Glomerular Filtration And Regulation Of Renal Blood Flow Flashcards

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What structures is the renal corpuscle made up of?

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Glomerulus and bowmans capsule

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Why is the epithelium of the bowmans capsule invaginated?

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To coat the podocytes on the capillaries

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What are the key features of the glomerular filtrate?

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  • small solutes have the same concentration in glomerular filtrate and plasma
  • almost no proteins
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4
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What is proteinuria a sign of?

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Renal/ urinary tract disease

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What drives the ultrafiltration process?

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Net pressure drop across the glomerular membrane due to plasma proteins

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What drives glomerular fluid formation?

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Imbalance of starlings forces

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What are the forces acting on the bowman’s capsule?

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Capillary blood pressure (out)
Plasma colloid osmotic pressure (in)
Pressure in bowmans space (in)

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What is the formula for net filtration force in the bowmans capsule?

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Net filtration force = capillary blood pressure - (plasma colloid osmotic pressure + Pu)

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What is the plasma colloid osmotic pressure?

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Pressure created by things that can’t pass through the membrane

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What happens to the pressures in the blood vessel as you move from the afferent to the efferent ends?

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Capillary blood pressure drops and plasma colloid osmotic pressure increases

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What is absorption driven by?

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A decrease in blood pressure to the point that its less than the plasma colloid osmotic pressure and stuff is pulled back into capillary

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What are the gaps between the pedicels called?

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Filtration slits

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13
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What’s a pedicel?

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podocyte foot processes

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14
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How big are filtration slits?

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30nm

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15
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What is the structure of a filtration slit?

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Central spine with lateral rings

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16
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What do the subdivides split the filtration slit into?

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Pores 4nm wide

17
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What are filtration slits made of?

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Proteins (nephrin and podocin)

18
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What does deficiency of nephrin or podocin cause?

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Nephrotic syndrome

19
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How does the Bayliss myogenic response happen?

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Increase in perfusion pressure -> Brief increase in vessel radius -> blood flow goes up -> stretch in smooth muscle lead to contraction and flow returns to control value

20
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What is oliguria?

A

Little urine

21
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What causes oliguria?

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Failure of auto regulation in hypotension

22
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Where type of cells are juxtaglomerular cells?

A

Modified smooth muscle cells

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Where are the juxtaglomerular cells found?

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Walls of afferent arterioles proximal to the glomerulus

24
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What are the stages in tubuloglomerular feedback?

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GFR increases -> flow through tubule and macula densa increases -> paracrine diffuses from macula densa to afferent arteriole -> afferent arteriole constricts

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Why does the flow rate past the macula densa increase?
Alter the [NaCl] and luminal osmolality
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What does NaCl make macula densa cells do?
Release ATP
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What does ATP release from macula densa cells cause?
Contraction of smooth muscle cells in the afferent arteriole
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What extrinsic controls are there of GFR?
Renal sympathetic nerves
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What 3 conditions cause the renal sympathetic nerves to control GFR?
Orthostasis, heavy exercise and haemorrhage and other forms of clinical shock
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In shock, how are the sympathetic actions in the kidney aided?
Circulating vasoconstrictor hormones such as adrenaline, angiotensin and vasopressin
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How do sympathetic nerves control GFR?
Reset auto regulation to a lower level
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What are the two major clinical disorders that affect GFR?
Glomeruli too leaky to plasma protein | GFR too low
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What can cause the glomeruli to be too leaky to plasma protein?
Nephrotic syndrome
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What are the three causes of nephrotic syndrome?
Proteinuria, hypoproteinaemia, oedema
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What type of medication does nephrotic syndrome respond well to?
Steroids
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What can cause the GFR to be too low?
Chronic glomerulonephritis
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What does chronic glomerulonephritis look like?
Fibrosed glomeruli- almost no blood flow