Exam 6 (Renal and GU) Flashcards
Where is right kidney
Under liver.
L1-L4
Where is left kidney
T12-L3
Hilum
Central region where ureter, renal artery, and renal vein attach to kidneys
Ureter
Connects kidney to bladder constantly draining urine into bladder.
Exits kidney at ureteropelvic junction
Kidney cortex
Outer region.
URINARY GENERATION
Holds renal capsule, PCT, DCT, glomeruli
Kidney Medulla
Middle layer
URINARY GENERATION AND DRAINAGE
Consists of medullary pyramids, renal columns, loop. of henle, collecting ducts
Pelvis of Kidney
Inner central cavity
URINARY DRAINAGE
Empties into ureter
Blood flow through kidney
Bowman’s capsule –> Proximal tubule -> Descending loop of Henle –> Ascending loop of Henle –> Distal tubule
Nephron
Functional unit of kidney
Millions in each kidney.
Mostly in cortex
Bowman’s capsule
PCT
Loop of Henle
DCT
Collecting duct
Cortical Nephrons
85% of nephrons
In outer cortex
Loop of Henle short
Filter toxins and regulate Electrolytes
Less strict in filtration
Juxtamendullary Nephrons
15% of nephrons
Deep in cortex
Loop of Henle long so project into medulla
Reabsorb higher higher proprtion of glomerular FILTRATION rate.
Stimulate Na retention in states of low perfusion
Glomerulus
Filter
Primary site of urine formation
In Bowman’s Capsule
Bowman’s Capsule
Double walled funnel
Reservoirs for glomerular filtrate
PCT
Proximal convoluted tubule
High water permeability
2/3 glomelular filtrate reabsorbed
Reabsorbs NaHCO3, NaCL, K, glucose, AA, water
Adjusts pH
Loop of Henle
Allows water to pass from filtrate to interstitial fluid.
Ascending limb is water impermeable.
Descending limb is water permeable
Distal tubule
Selectively secretes and absorbs ions to maintain blood pH and electrolytes
Collecting ducts
Rabsorbs solutes and water from filtrate
Glomerular filtration barrier layers
- Fenestrated endothelium
- Glomerular basement membrane
- Podocyte slit diaphragm
Podocytes
Form slit diaphragm of glomerullus
Steps of Urine formation
- Glomerular Filtration
- Tubular reabsorption
- Tubular secretion
Why does the kidney excrete electrolytes
AWETBED
Acid-base balance
Water balance
Electrolyte balance
Removal of toxins
BP control
Erythropoietin production
D vitamin metabolism
ADH effect on kidney
Permeability of collecting tubules
Fluid regulation
Increases water reabsorption
Affects specific gravity
Aldosterone
Increases water and Na absorption by DCT.
Decreases potassium by increasing excretion.
Made and released by adrenal cortex
Calcitriol
Converted from calcidiol into calcitriol (active form of vitamin D) by kidney
Erythropoietin
Stimulates red blood cell production in bone marrow.
Released from kidneys when O2 is low.
Renalase
Metabolizes catecholamines, affects HR and BP
Renin
BP regulation via angiotensin
Released from kidneys when BP low to start RAAS pathway
Kidney role in glucose regulation
Catabolism of peptide hormones like insulin.
Can perform gluconeogenesis during times of fasting
How much cardiac output goes to kidneys
20-25%
Decreased perfusion to kidney
Stimulates RAAS system to increases blood pressure
Prerenal failure
Most common
Caused by decreased perfusion
Intrarenal failure
Direct damage to renal parnchyma
Postrenal failure
Obstruction
Types of acute renal failure
Prerenal
Intrarenal
Postrenal
Chronic Renal failure
Lasts longer than 3 months
Three phases of acute kidney injury
Oliguric - decreased output
Diuretic - increased output
Recovery - GFR normalizes
First phase of acute kidney injury
Oliguric
Decreased urine output
Edema
Decreased Na and water absorption
Hypervolemic
Weight gain
HTN
BUN and creatinine levels rise
Second phase of acute kidney disease
Diuretic
Increased urine output
Improved Na and water absorption.
Hypokalemia and hyponatremia can occur.
Hypovolemic
Weight loss
Dehydration
BUN and creatinin levels rise
Third phase of kidney disease
Recovery
Normal urine output
Recovery of GFR
Renal failure symptoms
Hyper/hypotension depending on phase
Dy mucous membrane
Poor skin turgor
Decrease/increase urine output depending on phase.
Mental status changes
Muscle aches
Nausea
First thing to look at to check for renal failure
Look at urine output and concentration of the urine (color)
First sign of kidney failure in lab
Albumin in the urine
First sign of kidney failure
Decreased urine output
Most accurate measure of GFR
Creatinine clearance because creatinine is filtered by glomeruli but not reabsorbed by tubules
Cast formation
Occurs in DCT and collecting ducts when Tamm-Horsfall protein is secreted by epithelial tube cells.
Tam Horsfall protein
Attracts adhesion of other tubular particles (cells, bile, hemoglobin, albumin, immunoglobulins).
Forms casts
Five main sections of nephrons
Glomerulus
PCT
Thin descending and thick ascending loop of Henle
DCT
Collecting duct
Diuretics that work in PCT
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
Osmotic diuretics
Diuretics that work in loop of henle
Loop diuretics
Diuretics that work in DCT
Thiazides
Diuretics that work in collecting duct
Potassium sparing diuretics
(Aldosterone inhibitors
Epithelial sodium channel antagonists)
What regulates bicarbonate reabsorption in PCT
Carbonic anhydrase
PCT drug targets
Carbonic anhidrase
SGLT2
Osmolality (Mannitol)
Thick ascending limb of Loop of Henle
High in NaCl reabsorption via Na/K/Cl cotransporter (NKCC2).
Diluted in lumen.
Impermeable
K transported through NKCC2
Loop of Henle drug target
N/K/CL cotransporter type 2 (NKCC2)
DCT
Distal convoluted tubule
NaCl reabsorption via Na/Cl cotransporter (NCC)
Dilutes tubular fluid
Results impermeability to water
DCT drug target
Na/Cl cotransporter
Thiazide diuretics
Collecting duct system
Final site of NaCl reabsorption
Determines Na concentration
Most important site of K secretion
Principal cells
In Collecting duct
Na reabsorption
K excretion
Water transport
No apical cotransporters
Regulated by aldosterone
Intercalated cells
In collecting duct.
Alpha does H secretion
Beta does bicarbonate secretion
Na and K relationship
Na transported back to blood via Na/K pump.
Na reabsorption happens more often than K secretion resulting in negative lumen.
Drives Cl back into blood.
Draws K into lumen from cell
Principal cells drug targets
Potassium sparing diuretics
Aldosterone receptor for potassium aldosterone antagonists
Epithelial Na channel for and epithelial Na channel antagonists
Acetazolamide
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
Decreases NaHCO3 rabsorpton
Attack at PCT
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor mechanism
Acetazolamide
Blocks carbonic anhydrase thus inhbiting formation of carbonic acid.
Carbonic acid doesn’t dissociate into HCO3 and H.
No driving force for Na to be reabsorbed
Increased Na excretion in PCT
Acetazolamide uses
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
NOT used as diuretic
Glaucoma
Urinary alkalinization
Metabolic alkalosis
Acute altitude sickness
Acetazolamide adverse effects
Drowziness
Metabolic acidosis
Renal stones
K wasting
Neurotoxicity if renal failure
Mannitol
Osmotic diuretic
Solute that draws water out of cells.
Decreases intracranial pressure
Not really used as diuretic
Loop diuretics
Most effective (potent) diuretic against highest reabsorption of NaCl in thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop
Loop diuretics mechanism
Inhibits NKCC2 in thick ascending limb.
Decreases reabsorption of Na K Cl
Diminish lumen positive potential increasing secretion of K Mg and Ca.
Loop diuretics uses
Acute pulmonary edema.
Hyperkalemia
Hypercalcemia
Loop diuretic adverse effects
Acute hypovalemia (hypotension)
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
Ototoxicity
Hyperuricemia
Thiazides mechanism
Block Na Cl cotransporter in DCT decreasing Na and Cl reabsorption.
Low ceiling - at certain dose we don’t see increased effect
Thiazide uses
HTN
Heart failure
Prevention of Ca containing kidney stones caused by hypercalciuria
Thiazide adverse effects
Hypercalcemia
Hyperuricemia
Hyperglycemia
Hyperlipidemia
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
Hyponatremia
Hypovolemia
Potassium sparing diuretics
Antagonize effects of aldosterone by inhibiting Na reabsorption and inhibiting K excretion.
Aldosterone antagonists
Epithelial Na channel antagonists
Aldosterone antagonists method of action
Potassium sparing
Inhibit aldosterone receptor.
Decreases reabsorption of Na.
Decreases secretion of K
Spironolactone
Aldosterone antagonist
Potent inhibitor of aldosterone receptor
Used in acne and hirsutism.
Active at progesterone receptors
Eplerenone
Aldosterone antagonist
Less active on androgen and progesterone receptors
ENaC Antagonist mechanism
Potassium sparing diuretic.
Directly inhibits ENaC leading to decrease of Na reabsorption and decrease of K secretion.
ENaC antagonist
Potassium sparing diuretic
Mostly ued for K sparing effects, not diuretic effects
Ex. amiloride triametrene
Amiloride
ENaC that is not metabolized
Triametrene
ENaC that is metabolized.
Has very short half life
Potassium sparing diuretic uses
Edema
Hypokalemia
Heart failure
Resistant hypertension
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Potassium sparing diuretics adverse effects
Hyperkalemia
Spironolactone-gynecomastia
Triamterene (kidney stones)
Wolffian ducts
Become male reproductive organs
AKA mesonephric
Mullerian ducts
What become female reproductive organs
Reproductive embriology order in males
Primordial germ cells–> Spermatagonia + Sertoli cells–> Male gametes