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2.5 Urinary System Flashcards

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Where does filtration of water and low molec substances occur?

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Renal corpuscle

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Function of urinary system (3)

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Maintenance of water, electrocytes and acid/base of blood
Excretion of waste products
Hormonal: renin(control bp), erythropoietin(rbc), vit D(control calcium)

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What does the renal corpuscle consist of?

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Glomerus and bowman’s capsule

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3
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Where selective reabsorption of h2o and molecules except waste
And h+ secretion occur?

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Tubule

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From blood into tubules there is?

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secretion of excretory products

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Glomerular filtrate and urine production rates?

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120ml / min

1ml / min

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-The kidney is a …. Organ.
-Dimensions (l,w,t)
Surrounded by (2)

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Parenchymous
12, 6.5, 3
Fibrous capsules, perinephric fat

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Areas of kidney

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Renal capsule, cortex, pyramids, sinus, papillae, major/minor calyces, renal pelvis. Renal columns

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What is the cribiform area in the kidneys?

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Opening of papillary ducts

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Urinary tract (5)

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Major and minor calycyes
Pelvis
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra
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Urethra in males and female

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Males - organ of urinary + reproductive system

Females - short

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Kidney main location (vetebrae) and position with respect to peritoneum?

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T12-L3

Extra Peritoneal - surrounded by fascia and adipose (hilium of kidney)

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Kidney function main (3)

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Maintenance of water, electrolytes and acid/base homeostasis
Excretion of waste products (urea, uric acid)
Hormonal and met functions (3)

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Kidney hormonal functions (3)

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Renin - raas pathway
Erythropoietin - ++ rbc
Vit D - ca balance

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Renal sinus contains?

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Adipose tissue

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How many pyramids and nephrons per kidney

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8 and 1m

Nephron = functional unit

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Nephron involved in?

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Filtration of blood and modifying filtration (absorption and reabsorption)

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Structure of kidney - weight, l, w, h and surrounded by?

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150-170gr
12,6.5,3 cm
Fibrous capsule - surrounded by perinephric fat

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Structure and vascularisation of kidney tightly related

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Aorta - renal arteries - 5x segmental art- interlobar art - interlobular art - arcuate art
Interlobular art -> afferent art -> glomerus -> efferent arteriole

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Surface of kidney..

During pathological situation color….

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Smooth.

Dark

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20
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Cortex and percentage of nephrons?

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95%

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Renal lobe contains

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Cortex and medulla

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Renal lobule also called?

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Only cortex
2 interlobular artery surround by medullary rays

Also called cortical lobule

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Glomeruli only found in?

And when this contains no glomeruli?

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Cortex.

Cortex corticis

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Arcuate artery ->

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Vasa recta in medulla and cortex

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Nephron and capp

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Tighly related

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26
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Bowmans capsule also named?

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Malpighian corpuscle

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JM = juxtaglomrular
Cortical nephron
Jm nephron

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In cortex

Jm - loop of henle in medulla, longer nephron, more efficient conc of urine

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Renal papillae (2)

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Projects into pelvicalyceal space

Opening large straight ducts into crib-rated area

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29
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How much CO cardiac output into kidney in one day?

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20%

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30
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4 main steps in urine production - frsc

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Filtration,
Reabsorption and secretion by tubules
Concentration by removal of water

31
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Kidney cortex contains? (3)

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Cortex corticis
Cortex labyrinth
Medullary rays : straight tubules + collecting tubules

32
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Medulla ,(2)

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Pyramids : straight tubules and collecting ducts
Renal columns
Loopof henle

33
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Uniferous pole and what type of cells?

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Glomerular filtrate to prox convu tubules

Cuboidal cells

34
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Bowmans capsules 2 layers

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Parietal - simple squamous

Visceral - podocytes

35
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Glomerular capp are?

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Fenestrated with cont basement membrane/lamina

36
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Filtration membrane contains? (5)

A 
Capp space
Capp endi
Bm
Foot process of podocyte and fenestrations
Capsular space filtrate
37
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus

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Juxtaglomerular cells
Macula densa
Extraglomerula mesangium

38
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Raas pathway

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Renin - angiotensinogen -> angiotensin 1 -> 2 - aldesterone
Increase na reabsorption -> water reabsorption increase bp.

Stim by low bp and nerve impulses during stress

39
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Angiotensin 2 (4)

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Vasoconstriction
Vasopressin rel by pituitary gland
Adrenal gland rel - adrenaline(+nor), aldesterone

40
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Calyces and pelvis height

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2-3cm

41
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Ureter 3 constrictions

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Uteropelvic junction
Pelvic inlet - common iliac art split into int and external
Entrance to bladder

42
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Ureter active role in

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Transport of urine and ant to comm iliac art and vein

43
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Post of bladder

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Ureter, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, musuclar post of bladder, prostate

44
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Bladder sup view of inf wall?

A

Ureter orific
Trigone
Interuteric folding
Internal uretral meatus

45
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Urinary bladder holds how much urine!

A

250ml - 300ml

46
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Antireflux mechanism

What delimits orifice?

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Bladder fills - intramural portion of bladder = compressed

Orifice delimited by mucosal fold (ureter valve)

47
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Urethra in male and female

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F - smaller - paraurethral - skere’s gland

M - 4 parts - preprostatic, prostatic, membraneous, spongy
Glands of litre - secrete mucus (colloid, gags) -> protect epithelium against urine.

48
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Age related kidney fibrosis

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Fibroblasts -> increase collagen production (type 1 and 4 & fibronectin)

49
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Renal corpuscle : epithelium, major functions, summary (EMS)

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E simple squamous - bowmans capsule. Visceral and parietal layer.
M filter blood
S endothelial cells, fused basal lamina, podocyte processes (fenestratiojs in between - pedicles

50
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Proximal convoluted tubule : EMS

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Epi - simple squamous
Major func-reabsorb all proteins, glucose and aa.
80% of all Na, water and cl ion
Sum - na pumps - remove na - water follows - maintain isotonicity with blood

51
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Loop of henle thick decending lim. EMS

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E- simple cuboidal - brush border
M - same of pct
S - same as pct

52
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EMS : loop of henle - thin decending limb

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E simple squamous
M water exits na and cl enter
S blood respect hypertonic
urea also enters lumen of tubule

53
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Loop of henle - thin ascending limb ems

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E simple squamous
M somewhat permeable to water - enter ultra-filtrate. Na and cl exit
S - blood respect hypertonic
urea enter lumen of tubule

54
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Loop of henle - thick ascending limb ems

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E simple cuobidal with mito
M - impermeable to water. Cl active transport out. Na follows.
S - ultrafiltrate = hypotonic

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JG apparatus - macula densa ems

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Simple cuboidal cells
M monitor level of na in ultrafiltrate distal tubule
S gap junction - communicate with jg cells in efferent arteriole
NOS synthetase

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Jg cells afferent arteriole ems

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E modded sm cel,s - renin granules
M syn renin, release into bloodstream
S act on plasma cells - angiotensin 2 stim adrenal cortex -> aldosterone (acts on distal convoluted tubule).

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Distal convuluted tubule ems

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E Simple cuboidal - compartmentalised mito.
M - adesterone - cells remove na .
S Hypotonic. K, nh4, h, enter lumen

58
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Collecting ducts ems

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Simple cuboidal and columnar
M presence of adh permeable to water. Removed from filtrate. Hypertonic urine.
S absense impermeabble to water. Hypotonic urine.

59
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Excretory passages- which contain transitional epithelium

A 
Major minor calyces
Renal pelvis
Ureter
Urinary bladder
Female urethra
Male prostatic urethra
60
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Excretory passages - which contains pseudostratified or strat columnar

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Male membraneous and cavernous urethra (until navicula fossa -> strat squamous)

61
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Excretory passages - LP contain reticular, elastic fibres?

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Major minor calyces
Renal pelvis
And ureter (also contain collagen)

62
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Which excretory passages contain glands of litre

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Female urethra

Male prostatic & membranous (few) cavernosus (many)

63
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Ureter muscularis and how it conducts urine?

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Inner longi, outer circ

Active conducts - peristalsis

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Muscularis for calyces, pelvis, ureter(3rd additional), urinary bladder (poorly defined 3), urethra fem, prostatic urethra male

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Inner longi, outer circ of sm.

Ureter and urinary bladder (poorly defined) - 3rd outermost longi

65
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Urethra male - muscularis - membranous, cavernous

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Membranous - striated - ext sphinter

Cavernous - few sm with elastic fibres

66
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Mesangium cells and juxtaglomerular cells derived from?

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Smooth muscle cell precursor

67
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Mesangium cells function PSSM

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Phagocytosis
Structural support
Secretion
Modulate glomerular distension - response to high bp

68
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Macular densa different from other juxtaglomerular cells?

A

Req special stains, nuclei partially superimposed over each other, taller

69
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Smooth muscle of bladder wall forms?
Opening of urethra these form?
What arrangement around this?
Arrangement of sm in this muscle?

A

Detrusor muscle
Internal urethral sprincter with ring like arrangement
Sm bundles less regular than tubular portion of excretory passages -> mixed with collagen bundles

70
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What muscle contracts -> urine into urethra?

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Detrusor muscle of bladder

71
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Bladder innervation? (3)

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Sympath - adventitia - innvervate bv
Parasympath - inner muscle and adventita - effererent fibres of micturition reflex
Sensory fibre - sensory afferent fibres of micturition reflex

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Urethra male

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20cm
Prostatic - 3cm transitional . Ejacculatory ducts enter. Small prostatic ducts empty into.
Membranous - 1cm - ext voluntary skeletal sphincter - pass thru deep perineal pouch - strat/pseudo strat columnar epi
Spongy - glands of litre and cowper glands empty here - pseudostart columnar. End= strat squamous - 15cm

73
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Urethra female

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3-5cm
Longi folds
Transitional -> squamous

74
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Medullary rays contain?

Region between medullary rays contain?

A

Straight tubules and collecting ducts

Corpuscles, convoluted tubules and collecting tubules - cortical labyrinths

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