/secreted by diffusion
concentration differences and permeability dictate rate of resorption/secretion

64
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True/False: urea recycling is critical to corticopapillary osmotic gradient/ determining the final osmolarity of urine

A

True

65
Q

True/false: thin ascending limb, distal tubule, and collecting ducts are impermeable to urea

A

true

66
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If glucose fails to be reabsorbed because the renal threshold is exceeded what happens to effective osmotic pressure in the tubular lumen?

A

osmotic pressure increases

67
Q

The urine pH can affect both the solubility and reabsorption of weak acids and bases

A

True

68
Q

About how much of the total blood volume is filtered per minute?

A

100mls/min

69
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Why is reabsorption of Na so important? (3)

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-Driving force for reabsorption of organic substances
-Driving force for reabsorption of other ions
-Coupled secretion of K and H

70
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True/False: Na homeostasis is important in determining ECF volume

A

True

71
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What is the main method of Na reabsorption?

A

Transcellular

72
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Describe Na’s journey from lumen to peritubular blood

A

-Apical membrane: diffusion through channels or contransported with other molecules
-Basolateral membrane: Pumped into interstitial fluid by Na/K ATPase
-pulled into peritubullar capillaries due to the low hydrostatic

73
Q

Peritubular capillaries have ____ hydrostatic pressure and ____ oncotic pressure

A

low, high

74
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What are the contributions of each tubular segment to Na and water reabsorption

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Proximal tubule and LOH are the sight of the majority of Na reabsorption
Distal tubules and collecting ducts reabsorb small amounts of both but the major sight of regulation by aldostrone and ADH

75
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Where is the main site of Na reabsorption regulation

A

Distal tubule and collecting ducts

76
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Where are the tubular locations where water reabsorption is NOT linked to water reabsorption?

A

LOH

77
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What is the significance of transepithelial potential difference in the early proximal tubule

A

it is an important in driving Ca2+ and Mg2+ reabsorption and K+ secretion

78
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What is the major anion co transported with Na in the early proximal tubule?

A

bicarb HCO3-

79
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Describe how bicarb is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule

A

-H+ is transported into the lumen in exchange for Na
-H+ combines with bicarb to form carbonic acid H2CO3 which can then be broken into CO2 and H2O which move freely into the renal cell
- the cycle then goes backwards to reform bicarb with will be co-transported into the blood with Na

80
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What is the major anion co-transported with Na in the late proximal tubule

A

Cl-

81
Q

Describe the water permeability of the LOH

A

the thin descending limb is permeable and the ascending limb is not

82
Q

Describe reabsorption of water and Na in the loop of henle

A

-Thin descending loop has alot of aquaporins so site of water absorption which increases the osmolarity of the filtrate since not alot of Na is reabsorbed here
-The ascending limb is impermeable to water but has Na channels which allows Na to passively transport but will eventually need to be actively transported against its gradient as the environment gets increasingly more hypertonic.

83
Q

Where is the Na/K/Cl cotransporter

A

the thick ascending limp of LOH

84
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Why do Ca and Mg passively reabsorb in the think ascending limb?

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B/c there is a + lumen potential difference which favors this movement (created by the Na/Cl/K cotransporter)

85
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What is the role of principle cells in the distal tubule and collecting ducts?

A

regulation of Na/H2O reabsorption thus final concentrations. The Na channels are regulated by aldostrone (increases) and ANP (decreases) while the water permeability is controlled by ADH which adds aquaporins into membranes

86
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Where in the nephron is solute reabsorption occurring at the same rate as water reabsorption

A

proximal tubule

87
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Where are the locations of K+ reabsorption

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-majority is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule as part of isosmotic reabsorption
-Na/K/Cl transporter reabsorbs 20% in thick limb

88
Q

Where does regulation and secretion of K+ occur?

A

distal tubule and collecting ducts

89
Q

What cell in the proximal tubule is responsible for K reabsorption?

A

intercalated cell

90
Q

What cell in the distal tubule and collecting duct is responsible for K secretion/Na reabsorption?

A

principal cell

91
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How does aldostrone regulate K+ secretion?

A

-it increases K channels
-it activates the Na-K ATPase which reabsorbs Na and secretes K

92
Q

What three molecules are responsible for Ca regulation

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-Parathyroid hormone
-calcitonin
-vitamin D

93
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What forms of Ca exist in the blood? what form is freely filtered?

A

bound and ionized, only ionized/unbound is filtered

94
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Where is the majority of Ca2+ reabsorbed? is it passive or active?

A

the proximal tubule, passive due to solute drag paracellularly

95
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Where is the only location to regulate Ca2+ handling? by what hormones?

A

The distal tubule by PTH which inserts Ca channels into the apical membrane and Vit D which (with PTH) activate Ca ATPase in the basal membrane

96
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Where is P reabsorbed? How?

A

Proximal tubule passively and thick descending by Na/P co-transporter which is negatively regulated by PTH (encouraging excretion)

97
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Where is the site of the majority of Mg2+ reabsorption?

A

Thick ascending limb

98
Q

What are the ranges for Hyposthenuric, isothenuric, and hypersthenuric USG?

A

Hypo <1.008
Iso 1.008-1.012
Hyper varies by species but dog is >1.030, cat is >1.040, horse >1.020

99
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What are the mechanisms and sites of water reabsorption

A
  • paracellularly in proximal tubule and think descending limb
    -transcellularly in the distal tubule under the regulation of ADH
100
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What are the 3 main roles of ADH

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-increase water permeability of principle cells of the late distal tubule and collecting ducts
-increase urea permeability in the inner medullary collecting ducts enhancing urea recycling
-Increased Na/K/2Cl transporter in thick ascending limb enhancing countercurrent multiplication

101
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What two things create the corticopapillary gradient?

A

-countercurrent multiplication of the LOH that deposits NaCl deep in the medulla
-urea recycling by the inner medullary collecting ducts

102
Q

Where in the nephron is the osmolaroty of the tubular filtrate highest?

A

Medullary portion of the LOH

103
Q

Central diabetes insipidus is a condition in which the posterior pituitaty fails to secrete ADH. in an animal with this condition what type of urine do you expect

A

hyposthenuric

104
Q

Relative proportion of water in ECF/ICF is influenced by what ion? Why?

A

Na, because it does not readily cross cell membranes

105
Q

What are the two major (general) regulators of Na+ excretion/reabsorption?

A

Changes in tubular resorption and changes in GFR

106
Q

What is the RAAS system mainly activated by?

A

hypovolemia due to hemorrhage or dehydration

107
Q

What is the affect of angiotensin II on Na reabsorption in the proximal and distal tubule

A

-Prox: stimulates reabsorption by activating Na/K ATPase and Na/H exchange
-Dist: stimulates Na channels and Na/Cl symporters

108
Q

What effect, if any, does aldostrone have on K?

A

It promotes secretion into filtrate

109
Q

What are the 6 main determinants of urine volume?

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-resorption of solutes
-RAAS
-ADH
-SNS
-Blood Pressure
-Protein oncotic pressure

110
Q

Describe the neural innervation of the bladder

A

-Sympathetic (storage): contraction of internal urinary sphincter and relaxation of detrusor muscle which allows bladder to fill without emptying
-Parasympathetics (emptying): contraction of the detrusor muscle, relaxation of the internal urinary sphincter
-Somatic (voluntary): maintain tonic contraction of external urinary sphincter until voluntary inhibition

111
Q

Briefly describe the micturition reflex

A

-bladder is full stimulating stretch sensitive fibers
-once threshold is reached, a reflex causes contraction of detrusor
-high pressure opens the IUS along with PNS mediated relaxation which opens the neck of the bladder
-simultaneously another reflex inhibits activity of the somatic fibers which hold the EUS closed
-urination

112
Q

What would happen if there was damage to the sacral region of the spinal cord?

A

the bladder will be large and fail to empty

113
Q

What is the major waste product resulting from protein catabolism in fish?

A

ammonia

114
Q

What causes marine fish to have blood that is isotonic with sea water?

A

high levels of urea in the blood

115
Q

Which animals have a renal portal system?

A

bony marine fish, amphibians, freshwater fish, birds

116
Q

What animal stores excess water in the bladder for when they need it?

A

Amphibians

117
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What animals excrete uric acid as waste product?

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retiles and birds

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