Week 01 Day 01

Question 1

what is the location of the retroperitoneal wall?

Answer 1

closer to the posterior wall of the body

Question 2

what is the function of the kidney capsule?

Answer 2

has nociceptors and baroreceptors

Question 3

what are the four compartments of the kidney?

Answer 3

1. glomeruli
2. tublues
3. interstitual tissue
4. kidney vessel

Question 4

what is glomeruli pathology?

Answer 4

immunopathology

Question 5

what is the pathology for tubules and interstitual tissue?

Answer 5

toxins and infections

Question 6

what is the fx of the kidneys?

Answer 6

1. excrestion of waste products
2. regulation of body’s concentration of water and salt
3. acid balance of plasma

Question 7

Kidneys secrete hormones?

Answer 7

true

1. erythtropoietin
2. prosstaglandins
3. calcitriol
4. renin

Question 8

what is the function of the glomeruli?

Answer 8

filtration of blood and removal of waste

Question 9

what are aka’s for glomerulonephritis?

Answer 9

glomerular disease

glomerulopathy

Question 10

what is primary glomerular disease?

Answer 10

leads to chronic GN and begins primaryly in the kidneys

Question 11

what is secondary glomerular disease?

Answer 11

part of systemic disease

Question 12

what is the fx of juxtaglomerular cells?

Answer 12

fx is security–>keeps eye on pressure

renin fx is to begin angiotensin 2–>increase of blood pressure

Question 13

what are capillaries structures covered by?

Answer 13

endothelial cells

Question 14

the holes in endothelial cells are called?

Answer 14

pseudofenestrations

finistrae: singular
fenestrae: plural

Question 15

where are podocytes located?

Answer 15

outside the layer of the visceral epithelial cells

Question 16

what is the ocatio of the podocytes?

Answer 16

glomerulus/Bowman’s capsule

Question 17

what is rthe fx of the mesangial cells?

Answer 17

produce erythropoietin

helps with the development of connective tissue