Renal System Flashcards
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Chronic Kidney Disease
Structural or functional abnormality of the kidney for at least 3 months. >10% of US has chronic kidney disease
End Stage Renal Disease
Require a kidney intervention to stay alive. Those of african discent are 8X more likely
Ocular systems from renal disease
Calcium deposits on lid or conj, lid edema, corneal changes, aniridia (missing iris), cataracts, uveitis, ONH edema, drusen around the macula, retina changes
Optometric Considerations with renal disease
Optometric prescribed meds can cause renal side effects and dosage must be altered with renal disease. Renal disease also increase risk of ARMD, dry eye, and red eye.
Kidney Functions
Excretory: remove waste, regulate composition of blood (amt of water, [] of ions, acid-base balance) and excrete foreign substances.
Endocrine: involved with calcium output and regulation, erthropotient (development of RBC) and things like prostoglandins and nitric acid.
Renal Veins
Blood returns to heart through inferior vena cava
Renal artery
major branch from aorta. 20% received is filtered. Blood flows at about 1.2 l/min.
Ureter
Creates urine. Enters at hilus. Connectes kidney to bladder.
Medulla
One of the functioning parts. Contains many tubules and ducts. Has a higher na [] then cortex so there is a osmotic gradient.
Pelvis
Flat funnel cavity that collects urine into the ureter. It is called pylo when it is affected.
Cortex
Outer 1/3 of kidney. Has most of the filtration units.
Nephron
Found in cortex and medulla. Produces urine and functions to clear blood. 1 million nephron in each kidney. Ball of capillaries at the beginning (glomerulus) and then long then tube with hairpin loop. Closed at one end.
Peritubular Capillaries
Surround the nephron. Absorb water and solutes which leave renal tubules and will be taken back to the body. Provides blood supply to renal tissue.
Bowman’s Capsule
Surrounds the glomerulus. Located in the cortex. Closed at the beginning of the nephron (vascular pole) and open end is called urine pole.
Juxtaglomerular cells
Located in the afferent arterioles (turn into glomerulus). Sense pressure changes. Produce store, and excrete renin.
Glomerulus
Surrounded by bowman’s capsule. Fenstrated capillaries with incomplete BM and podocytes (support slits). Ball held together by mesangial cells with phagocytic abilities and contractile capabilities.
What other structures is the glomerulus similar to?
Choriocapillaries and RPE Cells.
Placing pressure on arterial flow?
Will decrease pressure at glomerulus and decrease flow
Placing pressure on efferent flow?
Will increase pressure at glomerulus and increase flow
Decreasing flow rate?
Will increase filtration as more particles can fall into glomerulus
Increasing flow rate?
Will decrease filtration as more particles will escape being filtrated.
Sympathetic effects on Nephron
Causes constriction of arterial flow (will cause slower blood flow and less pressure) This in turn will cause release of renin which will make angiotensin to constrict efferent arterioles. This will increase pressure. Therefore we will have greater pressure with slower rate which will allow more filtration to occur with less blood flow. These systems act to keep a constant rate of filtration. This is auto regulation. Cannot auto regulate with really high or low pressures!
Parasympathetic effect on Renal system
No significant effect! TRICK QUESTION!
Filtration
Occurs passively in the glomerlus. It has 2-3X higher pressure then other capillary beds.