Kidneyss Flashcards
Pronephros
week 4 then degenerates
Mesonephros
functions as interim kidney for 1st trimester; later contributes to male genital system
metanephros
permanent, first appears in 5th week of gestation; nephrogenesis continues though 32-36 weeks of gestation
ureteric bud
derived from the caudal end of the mesonephric duct; gives rise to the ureter, pelvices, calyces and collecting ducts, fully canalized by the 10th week
The kidneys are derivitives of?
mesoderm
the urethra is a derivitive of?
endoderm
Metanephric mesenchyme and utereric bud interact
the interaction induces differentiation and formation of glomerulus through to distal convoluted tubule, if the interaction goes wrong –> congenital malformations
Ureteropelvic junction
last to canalize –> most common site of obstruction (hydronephrosis) in fetus
Potter sequence
oligohydramnios –> compression of developing fetus –> limb deformities, facial anomalies (low sets ears and retrognathia), compression of chest (pulmonary hyperplasia leads to death)
causes include: ARPKD, posterior urethral valves and bilateral renal angenesis
Potter mnemonic
Pulmonary hypoplasia oligohydramnios twisted face twisted skin extremity defects renal failure in utero
horse shoe kidney
- inferior poles of both kidneys fuse
- as the ascend from pelvis during fetal development they get trapped under the IMA and remain low in the abdomen.
- kidney function is normal
- increased risk for ureteropelvic junction obstruction, hydronephrosis, renal stones and rarely renal cancer (wilms tumor)
assoc with TURNERS
multicystic dysplastic kidney
-due to abnormal interaction of the ureteruc bud and the metanephric mesenchyme —> cysts and connective tissue issues and non functioning kindey, can be seen on US
What do we use to estimate the GFR? why?
Creatinine
GFR = clearance of creatinine = UV/P
it is freely filtered, not reasorbed and not secreted, well just a tiny bit of secretion
What do we use to measure RPF?
PAH, to measure the ERPF = UV/P = clearance of PAH
RBF= RPF (1-hct)
PAH is both filtered and actively secreted in the proximal tubule, nearly all PAH entering the kidney is excreted
Hartnup disease
autosomal recessive disorder
- deficiency of neutral amino acid transporters in the PT.
- lose tryptophan, need tryptophan to make niacin with the help of B6
- pellagra (diarrhea, dementia and dermatitis)
Fanconi syndrome
- reabsorption defect in PT
- assoc with increase excretion of nearly all amino acids, glucose, HCO3 and PO4
- may result in metabolic acidosis
- type II renal acidosis (cant reabsorm HCO3/make)