Chapter 19 Flashcards
Functions of the Kidney (6)
Regulation of extracellular fluid volume and blood pressure
Regulation of osmolarity
Maintenance of ion balance
Homeostatic regulation of pH
Excretion of wastes
Production of hormones
Kidney facts
99% of fluid that enters the kidneys returns to the blood
The kidneys filter 180 L of plasma each day. -
125 ml/min.
Therefore, the total plasma volume (~3 L) is filtered 60 times/day.
- Other capillary beds filter ~3 L/day.
Average volume of urine leaving the kidneys is 1.5 L/day.
Renal blood supply
20% of resting CO
Portal system of kidney
goes from - Afferent arteriole glomerulus efferent arteriole peritubular capillaries/vasa recta
Portal system of kidney
goes from - Afferent arteriole glomerulus efferent arteriole peritubular capillaries/vasa recta
layers of kidney
Cortical (80% of nephrons)
Justamedullary (20% of nephrons,(bottom of loop of henle))
layers of kidney
Cortical (80% of nephrons)
Justamedullary (20% of nephrons,(bottom of loop of henle))
Tubular Elements of the Kidney
Bowman’s capsule is the site of plasma filtration with the *glomerulus
- Together referred to as renal corpuscle
Proximal tubule
Loop of Henle – descending limb and ascending limb
Distal tubule
Collecting ducts – converge and drain into the renal pelvis
Distal nephron* – distal tubule and collecting ducts
Juxtaglomerular apparatus – ascending limb passes between afferent and efferent between arterioles at the glomerulus
Function of Proximal Nephron
Filtration
Reabsorbtion
Secretion
Function of Proximal Nephron
Filtration (Blood to lumen) (renal corpuscle - bowmens + glomerulus) (20% plasm is filtered in nephron, 99% return to blood later)
Reabsorbtion (Lumen to blood)
Secretion (blood to lumen)
Excretion (lumen to out of body)
Filtration barriers
Capillary Endothelium
Basal Lamina
Epithelium of Bowman’s Capsule
Urinary system id composed of…
two kidneys, two ureters, a bladder, and a urethra
Urinary system id composed of…
two kidneys, two ureters, a bladder, and a urethra
FIltration, reabsorbtion, secretion
Filtration -movement of fluid from plasma to Bowman’s capsule.
Reabsorption- movement of filtered materials from tubule to blood.
Secretion - movement of selected molecules from blood to tubule.
Nephron
Functional unit of kidney