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Kidney Function I: Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion and Clearance Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 main functions of the kidney?

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  1. EXCRETION OF METABOLITES OR INGESTED SUBSTANCES
  2. CONTROL OF BODY FLUID COMPOSITION
  3. ENDOCRINE
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List 5 examples of metabolites/ingested sub excreted by kidney and their origin

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  1. Urea from protein catabolism
  2. Uric acid from nucleic acid breakdown
  3. Creatinine from muscle creatine
  4. End products of haemoglobin breakdown
  5. Foreign chemicals eg. drugs, pesticides
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Why are metabolites/ingested sub excreted from kidney?

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Prevent acc in body and toxicity

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How is the kidney involved in control of body fluid comp?

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  • directly control plasma composition
    – indirectly controls comp of interstitial fluid and then intracellular fluid comp
  • Volume Regulation i.e. linked to sodium concentration in plasma
  • Osmoregulation i.e. water balance – reg osmolarity of plasma
  • pH regulation of plasma
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5
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Name 5 hormones that act on kidney

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  1. ADH
  2. Aldosterone
  3. Natriuretic peptides
  4. Parathyroid hormone
  5. Fibroblast growth factor 23
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What is origin, location of action on kidney and function of ADH?

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  • secreted by pos pit gland
  • CD
  • cause water reabsorption
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What is origin, location of action on kidney and function of aldosterone?

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  • secreted by adrenal cortex
  • CD
  • cause Na+ reabsorption
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What is location of action on kidney and functions of natriuretic peptides?

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  • CD
  • cause Na+ excretion
  • syn + secrete cardiac cells
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What is origin and functions of parathyroid hormone?

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  • secreted by parathyroid gland

– involved in Ca2+ reabsorption, phosphate excretion and vit D production

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What is origin and functions of FGF23?

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  • secreted by both osteocytes

– involved in inhibiting vit D production and causing phosphate excretion

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11
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Name 4 hormones produced by the kidney

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  1. renin
  2. vit D
  3. erythropoietin
  4. prostaglandins
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What is function of renin?

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controls Na+ conc in plasma

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What is function of vit D?

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acts at gut to cause Ca2+ + phosphate absorption

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What is function of erythropoietin?

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  • syn in response to hypoxia (deficiency in amount of O2 reaching tissues)
  • stimulates bone marrow to inc production of RBCs
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15
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What is function of prostaglandins?

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control vascular tone

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16
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Where are the kidneys located and what’s the diff between the R + L?

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  • Kidneys between T12 + L3 vertebrae

- R slightly lower than left due to liver

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17
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Approx how many nephrons are in kidneys?

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> 1 million/kidney

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18
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What is main structure of nephron?

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  1. Renal corpuscle

2. Tubule

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What is function of efferent arteriole?

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where blood leaves glom

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20
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What is function of afferent arteriole?

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supplies glom with blood

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21
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What happens to plasma in glom and how?

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  • Blood enters through afferent arteriole and 20% of plasma leaves glom + filtered into Bowman’s space
  • 80% of plasma that’s entered A arteriole leaves through E arteriole
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22
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What are 3 layers of renal corpuscle?

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  1. Capillary endo
  2. Basement mem
  3. Tubular epithelium (podocytes)
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23
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What is structure of capillary endo and how does it relate to its function?

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  • pores (100nm)

– means its highly perm

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24
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What is charge and main structure of BM?

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  • has –ve charged sites

- 3 layers

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25
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What is main structure of tubular epithelium (podocytes)?

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have filtration slits (8nm)

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26
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What are important filtration slit proteins in podocytes?

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  • Nephrin

- podocin

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What are the 4 main regions of renal tubule?

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  1. Proximal tubule
  2. Loop of Henle
  3. Distal convoluted tubule
  4. Collecting duct
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28
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Name the 2 sections the PT is split into

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  1. Proximal convoluted tubule

2. Proximal straight tubule

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29
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Name the 3 sections the LOH is split into

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  1. Thin descending limb
  2. Thin ascending limb
  3. Thick ascending limb
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30
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Name the 2 sections the CD is split into

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  1. Cortical CD

2. Medullary CD

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31
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Name the 2 sections the renal corpuscle consists of

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  1. Glomerulus/glomerular capillaries

2. Bowman’s capsule (Bowman’s space)

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32
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List all 11 features of the nepron from start to finish

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  1. Glom
  2. BC
  3. PCT
  4. PST
  5. Thin DL
  6. Thin AL
  7. Thick AL
  8. DCT
  9. Cortical CD
  10. Medullary CD
  11. Renal pelvis
33
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At what level do nephrons merge?

34
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Name the 2 types of nephron and % they make up in kidneys

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  1. Cortical (85%)

2. Juxtamedullary (15%)

35
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Where are cortical nephrons located and how does their structure and function differentiate them from juxt nephrons?

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  • outer 2/3 of cortex.
  • short Loop of Henle
  • producing dilute urine
36
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Where are juxt nephrons located and how does their structure and function differentiate them from cortical nephrons?

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  • inner 1/3 cortex
  • long Loop of Henle
  • producing concentrated urine
37
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Where does glom filtration occur?

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at renal corpuscle

38
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Where is renal corpuscle located?

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Renal cortex

39
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What is the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

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structure formed by the distal convoluted tubule and the glomerular afferent arteriole and consists of 3 main cells.

40
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What are the 3 main cell types of JA?

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  1. Juxtaglomerular cells
  2. Macula densa
  3. Mesengial cells
41
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What is function of juxtglom cells?

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secrete renin into blood

42
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What is function of macula densa?

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involved in control of Na+ conc in plasma

43
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What is function of mesengial cells?

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lie over glom capillaries + contain smooth muscle

44
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What is the blood supply to the nephrons?

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  • 2 sets of arterioles (afferent and efferent)
  • 2 sets of capillary beds (glomeruli and peritubular) in series (peritubular capillaries called vasa recta when they surround LOH)
45
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What are the 4 basic renal processes?

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  1. Glomerular Filtration
  2. Tubular Reabsorption
  3. Tubular Secretion
  4. Metabolism
46
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What is glomerular filtration?

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The movement of fluid and solutes from the glomerular capillaries into Bowman’s space.

47
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What % of plasma that enters the glomerulus filtered into BS?

48
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What type of process is glomerular filtration and what does that mean?

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Non-selective process = no specific protein involved – body able to excrete waste products without having a specific transporter/selective protein

49
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What is the filtrate produced from glomerular filtration and what its comp like?

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Ultrafiltrate – has same comp of plasma except for some stuff

50
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What is tubular secretion?

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The secretion of solutes from the peritubular capillaries into the tubules. Secretion of mol directly from walls of tubule.

51
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What mol are syn in tubule epi?

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  • H+
  • HCO3-
  • NH4+
52
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What is tubular reabsorption?

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The movement of materials from the filtrate in the tubules into the peritubular capillaries.

53
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Do all the basic renal process have to happen in order?

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No - tubular secretion may not occur before tubular reabsorption

54
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How can u determine the amount excreted in the urine?

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Amount filtered + amount secreted - amount reabsorbed

55
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What renal processes occur in case of glucose?

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filtered and completely reabsorbed but never secreted + not normally in urine

56
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What renal processes occur in case of toxic sub, PAH?

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filtered and secreted but not reabsorbed

57
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What renal processes occur in case of H2O and most electrolytes?

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filtered and some of it is reabsorbed + little bit in urine.

58
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How does the kidney perform metabolism?

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metabolises sub and eliminates them from body e.g. glutamine met in walls of tubule

59
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What gets through the glom filtrate barrier?

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Ultrafiltrate

60
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What is ultrafiltrate?

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Normally all plasma constituents MINUS proteins

61
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What doesn’t get through glom filtrate barrier and why?

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large proteins - not able to cross filtration barrier.
+ve and –ve charged mol bind to proteins – can’t be filtered and won’t pass into BS e.g. 40% of Ca2+ binds to proteins – not able to be filtered

62
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What is one function of plasma proteins?

A

bind many drugs

63
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What is function of albumin?

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binds acidic drugs

64
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What is function of α1-acid glycoprotein?

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binds basic drugs

65
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How does size of mol smaller than 7kDa affect glom filtration and 2 examples?

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  • small and can be freely filtered - have conc in ultrafiltrate that’s same as plasma
  • glucose, inulin
66
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How does size of mol larger than 7kDa affect glom filtration and 2 examples?

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  • too large to freely filtrate across barrier - lower conc in filtrate –
  • larger proteins e.g. albumin, myoglobin
67
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How does charge of mol affect glom filtration?

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  • Large +ve mol cross filtration barrier to greater extent compared to uncharged mol and –ve mol bcos BM has –ve charges
68
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What does infection, damage to glomerulus, very high

blood-pressure result in?

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  • protein in urine (proteinuria)
  • haemoglobin in urine (haemoglobinuria)
  • red cells in urine (haematuria)
69
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What is glomerular filtration rate?

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volume of fluid filtered from the glomeruli per minute (ml/min).

70
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What does GFR depend on?

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combination of:

  1. Starling forces
  2. Hydraulic permeability (which is high in this capillary bed)
  3. Surface area
71
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How is GFR regulated?

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neural and hormonal input

72
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Which 3 forces are involved in filtration?

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  1. Starling forces (opposing)
  2. Hydrostatic pressure - capillary bp opposed by water – fluid in BS
  3. Osmotic/Oncotic
73
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How is net glomerular filtration pressure calculated?

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Diff in pressure between Hydrostatic pressure in capillary lumen and capsular pressure in capsular space minus diff in oncotic pressure in capillary lumen and capsular space = 16mmHg

74
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What does diff in hydrostatic and capsular pressures cause?

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higher pressure in capillary lumen cause movement of fluid from plasma to space

75
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What does diff in oncotic pressures in capillary lumen and capsular space cause?

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lower pressure in space cause movement of fluid from space to plasma

76
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What does net glom filtration pressure show?

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Overall movement of fluid from plasma to space (greater hydrostatic/capsular pressure diff)

77
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Why is oncotic pressure in BS considered to be zero?

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protein concentration in Bowman’s space filtrate is so low

78
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What causes decreased GFR?

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  • Constrict AA/dilate EA
  • restrict hydrostatic pressure/bp
  • Red driving force of filtration
79
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What causes decreased GFR?

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  • Constrict EA/dilate AA
  • inc hydrostatic pressure/bp
  • inc driving force of filtration

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