Dynamics of Glomerular Filtration Flashcards
What is the glomerular filtrate? Relation to plasma?
is what actually gets filtered. It is much like the plasma, only that it has very little protein.
Concentration in plasma=?
concentration in filtrate
What 2 substances are NOT filtered?
- Proteins
2. RBCs
What substances get filtered?
- H2O
- ALL substates
- ALL electrolytes
What does it mean for a substance to be freely filtered?
Substances that move from the plasma to the filtrate at the same concentration
AKA nothing gets in its way.
Goes freely from the plasma into nephron
Name 4 types of known freely filtered substances.
- Many low-molecular-weight components of blood
1. Ions (Na,K,Cl,HCO3)
2. Neutral organics (glucose and urea, uric acid)
3. ALL Amino acids
4. ALL Peptides (insulin and ADH)
What is the net filtration of glomerular capillaries compared to the regular capillaries of the body per day?
Glomerulus= 180 L/day
Regular Capillaries= 4 L/day
Why can we filter so much more through the glomerular capillaries than other capillaries?
The glomerulus has an efferent arteriole (HIGH PRESSURE) as opposed to an efferent venule like normal capillaries. This allows for much greater filtration
Average total volume of plasma in humans?
3 L
How many times is all of your plasma filtered/day?
60 times/day (because glomerulus filters 180 L/day)
Normal GFR?
Glomerular Filtration Rate= 180 L/day
What’s in/ not in the glomerular filtrate?
In: ALL OTHER SUBSTANCES
Not in:
- Blood Cells
- ONLY has limited proteins (very few are filtered)
What are the 3 cell types of the glomerulus?
- Podocytes
- Endothelial cells
- Mesangial cells
What determine the glomerular filtration barrier?
AKA what determines the size of the holes
The 3 types of glomerular cells
- podocytes
- endothelial cells
- mesangial cells
Endothelial cells of the glomerulus have what?
Fenestrations between these cells-
They will filter out things based on SIZE.
Only things small enough will pass through
What are Podocytes? Their role? name?
- “podo”= foot - have foot processes
- Interdigitation with podocytes next to one another
- Filtration slits- substance must be small enough to pass through this
- Help keep things out based on SIZE as well.
What are Mesangial cells? Significance? Mechanism?
- Modified smooth muscle cells
- Lay down ECM proteins
- These cells keep things out based on CHARGE by having the same charge as cells which causes repulsion
- Constriction: will decrease GFR
Dilation: will increase GFR
What charge do extracellular matrix proteins have?
- VERY/ MANY Negative charges
2. Fill the spaces around our cells with negative charges
What are the charges of proteins and cells?
NEGATIVE
What 2 glomerular cell types keep substances out based on size?
- Endothelial cells
2. Podoctyes
What glomerular cell type keeps substances out based on charge?
- Mesangial cells
What 5 substances are normally freely filtered?
- H2O
- Urea
- Glucose
- Sucrose
- Inulin