Exam 5: Chapter 19 Flashcards
how do the kidneys regulate plasma and BP?
through water absorption and excretion
what happens to BP when the ECF decreases?
BP decreases
which part of the brain regulates osmolarity?
hypothalamus
-thirst drive
which three hormones does the kidney produce?
EPO
Renin
active form of vitamin D3
where are the kidneys in the body?
retroperitoneal
what is the cortex of the kidney? what is the medulla?
Cortex = outer later
Medulla = inner layer
what do the ureters do?
carry urine from the kidney to the bladder
what does the bladder do?
store urine
what does the urethra do?
takes the fluid from the bladder to the environment
what is the portal system of the kidneys?
afferent arteriole
glomerulus
efferent arteriole
peritubular capillaries (vasa recta)
what do the afferent arterioles do?
deliver blood to the nephron from the aorta
what does the glomerulus do?
surround by bowman’s capsule
-takes blood from the afferent art.
-1st capillary bed
what does the efferent arteriole do?
takes blood from the glomerulus to the peritubular capillaries
what does the peritubular capillaries do?
sends blood to the veins (inferior vena cave)
-surround the nephron
what does the vasa recta do?
type of peritubular capillaries found in the juxtamedullary nephron
-MEDULLA
what does the nephron do?
where urine is formed
-functional unit of the kidney
where is the nephron found in the kidney?
mainly in the cortex
-some are found in the medullar (juxtamedullary nephron)
what does Bowman’s capsule do?
get blood from the glomerulus to pushes it into the nephron
what is the renal corpuscle?
bowman’s capsule and glomerulus
-FILTRATION
what does the proximal tubule do?
receive fluid from Bowman’s Capsule
-Reabsorption and Secretion!
what does the loop of henle do?
receive fluid from the proximal tubule
-descending LOH
-ascending LOH
-REABSORPTION
what is the difference in structure of the descending and ascending LOH?
descending: THIN
ascending: THIN -> THICK
what does the distal tubule do?
receives fluid from the LOH
-Reabsorption and Secretion!
what does the collecting duct do?
Reabsorption and Secretion!
what is the process of fluid once it leaves the collecting duct?
- collecting duct
- cortex
- medulla
- renal pelvis
- ureter
- bladder
- urethra
- environment
what is the juxtaglomerulus apparatus?
part of the nephron that folds back on itself
-end part of the ascending LOH passes b/w the afferent and efferent arterioles
-allows for paracrine communication and regulation b/w blood and the nephron
what structures in the nephron does filtration?
renal corpuscle (Bowman’s Capsule, Glomerulus)
what is the filtration fraction?
% of renal plasma flow that is filtered
-only about 20% normally
what are three filtration barriers?
glomerular capillary endothelium
bassement MB
Bowman’s Capsule epithelium
how does the glomerular capillary endothelium filter?
contains fenestrated capillaries
-large pores
-NO plasma proteins or cells pass through
how does the basement MB filter?
negatively charged proteins repel plasma proteins
how does Bowman’s Capsule epithelium filter?
contains podcytes that act like a screen to filter
-wrap around the glomerulus
-has filtration slits
what are filtration slits?
where the filtrate comes through
what does hydrostatic pressure do to filtration? (P(H))
increases filtration
what does colloid osmotic pressure do to filtration? (pie)
decreases filtration
what is filtration pressure? (P(fluid)) what does it do to filtration overall?
displaces previous fluid for the new fluid
-decreases filtration