Lab9 Flashcards
what are the 3 main processes that nephrons use to form urine?
filtration, reabsorption, secretion
where does secretion occur?
can occur at different places along the length of the tubule and collecting duct.
(like reabsorption)
the process by which important nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and ions are removed from the filtrate an returned to the blood is called:
reabsorption
reabsorption moves substances from the ____ in the kidney and returns them to the blood in the ____. or _______
tubule
peritubular capillaries or vasa recta
what percent of the filtrate is reabsorbed?
99%
everything is filtered except…
blood vessels and plasma
what is the process in which drugs, ammonia, and H+ (hydrogen ion) are taken from the blood and put into the kidney tubule (filtrate) so that they can be eliminated from the body?
secretion
T/F
the urine that is eventually excreted from the kidneys has the exact same substances as the filtrates that was formed in the filtration process except that water is removed in the. nephron in order to concentrate urine.
false.
different from original filtrate because of reabsorption and secretion.
what is not excreted in urine?
glucose
filtration happens at
the glomerulus:
a ball of fenestrated capillaries located in capsule.
between the foot processes of the podocytes
filtration slits
wall of glomerulus
basal lamina
endothelial capillary wall
foot processes of podocyte
what forms the filtration membrane
basil lamina
fenestrated capillary wall
filtration slits
what forms the filtration membrane
basil lamina
fenestrated capillary wall
filtration slits
filtration is selective based on …
particle size
which of the following is not a component of the filtration membrane?
a. fenestrated glomerular capillaries
b. basal lamina
c. podocyte filtration slits
d. parietal epithelial cells of the glomerular capsule
d. parietal epithelial cells of the glomerular capsule
which of the following solutes are not able to pass through the filtration membrane in a healthy kidney?
a. amino acids
b. sodium ions
c. plasma proteins such as albumin
d. glucose
c. plasma proteins such as albumin
Proteinuria:
condition - proteins is observed in the urine.
damage to the filtration membrane and could be due to sever hypertension, heart failure, and renal disease
filtration slits are formed by the interdigitating processes of which type of cell?
podocytes
podocytes:
the cells that form the visceral layer of Bowmans capsule.
have cytoplasmic extensions that wrap around the outer surface of the glomerular capillaries.
cytoplasmic extensions have foot processes the interdigitate with each other and form spaces called filtration slits.
what is the name of the cell indicated
podocyte
filtration takes place at?
A. glomerulus.
what force fuels filtration?
hydrostatic forces:
outward: hydrostatic pressure in glomerular capsules (HPgc)
inwards: hydrostatic pressure in the capsular space (HPcs) and colloid osmotic pressure in glomerular capsules (OPgc)
hydrostatic forces force fluids and solutes through a porous membrane that is composed of three layers:
- fenestrated endothelium of the glomerular capillaries
- basement membrane
- filtration slits between the foot processes (pedicels) of podocytes
the hydrostatic pressure in glomerular capillaries (GHP or HPgc) is essentially
glomerular blood pressure
the chief outward force pushing water and solutes out of the blood and across the filtration membrane is
hydrostatic pressure in glomerular capillaries (GHP or HPgc)
the blood pressure in the glomerulues is ______ compared to other capillaries
extremely high
the inward forces inhibit filtrate formation by opposing HPgc. these forces are:
- hydrostatic pressure in the capsular space (HGcs)
- glomerular colloid osmotic pressure (OPgc)