Anatomy and physionlogy Flashcards
Definition and effects of hyperkalaemia
> 5.5mmoles/l
Depolarisation –> Ventricular fibrillation –> death
Definition and effects of hypokalaemia
<3.5mmoles/l
Hyperpolarisation –> cardiac arrhythmias –> death
Normal potassium concentration
4mmoles/l
Where does reabsorption occur
Proximal tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal tubule
Collecting duct
Where does secretion occur
Proximal tubule
Distal tubule
Collecting duct
Specialised afferent arteriole smooth muscle cells
Juxtaglomerular cells
Functions of the juxtaglomerular cells
Renal baroreceptors Release renin (in response to low pressure)
Specialised cells of the distal tubule
Macula densa
GFR is estimated using…
Serum creatine
Renal plasma flow (RPF) is…
and is calculated using…
A measure of all the plasma flowing through the kidneys at a given time
PAH (para-amino-hippuric acid) clearance
Equation to calculate plasma clearance of X
Cx = [Ux]V / [Px]
Ux = urine conc. of X V = urine flow rate Px = plasma conc. of x
Vertebral level of the kidneys
T12 - L3
Hilum at L1 (transpyloric plane)
Muscles posterior to the kidney
Quadratus lumborum
Psoas major
Autonomic nerve supply to the kidneys
Sympathetic: From T12 - L1 through the coeliac ganglia
Parasympathetic: Derived from the vagus nerve
Lymphatic drainage of the kidneys
To the para-aortic lymph nodes around the origin of the renal arteries
The ureter lies on which muscle as it descends
Psoas major
Peritonisation of the kidneys and ureters
retroperitoneal
What structures cross the ureter superiorly (male and female)
Female: ovarian artery
Male: ductus (vas) deferens
The three constrictions of the ureters
pelviureteric junction
Pelvic brim
vesicoureteric junction
The median umbilical ligament attaches to which part of the urinary bladder?
and then attaches to which structure?
The apex of the bladder
to
the umbilicus
The median umbilical ligament is a remnant of which umbilical structure?
The allantois (drains the urinary bladder through the umbilical cord)
The bladder walls are made of…
Detrusor (smooth) muscle
The superior surface of the urinary bladder is lined by…
Parietal peritoneum
What kind of epithelium lines the urinary bladder and ureter?
Transitional epithelium
allows the bladder to expand as it fills
what divides part of the allantois and cloaca from the gut tube? and what does this divided section become?
Divided by the urorectal septum,
they become the urogenital sinus which forms the urinary bladder and urethra
Early in the 4th week of development, the intermediate plate mesoderm in the neck region becomes the…
Pronephros (rudimentary kidney)