HRM Week 10 Flashcards
List some things reabsorbed by the DCT?
Na,Cl, HCO3, H2O( presence of ADH)
List some things reabsorbed by the PCT
Glucose, amino acids, protein, vitamins, lactate, urea, uric acid, Na,K,Ca, Mg,Cl, HC03, H2O
List some things secreted into the PCT?
Urea, uric acid, creatine, H+ , NH4+, some drugs
List some things reabsorbed by the descending limb?
Water
List some things secreted into the descending limb?
Urea
List some things reabsorbed by the ascending limb?
Na, K, Cl
List some things secreted into the DCT?
K+,H+,NH4+
List some things reabsorbed by the collecting duct?
Water ( presence of ADH) and urea
What are the ranges of osmolality of urine than can be excreted?
50-1200-1400 mosm/kg of H20
What volume of urine can be formed per day?
0.5L-20L/ day
Osmolality of glomerular filtrate is the same as that of plasma, what is it?
285 mosm/kgH20
Explain effect of increased ADH on urine volume and osmolality?
Small urine volume and high osmolality
What percent reduction in plasma volume is a potent stimuli for ADH release?
10%
List some important actions of ADH on the renal tubules
Increase permeability of collecting duct to water, increases permeability of the medullary portion of the collecting duct to urea by inserting transporters UT-A1 and UT-A3, stimulates reabsorption of NaCl by the thick ascending limb of Henles loop, DCT and CD
What is free water?
Water that is free of solutes - generated in the diluting segments
When there is low ADH levels, what is the free water clearance?
Positive as there is dilute urine
What is obligatory urine volume?
Minimum urine volume in which the excreted solute can be dissolved and excreted - 500ml/day
What is central diabetes insipidus?
Failure to produce ADH
What is nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?
Failure to respond to ADH
Which segments of the tubule are diluting segments ?
Thick ascending and early distal tubule
Which cells become permeable to water in presence of adh
Principle cells of late distal tubule and cortical collecting duct
What does a high protein diet increase?
Increases kidneys ability to concentrate the urine as amount of urea formed is more
Which aquaporin channel is inserted onto the luminal membrane of principal cells?
Aquaporin 2 channels
Receptor type for ADH?
V2 receptor on basolateral membrane
Which aquaporin channels are inserted onto the basolateral membrane of principal cells?
AQP3&4
Of the 1200mosm of the renal medulla, what are the two main contributors to the hyperosmolarity of it?
NaCl and Urea (600mosm each)
Why is the fact that medullary blood flow is low (5%) a good thing for maintaining hyperosmolarity?
Minimises loss of solute form medullary interstitium
What does the countercurrent mechanism work to create?
A Hyperosmotic renal medulla
What operates as a countercurrent exchanger?
Vasa Recta
What operates as a countercurrent multiplier?
Loops of Henle