Test 3 - Diuretics (10/7 & 10/14) Flashcards
(102 cards)
What is the function of the kidney?
Filter the blood and get rid of waste products (especially ammonia..makes it into urea and is excreted)
How many nephrons does a kidney have?
800,000 to 1,000,000
What are the 3 principle activities of nephrons in producing urine?
- filtration
- reabsorption
- secretion
Where in the nephron is filtration taking place?
Renal corpuscle (Glomerulus)
How much of our urine volume is total filtrate volume
1%
Where in the nephron is reabsorption taking place?
Peritubular capillaries on the proximal tubule
Where in the nephron is secretion taking place?
Distal tubule
List the segments of the nephron
- Renal corpuscle
-glomerulus
-bowmans capsule - renal tubule
-proximal convoluted tubule
-loop of henle
-distal convoluted tubule - collecting ducts (not technically part of the nephron)
What is the blood component of the renal corpuscle?
Glomerulus. afferent arteriole brings blood in, efferent takes blood out
What is the function of the glomerulus. what are the cells called
has a layer of cells called podocytes and they provide the filtration of blood through capillaries. (only found in the cortex)
What is the function of Bowmans capsule?
structure that surrounds the glomerulus, catches the secretions from the glomerulus
Function of the proximal convolutes tubule? What transporter is found here?
reabsorbs about 80% of the glomerular filtrate back into the blood.
NHE3.
Proximal tubule targets for diuretics
Targeting NaCl and NaHCO3 reabsorption
-Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
-Caffeine
What are the four different parts of the loop of henle
- thick descending limb
- thin descending limb
- thin ascending limb
- thick ascending limb
What part of the nephron goes down into the medula?
The bottom part of the loop of henle
Function of descending loop of henle
water reabsorption due to hypertonic medullary interstitium
Function of ascending loop of henle
driving out NaCl via NKCC2
NaKATPase then pumps Na into interstitum
What happens to Mg and Ca in the ascending loop of henle
if there is extra K in the nephron it will go down its concentration gradient to the lumen, that positive charge will push Mg and Ca to interstitium
what is the osmolality at the bottom of the loop of henle
1200
The ascending loop of henle is _____ to water
impermeable
pump found at distal convoluted tubule
NCC
very little water movement (we are balanced)
low amount of Na absorption via NCC (NaCl goes from lumen to DCT)
active Ca reabsorption (from lumen to DCT) by parathyroid
function of collecting tubule. is it part of nephron?
Na and H2O can be reabsorbed. and K can be secreted
not part of nephron but still target for diuretics
In the collecting tubule the _____ reabsorption is being based on the activity of aldosterone
Na
What happens to the charge in the lumen if we have increased activity of ENaC in the collecting tubule
builds up negative charge because we have more Na in than K out. so Cl will leave through paracellular route