Exam 1 lecture 3 Flashcards
Name 6 physiological functions of kidney
Endocrine function
control of solutes and fluids
BP control
Acid/base balance
Drug metabolism and excretion
Metabolic waste excretion
What are the two big components of nephrons
Tubules
blood vessels
What is the relationship between tubules and blood vessels in kidney
There is reabsorption and excretion between tubules and blood vessels
What happens in glomerulus
Filtration (100% filtrate produced)
What structure is present after filtration in glomerulus
PCT
What happens in PCT
Major reabsorption site (both active and passive).
Glucose and aa reabsorbed.
Lots of blood vessels present for reabsorption
What structure is present after PCT
loop of henle
What are the two parts of loop of henle and what are their functions
descending (thin) limb- primary site for H2O absorption
Ascending (thick) limb- permeable to ions (salts reabsorption)
What is after loop of henle
DIstal tubule
Percent of filtrate reabsorbed at distal tubule
9%
What structure comes after distal tubule
collecting duct
Percent of filtrate reabsorbed at collecting tubule
4%
percent of filtrate reabsorbed from loop of henle
6%
Percent of filtrate reabsorbed from proximal tubule
80%
average kidney has how many nephrons
1 million
afferent vs efferent arteriole
afferent- brings blood to glomerulus
efferent- carries blood away from glomerulus
difference between PCT and proximal tubule
proximal tubule- secretions and reabsorption of organic acids and bases, uric acid and most diuretics
PCT- reabsorption of 65% of ions, 100 % of aa and glucose
function of thick ascending loop
active reabsorption of 15-25% of filtered NA/K/Cl.
secondary reabsorption of Ca and Mg
function of distal convoluted tubule
PTH control
Function of medullary collecting duct
Water reabsorption under vasopressin control
Water permeability of
Proximal tubule
Thick ascending loop
DCT
proximal- very high
thick ascending loop- very low
DCT- very low
What are some different ways of measuring kidney function
serum creatinine
blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
creatinine clearence
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
What does serum creatinine measure? How would an increase or decrease affect our body?
measures how well kidneys filter waste from blood.
Increase in this is bad
What does Blood urea nitrogen measure (BUN), how would change affect it?
Measures waste from liver breakdown of AA
increase is bad
What does creatinine clearence measure
Useful for predicting secretion and drug clearence