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L14- Urinary Flashcards

1
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Function of the urinary system

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Regulates extracellular fluid (plasma +ISF)

By filtering blood of wastes ➡️ urine

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Result(s) of kidneys regulating extracellular fluid

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  • waste concentration
  • pH (H+ & Hco3)
  • water
    Electrolyte concentration
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What are the organs found in the urinary system

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Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

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Kidneys

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Filters blood of wastes to produce urine

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Ureter

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Transports urine to urinary bladder

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Urinary bladder

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Stores urine

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Urethra

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Excretes urine

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Renal pelvis of kidneys

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Collects urine before it leaves ureter

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Nephron (of kidneys)

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Functional unit
- forms filtrate and dumps into collecting duct

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What are the 4 parts of a Nephron

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Glomerular capsule, proximal convoluted tubule, distal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle (ascending & descending)

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Vascular supply of nephron includes

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Glomerulus, efferent arteriole , afferent arteriole, peritubular capillaries & vasa recta

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12
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What structures make up a renal corpuscle

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Glomerular capsule, glomerulus

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Fluid flow in kidneys

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Plasma ➡️ pre-urine filtrate ➡️ urine
(Glomerous). (Nephron). (Leaves collecting duct)

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14
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Filtration membrane includes

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  • Capillary fenestrations
  • Basement membrane
  • filtration slits
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Filtration membrane is

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Filtration of blood that produces pre-urine filtrate in glomerular capsule

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Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) includes

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Juxtaglomerular cells & macula dense cells

  • is the triangle area b/w afferent and efferent arterioles
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17
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What are the 2 types of nephrons

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Cortical nephron & juxtamedullary nephron

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18
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Juxtamedullary nephron

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  • less numerous (20%)
  • long loop of henle = goes into medulla & cortex

2nd capillary bed= peritubular capillaries & vasa recta

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Cortical nephron

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  • more numerous (80%)
  • short loop of henle ( mostly in cortex of kidney)

2nd capillary bed = peritubular capillaries

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20
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What are the steps of urine formation

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  1. Filtration
  2. Reabsorption
  3. Secretion
  4. Concentration
  5. Excretion
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21
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Filtration

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Blood ➡️ tubule

  • filtrates everything in the blood but cells & proteins ( too big)
  • occurs at renal corpuscle= glomerular corpuscle
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22
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Filtrate =

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Plasma - cells & proteins

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23
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What percent of filtrate is reabsorbed regardless of a persons state of hydration

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99% of filtrate reabsorbed & 1% excreted as urine

24
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What is the total blood volume of an average adult?

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5.5 liters of blood

25
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How much blood is filtered a day?

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180L of filtrate / day

26
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Reabsorption

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Tubule ➡️ blood

  • reabsorbed what we want to keep
27
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Where does reabsorption occur and what is absorbed?

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65% at proximal convoluted tubule
20% at descending loop of henle

  • na+, cl, h2o
28
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What percentage of glucose and amino acids is reabsorbed and where are they reabsorbed at?

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100% reabsorbed at proximal convoluted tubule

  • Cotransport w/ Na+
29
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Why is glucose found in urine for individuals with diabetes?

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They reach the glucose transport maximum, meaning they have too much glucose in the blood therefore some needs to be excreted out through urine

30
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Secretion ( active process)

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Blood ➡️ tubule
@ distal convoluted tubule
- fine tunes blood removing excess H+ , K+ & xenobiotics, metabolites

31
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Removal of excess h+ maintains ______

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Ph

32
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Removal of excess k+ maintains _________________

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Electrophysiology

33
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How does our body remove chemicals that it’s never seen before?

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Go to liver ➡️ converting it to soluble form then removed by “multi-specific” transporters in kidneys

34
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Concentrating urine is important

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To maintain blood osmolarity

35
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How do we concentrate urine

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Pulling water out of collecting duct by osmosis ( na+ goes h2o follows)

36
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Driving force for osmosis is

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Salt gradient in the renal medulla interstitial fluid

37
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What is the osmolarity of the renal cortex? What is the osmolarity of the renal medulla?

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Cortex = 300

Medulla = 600-1200

38
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Loop of Henle _______ salt gradient

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Creates

39
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Vasa recta ___________ salt gradient by taking in h2o

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Maintains

40
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Collecting duct _________ salt gradient to concentrate urine

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Uses

41
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How does ADH Concentrate urine

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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) inserts aquaporins into collecting duct

+ ADH = concentrated urine up to 1200mOm
- ADH = dilate urine @ 100mOsm

42
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Counter current multiplier

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Mechanism used to create salt gradient - loop of henle

43
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Counter current exchanger

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Mechanism that maintains salt gradient - Vasa recta

44
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Why must we concentration urine?

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Prevent dehydration

45
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Counter current means

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Ascending and descending limb moves in opposite directions

46
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The descending limb of Henle

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  • is passive
  • it must lose water to assist in formation of salt gradient in Medulla
47
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Ascending loop of Henle

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Is active
- forms salt gradient in renal medulla

48
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What is the problem of water leaving desending loop of
Henle? How is this solved?

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Water dilutes gradient in renal Medulla

Solution = water is picked up in the ascending vasa recta

49
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The descending vasa recta

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Picks up salt from gradient in medulla ➡️ creating salt gradient in vasa recta

50
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Ascending vasa recta

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Uses the salt gradient to pick up water from medulla preventing dilution of salt gradient ➡️ returning salt to medulla to maintain salt gradient

51
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In the complete absence of ADH, what will the osmolarity of urine be?

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100mOm - filtrate enters collecting duct @ 100mOm therefore when we are over hydrated no ADH with be present to help retain water

52
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In the Presence of ADH, what is the maximal osmolarity that the urine can achieve?

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1200 mOm - it enters collecting duct at 100, but as it passes through the more dehydrated the person is the more ADH present inserting more Aquaporins to retain water

53
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What causes ADH to stimulate the insertion of aquaporins

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Exocytosis

54
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What removes aquaporins

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Endocytosis

55
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What are the 2 causes of increased osmolarity?

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  1. Dehydration
  2. Increased salt intake
56
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What are the two ways to fix osmolarity?

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  • drink water
  • hold on to water by concentrating urine
57
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NFL for dehydration

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Low water intake = stimulus
➡️ increase osmolarity ➡️ osmoreceptors shrink in hypothalamus ➡️ posterior pituitary increase ADH (aquaporins) ➡️ kidneys increase h2o reabsorption ➡️ less water excreted in urine

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