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Exam 3 Britton Renal Physiology I Flashcards

1
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Functions of the kidney

What is excreted?

A
  • Metabolic waste products
  • Chemicals and other bioactive substances
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Functions of the kidney

What is regulated?

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  • H2O and electrolyte balance
  • Acid-base balance
  • Arterial blood pressure
  • Red blood cell production (erythropoietin)
  • Vitamin D production
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____ is the functional unit of the kidney

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Nephron

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4
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Each kidney contains ____ nephrons

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~ 1 million

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5
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The kidneys are well ____. Compared to other organs, blood flow is ____

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Vascularized; high

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6
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Kidneys receive ____ % of the cardiac output at rest

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25% (5 L/min, 1.25 RBF L/min or 180 L/day)

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____ is necessary to expose the blood to filtration

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High blood flow

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Blood enters each kidney via a ____. Then branches into ____, ____, ____

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Renal artery; interlobar arteries, arcuate arteries, interlobular arteries

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How many capillary networks does the nephron have?

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2

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What are the capillary networks of the nephron?

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  • Glomerular capillaries
  • Peritubular capillaries (vasa recta)
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Which arterioles deliver blood to the glomerular capillaries?

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Afferent arterioles (1st set of arterioles)

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Which arterioles deliver blood to the peritubular capillaries?

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Efferent arterioles

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____ are the resistance vessels. The greatest drop in pressure occurs where?

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Arterioles; Afferent and efferent arterioles

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What is renal blood flow determined by?

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Renal artery blood pressure and resistance in arterioles

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Blood arrives at the kidneys via the ____ artery at ____

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Renal artery; MAP (100 mmHg)

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16
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True or false: pressure in the glomerular capillary is low

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False - it is high and constant, which is needed for filtration

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17
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Across different sections of renal blood vessels, pressure drops off in _____

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Peritubular capillaries

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18
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What are the steps of urine formation?

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  1. Filtration
  2. Reabsorption
  3. Secretion
  4. Excretion
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19
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During ____, plasma is filtered from the blood

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Filtration

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What happens during reabsorption?

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Water and solutes are reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate into the peritubular capillaries

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What happens during secretion?

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Metabolic waste and other substances are secreted from peritubular capillary blood into the nephron tubular fluid

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22
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During ____, the remainder of fluid is excreted as urine

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Excretion

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23
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During the formation of urine, ____ L of filtrate per day yet only ____ L urine is produced

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180; 1.5

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24
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____% of substances are reabsorbed and returned to circulation. What would happen if reabsorption did not occur?

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> 99%; Most of the constituents of ECF would be rapidly lost in the urine

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25
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The proximal tubule is a key site for ____

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Reabsorption (some filtrate substances are also reabsorbed in distal segments of the nephron)

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26
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What does urinary excretion of a substance depend on?

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Its filtration, reabsorption, and secretion

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27
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What is the equation for amount of solute excreted?

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Amount filtered - amount reabsorbed + amount secreted = Amount of solute excreted

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28
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____ is the first step in the formation of urine

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Glomerular filtration

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29
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Where does filtration occur?

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Renal corpuscle

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30
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What does the renal corpuscle consist of?

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  • Glomerular capillaries
  • Bowman’s capsule
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31
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During glomerular filtration, what is filtered?

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Low molecular weight substances that are freely dissolved in plasma

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32
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List examples of substances that are filtered during glomerular filtration

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  • Glucose
  • Electrolytes (ions)
  • Amino acids
  • Peptides
  • Waste products (creatinine, urea)
  • H2O
  • Drugs
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33
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What is NOT filtered during glomerular filtration?

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  • Cells (RBC, WBC, platelets)
  • Proteins
  • Lipoproteins
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34
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During glomerular filtration, ____ selects what molecules are filtered from the blood

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The specialized structure of the glomerular filtration membrane

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What is a filter?

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A sieve that excludes solutes and proteins by electrical charge and size

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36
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What are the components of the glomerular filtration barrier?

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  • Glomerular capillary endothelial cells
  • Glomerular basement membrane
  • Filtration slit diaphragm
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37
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Describe the structure and function of glomerular capillary endothelial cells

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  • Flattened and highly fenestrated, resembling a sieve
  • Allow ultrafiltration of the blood
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37
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____ carries a net negative charge that repels proteins. Why does this happen?

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Glomerular basement membrane; Proteins also carry a negative charge

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38
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The filtration slit diaphragm contains specialized epithelial cells called:

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Podocytes

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39
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Podocytes project “tentacle-like” foot processes that ensheath the ____

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Glomerular capillaries

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40
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Podocyte foot processes ____, leaving ____ between them. The slits are bridged by a ____ that prevents proteins and large molecules from entering the ____

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Inter-digitate; narrow slits; filtration slit diaphragm; Bowman space

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41
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Glomerular filtration depends on the balance of ____ that act across the glomerular filtration barrier

A

Starling forces

42
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What are the 4 Starling forces present during glomerular filtration?

A
  • 2 hydrostatic pressures (1 in capillary blood Pgc, 1 in interstitial fluid Pbs)
  • 2 osmotic/colloid pressures (1 in capillary blood Tgc, 1 in interstitial fluid Tbs)
43
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____ is the sum of the hydrostatic and osmotic pressures that drive fluid out of the blood capillary to form the glomerular filtrate

A

Net filtration pressure

44
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In the glomerulus, Starling forces always favor ____

A

Filtration (always a positive number)

45
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What is the formula for net filtration pressure?

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(Pgc + Tbs) - (Pbs + Tgc)
Forces favoring filtration - opposing filtration

46
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What is Kf?

A

Glomerular ultrafiltration coefficient

47
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What is the formula for Kf?

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Surface area x capillary wall condictivity/integrity

48
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Vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole - how is GFR likely to change?

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  • Hydrostatic pressure in glomerular capillaries (Pgc) will fall
  • GFR will decrease
49
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Vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole - how is GFR likely to change?

A
  • Pgc will increase
  • GFR will increase
50
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A kidney stone obstructs the ureter - how is GFR likely to change?

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  • Hydrostatic pressure in Bowman’s capsule (Pbs) will increase
  • GFR will decrease
51
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A decrease in plasma protein concentration due to protein malnutrition - how is GFR likely to change?

A
  • Colloid pressure in the glomerular capillaries will fall
  • GFR will increase
52
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In the glomerulus, Starling forces always favor ____

A

Filtration

53
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In peritubular capillaries, Starling forces favor ____

A

Reabsorption

54
Q

What is the formula for blood flow?

A

Q = delta pressure/resistance

55
Q

Pressure is provided by ____. Resistance is provided mainly by ____

A

Systemic blood pressure (MAP); arterioles

56
Q

Kidneys have an ____ mechanism to maintain constant renal blood flow despite variations in blood pressure

A

Autoregulation

57
Q

In response to MAP variations in the range of ____ mmHg, autoregulation prevents changes to ___ and thus ____

A

80-180 mmHg; RBF; GFR

58
Q

RBF is maintained by altering what?

A

The resistance of afferent and/or efferent arterioles

59
Q

True or false: afferent and efferent arteriole resistance cannot be altered independently from each other

A

False - they can

60
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Autoregulation is mediated by what 2 mechanisms?

A
  • Myogenic response
  • Tubulo-glomerular feedback
61
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The myogenic response is also known as:

A

the Bayliss effect

62
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What is the myogenic response?

A
  • Constriction or dilation of afferent/efferent arterioles
  • Intrinsic mechanism independent of neural mechanisms
63
Q

The myogenic response involves ___ control of arteriole resistance by ____

A

Local; Local vasoactive substances

Local control is exerted through the direct action of local metabolites on arteriolar resistance

64
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Vasoactive substances have the effect of _______ arterioles, thus increasing or decreasing ___ respectively through this vascular effect

A

Constricting or dilating; MAP

65
Q

Overall, the ____ of the arterioles stabilizes RBF and thus GFR

A

Myogenic response

66
Q

The tubulo-glomerular feedback is mediated by _____

A

Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)

67
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What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus consist of?

A
  • Afferent and efferent arterioles
  • Macula densa cells
  • Distal tubule
  • Mesangial cells
68
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In tubulo-glomerular feedback, juxtaglomerular cells function as ____

A

Intra-renal baroreceptors

69
Q

In tubulo-glomerular feedback, juxtaglomerular cells produce ___ which leads to the production of ____

A

Renin; ANG II (a potent vasoconstrictor)

70
Q

In tubulo-glomerular feedback, what do macula densa cells monitor?

A
  • The flow rate of filtrate through the DCT
  • NaCl composition of filtrate
71
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In response to changes detected in the filtrate, macula densa cells release ____ which control arteriole resistance in a paracrine mechanism. Macula densa cells can also stimulate JG cells to release ____

A

ATP and adenosine; renin

72
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What are some properties of inulin?

A
  • Freely filtered
  • Not reabsorbed or secreted
73
Q

What substance is used to measure GFR?

74
Q

What is PAH?

A

Para-aminohippurate

75
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What are some properties of PAH?

A
  • Freely filtered
  • Not reabsorbed
  • Fully secreted
76
Q

What substance is used to measure effective renal plasma flow?

77
Q

____ is the amount of plasma that is completely cleared of any given substance per unit time

A

Renal clearance

78
Q

Know the renal clearance equation

A

Review equations

79
Q

Glomerular filtration rate is a measure of:

A

How well your kidneys filter blood

80
Q

____ is the volume of filtrate formed by both kidneys per minute

81
Q

Inulin is a substance that is freely filtered at the ____ but is neither ___ or ____ along the remainder of the tubule. ____% of inulin that filters into the tubule is excreted

A

Glomerulus; reabsorbed or secreted; 100%

82
Q

____ is used to estimate GFR

A

Creatinine

83
Q

What is creatinine?

A

A metabolic breakdown product of skeletal muscle creatine

84
Q

Creatinine is ____ and not ___, but it is ____, causing what?

A

Freely filtered; Reabsorbed; Secreted; 10-20% overestimate of GFR

85
Q

True or false: Serum creatinine may be measured to monitor kidney function

86
Q

What is the normal GFR for males?

A

125 mL/min

87
Q

What is the normal GFR for females?

A

105 mL/min

88
Q

GFR declines with:

A
  • Age
  • Chronic kidney disease
89
Q

GFR <15 mL/min indicates:

A

Kidney failure

90
Q

In a clearance ratio, the clearance of any substance can be compared with the clearance of ____

91
Q

Clearance ratio = 1.0 when:

A

X equals the clearance of inulin

92
Q

Clearance ratio > 1.0 when:

A

Substance x is filtered and secreted

93
Q

Clearance ratio < 1.0 when:

A
  • X is not filtered
  • X is filtered and subsequently reabsorbed
94
Q

Renal plasma flow (RPF) is measured from the clearance of ____

95
Q

What is the value of effective RPF?

A

~ 600 mL/min

96
Q

10% of the PAH that passes through the kidney escapes ____

97
Q

PAH clearance underestimates RPF by ____

98
Q

Know the formula for renal blood flow

A

RPF/1-hematocrit

99
Q

Formula for filtration fraction

100
Q

____ is the fraction of the RPF that is filtered across the glomerular capillaries

A

Filtration fraction

101
Q

Normal filtration fraction value

102
Q

What is filtered load?

A

Amount of a substance filtered across the glomerular filtration membrane per unit time

103
Q

What is excretion rate?

A

Amount of a substance excreted in the urine per unit time

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