Kidney Flashcards
What organ is found by the right kidney?
Colon
All of the following are in the kidney medulla except?
Glomerulus (cortex)
in a healthy kidney, what does not get pass through?
Albumin & glucose
What cells line the visceral layer of Bowman’s capsules?
Podocytes
Most kidney reabsorption & ATOP used in the nephron of kidney?
Proximal convoluted tubules
Contain truncated pyramidal cells
Where is the highest osmolality?
Loop of Henle in the medulla
Macula densa is associted with?
DCT
What would increase GFR?
Dilation of afferent arterioles in kidney
Which one is the best for GFR?
Inulin
Kidney substance filtered & secreted. The clearance rate is?
< inulin
Inulin is plant starch: filted but not reabsorbed/secreted
What is the para-aminohuppurate test(PAH) used for?
Measure renal plasma flow
Aldosterine is produced in __________& affects________
zona glomerulosa
affects DCT
If you inhibit ACE, which hormone is decreased?
Aldosterone
Where is ADH produced?
Supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus
ADH increases __________at DCT by inserts aquaporin 2 channels into DCT & collecting duct
Water permeability
What happens when you’re ADH deficient?
Dilute urine
What are the primary stones in gout?
Urate (uric acid) craystals
What do you want to inhibit in a person with gout?
Xanthine Oxidase
Urinc acid is an end product of what metabolism?
Purine
How can you decrease plasma osmolarity?
ADH
What type of enzyme is fumerase?
Isoenzyme
What is an intermediate of the Urea cycle in mitochondria?
Orinthine
Fumerase & fumarate connect urea cycle via?
TCA cycle
In urea cycle, where do the nitrogen come from?
ammonia & aspartate
What is an intermediate in the urea & precursor for ornithine?
Arginine
