Chapter 24 Flashcards
Kidneys
filter blood remove waste products and convert filtrate into urine
Ureters
Transport urine from kidney to urinary bladder
urinary bladder
Stores up to 1 L of urine; expandable muscular sac
urethra
Eliminates urine from the body
8 functions of the kidney
Processes that occur as filtrate is converted to urine:
1. Regulation of total body water volume & solute concentration
2. Regulation of ion levels in extracellular fluid
3. Regulation of acid-base balance
4. Elimination of metabolic wastes, drugs & toxins
5. Production and release of erythropoietin
6. Regulation of blood pressure
7.Formation of active vitamin D (calcitriol)
8. Gluconeogenesis during prolonged fasting
Adrenal glands
small, triangular-shaped glands located on top of both kidneys. Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions.
hilum
a depressed surface at the center of the medial surface of the lung and lies anteriorly to the fifth through seventh thoracic vertebrae.
Urinary tract
utterers, urinary bladder, urethra
Fibrous capsule
capsule adheres to kidney surface; protects from trauma & infection
Perinephric & paranephric fat
cushions & supports
Renal fascia
anchors kidney to surrounding structures
Innervation of Kidneys
Sympathetic nerves from T10–T12
(renal plexus surround renal artery)
-Blood vessels of kidney and juxtaglomerular apparatus to decrease glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
-Decreases urine production
-Parasympthetic nerve from CN X
Glomerulus
visceral layer: Inner most layer
Parietal layer: middle layer
Capsular space
Capsular space:
the glomerular capsular space (space within the Bowman’s capsule) contains the filtrate (water and solutes) and modifies it to be urine
Renal Corpuscle
sisters blood
Glomerulus
is a knot of fenestrated glomerular capillaries
Visceral layer
the inner layer permeable, podocytes
Parietal layer
Outer layer impermeable s squamous
Renal tubule is specialized for
reabsorbtion and secretion
nephron loop
the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.
DCT (parathyroid hormone)
End of ascending limb to collecting duct (CD)
Fine-tuned reabsorption; adjusts to body’s needs
Sparse microvilli
Principal cells
maintain H2O Na+ balance more numerous few microvilli, alderstone hormone
ADH
a chemical produced in the brain that causes the kidneys to release less water, decreasing the amount of urine produced.
Intercalated cells
regulate urine and blood by removing acid (h+) Type A and Base (HCO3) type B
Cortical
the renal corpuscle is located in the outer cortex of the kidney; their renal tubules are short and extend through the cortex and dip into the outer medulla.
Juxtamedullary
long loops of Henle that extend deep into the inner medulla. Midcortical nephrons, which have glomeruli located near the midregion of the cortex, may have long or short loops.
renin
Renin is an enzyme made by special cells in your kidneys. It’s part of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system — a chain reaction designed to regulate your blood pressure. Specifically, renin controls the production of aldosterone, a hormone made by your adrenal glands.
Aldosterone
A steroid hormone made by the adrenal cortex (the outer layer of the adrenal gland). It helps control the balance of water and salts in the kidney by keeping sodium in and releasing potassium from the body. Too much aldosterone can cause high blood pressure and a build-up of fluid in body tissues.
granular cells
modified smooth muscle cells of afferent arterioles they synthesize, store and release renin
Macula densa
modified epithelial cells of DCT
distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
a short nephron segment, interposed between the macula densa and collecting duct.
Extraglomerular mesangial cells
between arteriole tubule cells, many gap junctions communicate with other cells of JGA
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus (JGA)
consisting of the glomerular afferent and efferent arterioles and the specialized tubular epithelial cells called the macula densa, plays a central role in the regulation of glomerular hemodynamics and renin release.
Two Fluid Flow Patterns in Urine Formation
- Blood flow in & out of the kidney
- Flow of filtrate, tubular fluid & urine through the nephron, collecting ducts, ureters, urinary bladder & urethra
Filtrate, Tubular Fluid & Urine Flow Through Nephrons & Urinary Tract
- capsular space
- proximal convoluted tubule
- descending limb of nephron loop
- ascending limb of nephron loop
- distal convoluted tubule
- Collecting tubules
- collecting duct
- papillary duct
- minor calyx
- major calyx
- renal pelvis
- ureter
- urinary pladder
- urethra
Gomerula filtration
the movement of substances from the blood within the glomerulus into the capsular space
Tubular reabsorption
the movement of substances from the tubular fluid back into the blood
Tubular secretion
the movement of substances from the blood into the tubular fluid
Glomerular filteration
Blood pressure forces H2O & small solutes across a porous, negatively charged filtration membrane
Glomerular filteration 3 layers
- Glomerular endothelium
- Glomerular basement membrane
- Visceral layer of glomerular capsule
Glomerular endothelium
Fenestrated capillaries
Blocks blood cells
Glomerular basement membrane
Blocks everything but the smallest plasma proteins
Visceral layer of glomerular capsule
Blocks passage of most small proteins
Glomerular Mesangial Cells
Modified smooth muscle cells between glomerular capillary loops
Have phagocytic, contractile, and signaling properties
Filtrate can be
Freely filtered
Small substances like water, glucose, amino acids, ions pass through easily
Not filtered
Formed elements & large proteins do not pass
Limited filtration
Proteins of intermediate size
Usually blocked from filtration due to size or negative charge
Glomerular hydrostatic pressure (HPg)
60 mmHg out
Blood colloid osmotic pressure (OPg)
32 mmHg
Capsular hydrostatic pressure (HPc)
18 mmHg
Net filteration pressure (NFP)
Hug - OPg - HPc= 10 mmHg
Variables Influenced by Net Filtration Pressure (NFP)
-Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
-Increased BP = increased HPg = NFP
-Intrinsic controls (renal autoregulation)
-Extrinsic controls that maintain GFR & BP (JGA)
-Extrinsic controls that change GFR & BP (neural and hormonal)
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR
rate at which the volume of filtrate is formed (mL/min)
Increased Bp means what for GFR
Increases GFR & amount of filtrate formed
Decreases filtrate reabsorption
Increases solutes & water remaining in tubular fluid
Increases substances in urine
Regulation of GFR
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is tightly regulated
Helps control urine production based on physiologic conditions (e.g., hydration status)
GFR is influenced by
-Changing luminal diameter of afferent arterioles and altering surface areas of filteration membrane
Intrinsic controls (renal autoregulation)
myogenic response & tubuloglomerular feedback