Renal Flashcards
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Prosnephros
Week 4 then disintegrates
Mesonephros
functions as interim kidney for 1st trimester
later contributes to make genital system
Metanephros
permanent
appear in 5th week
nephrogenesis continues through weeks 32-36
Ureteric bud
derived from causal end of mesonephric duct
gives rise to ureter, pelvis, calyces, collecting duct, fully canalized by 10th week
Metanephric mesenchyme
ureteric bud interacts with this tissue
interaction induced differentiation and formation of glomerulus through to distal convoluted tubule
Aberrant interaction between these 2 tissues may result in several congenital malformations of the kidney
Ureteropelvic junction- last to canalize –> congenital obstruction
Cause of prenatal hydronephrosis
detected by US
Potter Sequence
Oligohydramnios –> compression of developing fetus –> limb deformities, facial anomalies, lack of amniotic fluid aspiration into fetal lungs –> pulmonary hypoplasia
Caused by ARPKD, obstructive uropathy, bilateral renal agenesis, chronic placental insufficiency
Horseshoe kidney
inferior poles of both kidneys fuse abnormally
get trapped in Inferior mesenteric artery and stay in low abdomen
Associated with hydronephrosis, renal stones, infection and increased risk of renal cancer
Higher incidence in chromosomal aneuploidy
Unilateral renal agenesis
ureteric bud fails to induce differentiation of metanephric mesenchyme –> complete absence of kidney and ureter
Multicycstic dysplastic kidney
ureteric bud fails to induce differentiation of metanephric mesenchye –> nonfunctional kidney with cysts and connective tissue
Nonhereditary and unilateral
Bilateral –> potter sequence
Duplex collecting system
Bifurcation of ureteric bud before it enters the metanephric blastema creates a Y shaped bifid ureter. Duplex collecting system can occur through 2 ureteric buds reaching and interacting with metanephric blastema
Associated with vesicoureteral reflux and ureteral obstruction
increase risk of UTI
Posterior Urethral valves
membrane remnant in the posterior urethra in males
persistence –> urethral obstruction
Dx prenatally by bilateral hydronephrosis and dilated or thick walled bladder on US
associated with oligohydramnios in severe obstruction
Renal blood flow
renal A –> segmental A –> interlobar A ==> arcuate A –> interlobular A –> afferent arteriole –> glomerulus –> efferent arteriole –> vasa recta –> venous outflow
Course of ureters
arise from renal pelvis –> under gonadal A –> over common iliac A –> under uterine A/vas deferens
Blood supply to ureter
proximal- renal A
Middle- gonadal A, aorta, common and internal iliac A
Distal- internal iliac and superior vesical A
3 common points of reteral obstruction
ureteropelvic junction, pelvic inlet, ureteropelvic junction
Fluid Compartments
60% total body water 40% ICF (K+, Mg2+, organic phosphates) 20% ECF (Na+, Cl-, HCO3-, albumin) Plasma volume measured via radiolabeling albumin ECF measured with inulin or mannitol Plasma volume= TBV x (1-Hct)
Glomerular filtration barrier
Fenestrated capillary endothelium (prevent >100 nm from entering)
BM iwth Type 4 collagen and heparan sulfate
Visceral epithelial layer with podocyte foot processes (prevent >50-60 nm from entering)
All three layers have - charged glycoproteins that prevent - charged molecules entry
Renal clearance equations
C= (UV)/P
If C < GFR –> net tubular resorption or not freely filtered
If C > GFR –> net tubular secretion of X
C = GFR –> no net secretion or reabsorption
GFR equations
Inulin clearance
C = GFR = U x V/P = K (PGC- PBS) - (piGC- piBS)
piBS = 0 usually
Normal GFR = 100
Creatinine is approximate (slightly overestimates because a little secreted)
Effective renal plasma flow
PAH clearance (100% excretion) eRPF = U x V/P = C RBF = RPF/ (1-Hct) = usually 20-25% cardiac output underestimates true renal flow slightly
Filtration
FF= GFR/RPF (Normal = 20%)
filtered load= GFR x plasma conc
Prostaglandins dilate afferent arteriole
Ang II constricts efferent arteriole
Afferent arteriole constriction
decrease GFR and RPF
No change FF
Efferent arteriole constriction
increase GFR
decrease RPF
FF increases