Filtration and Clearance Flashcards
What concentrations do organic and inoragnic anionic and cationic solutes exist at in plasma vs. ultrafiltrate?
They exist at the same concentration
What is GFR relative to the ECF? What is the numerical value of GFR per day? How often is the ECF filtered approximately?
It’s 10-fold ECF; 125 ml/min or 180L/day; every 2 hours
What does the rapid turnover of ECF through the kidneys ensure?
Maintain ECF volume and solute composition within narrow limits by rersponding to correct changes in ECF volume and solute composition
What is Kf for the glomerular capillary?
Filtration coefficient is the product of the capillary hydraulic conductivity and the surface area available for filtration
What is the difference in hydrostatic pressure?
PGC - PBS
What is the difference in oncotic pressure?
PiGC - PiBS
What does the PGC only decrease about 3 mmHg going from the beginning to the end of the glomerular capillary?
Because of post-capillary efferent arteriole constriction (does not happen in systemic capillaries)
What happens to oncotic pressure as you go through the glomerular capillary?
It increases because of plasma filtration and concentration of plasma protein
What is increased from its normal value in nephrotic syndrome?
PiBS, which is normally zero; plasma protein is filtered
What are the two forces driving filtration in the glomerular capillaries? What are the two forces driving reabsorption?
PGC and PiBS (approx 50 mmHg, PiBS 0); PBS and PiGC (PiGC rises from 25-35 and 10 for PBS)
What are the three glomerular barrier to filtration?
- endothelial cells of glomerular capillaries
- capillary basement membrane (restrict filtration of solutes greater than 1kDa; proteoglycans)
- visceral epi layer of Bowman’s capsule (podocytes with foot processes separated by filtration slits to restrict anionic protein filtration)
What determines the permselectivity of the glomerular barrier? What is freely filtered?
Size and charge of solute; water and solutes with diameter less than 4 nm freely filtered
Which area begins processing of the ultrafiltrate?
Proximal convoluted tubules in the tubule
What normally has soluteBS/solutePlasma around 1?
Water, glucose, NaCl, inulin
What happens with something like albumin and Hg with regard to the soluteBS/solutePlasma ratio?
They decrease steadily
What does inulin help measure?
Infused into bloodstream to measure glomerular filtration