Genitourinary A&P (6) Flashcards
What are the parts of the urinary system
Kidneys - make urine
Ureters - transport urine to bladder
Bladder - store urine
Urethra - get rid of urine
What are the 10 functions of the kidneys
- Maintain Water balance
- Maintain osmolarity of body fluids
- Regulate quantity and amount of ECF ions (Na, K, Cl, H, Bicarbonate)
- Maintain plasma volume/blood pressure
- maintain acid base balancne (H and bicarbonate)
- excreating waste (urea, uric acid, creatine)
- Excrete foreign compounds
- produce erythropoietin
- produce renin
- convert vitamin D to active form
What is acute kidney failure
sudden loss of kidney function
What is cystitis
inflammation of bladder
What is Hematuria
blood in the urine
What is Hemodialysis
a method of clearing waste products from the blood
What is nocturia
night urination
what is polyuria
excessive urination
what is uremia
retention of urinary constituants in the blood
What is hydronephrosis
water in the kidney
what are the parts of the nephron
glomerulus glomerular capsule (bowmans) Proximal convoluted tubule Loop of henle Distal convoluted tubule collecting duct
What are the vascular components of the nephron
afferent arteriole (carries blood to glomerulus) glomerulus (filters protein free plasma to tubular component) efferent arteriole (carries blood from the glomerulus) pertibular capillaries (supply renal tissues, does exchanges with the tubular lumen)
What are the tubular components of the nephron
bowmans capsule (collects glomerular filtrate)
proximal tubule (uncontrolled reabsorption and secretion)
Loop of henle (establishes osmotic gradient in the renal medulla allowing for different concentrations of urine)
distal tubule and collecting duct (controlled reabsorption of Na+, H2O, and secretion of K and H)
What is the combined vascular/tubular component of the nephron
juxtaglomerular apparatus (produces substances involved in control of kidney function)
What is the glomerulus
a network of about 50 capillaries with an endothelial lining that has circular fenestrations (pores) that make it 100 to 1000 times more permeable than normal capillaries
What percent of blood passes through the glomerulus into the kidney tubule through bowmans capsule
20%
What is the structure of the glomerular capsule (bowmans)
its a double walled structure of squamous epithelium, the outer layer is continuous with the epithelium of the proximal tubule, the inner layer is composed of podocytes that are closely associated with the glomerular capillaries
What are the three layers that the filtrate must pass through in the glomerulus and capsule
- capillary endothelium (fenestrations)
- basement membrane (thick, with type IV collagen)
- podocytes (primary and secondary processes with a uniform width of 40 nm)
What does glomerular filtration prevent and permit
it prevents the passage of blood cells and most plasma proteins
it permits the movement of water, metabolic wastes, ions, glucose, fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, and other solutes
What is the proximal convoluted tubule
the tubule that receives the filtrate from the glomerulus its epithelium is continuous with the glomerular capsule
and is asingle layer of cuboidal cells with microvili,
it also has many mitochondria for active transport
What are the parts of the nephron loop
descending and ascending thin limbs made of flat squamous cells without microvili
ascending thick limb made of cuboidal cells without microvili
Where does the distal convoluted tubule start
at the macula densa
What are the three major functions of the nephron
glomerular filtration (from capillaries to kidney tubule) tubular reabsorption (from tubule into blood) tubular secretion (from blood into tubule)
What is the “formula” for whats in urine
Urine = materials filtered - materials reasborbed + materials secreted
What is the glomerular filtrate, and how much is there per day
the portion of blood plasma the enters the glomerular capsule,
about 45 gallons per day