Lec 40-42 Intro to kidney, glomerulus, renal hemodynamics Flashcards
What is normal extracellular Na? intracellular?
extracellular: 136-146 mEq/L
intracellular: 10 mEq/L
What is normal extracellular K? intracellular?
extracellular: 3.5-5.5 mEq/L
intracellular: 145 mEq/L
What is normal extracellular Cl? intracellular?
extracellular: 96-109 mEq/L
intracellular: 1-5 mEq/L
What is normal extracellular Ca2+? intracellular?
extracellular: 4.5-5.5 mEq/L
intracellular: 10 mEq/L
What is normal extracellular HCO3-? intracellular?
extracellular: 24-30 mMol/L
intracellular: 10 mEq/L
What is normal extracellular pH? intracellular?
extracellular: 7.37-7.42
intracellular: 7.2
What is normal extracellular osmolality? intracellular?
300 extracellular and intracellular
What structures are contained in kidney cortex
- proximal convoluted tubule
- distale convoluted tubule
- glomeruli
What structures are contained in renal medulla?
- thin limbs of henley
- some of the thick limbs
- vasa recta
- collecting ducts
What is the papilla?
the tip of medulla where final urine drips out of nephron into calix
Is the cortex or renal medulla more organized?
cortex is very disorganized
renal medulla is organized and has linear striations
What is the renal corpuscle?
- interface between circulation and nephron
- made of end of nephron epithelial tube and glomerular capillary
- often just referred to as the glomerulus
What is major function of glomerulus?
form primary urine -> filter plasma and put it into epithelial tube
What is major function of proximal tubule and thick descending limb?
bulk reabsorption of filtered fluid
What is major effect of thin loops of henle?
create potential that allows distal tubule and collecting duct to excrete either concentrated or dilute urine
What is function of distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct?
- fine tune whats excreted vs kept
- acidify urine
What are the two different types of nephrons? locations?
cortical nephron - glomerulus near surface of kidney
juxtamedullary nephron - glomerulus near cortico-medullary junction
What is function of cortical nephron? what type of capillary?
- salt and water removing nephron
- this is what is used most of the time
- gives off peritubular capillary [PTC]
What is peritubular capillary? where is it located in kidney?
- capillary associated with cortical nephrons
- stays exclusively in the cortex
- takes up fluid and salts from proximal and distal tubules and puts them back into circulation
What is function of juxtamedullary nephron? what type of capillary
- has bigger/longer loop of henle
- salt and water conserving nephron
- allows urine to become very concentrated thus used more often when you are dehydrated
- gives off vasa recta
What is vasa recta?
- long looping capillary associated with juxtamedullary nephrons
- important to loop of henle function
What is normal CO per min?
6 L/min
What is normal RBF per min?
1.2 L/min
What is normal percentage RBF of CO?
20%
What is normal renal plasma flow [RPF]?
660 ml/min
What is normal glomerular filtration rate [GFR]?
125 ml/min
What is normal filtration fraction?
0.2
What is normal urine flow
1.0 ml/min or 1.5L/day
What are the 7 major roles of the kidney
- regulation volume and composition of extracellular fluid
- removal metabolic waste products
- acid-base balance
- blood pressure regulation [by regulation blood volume]
- removal of foreign substances
- endocrine function
- gluconeogenesis
What innervates the kidney?
- sympathetic nerves: terminate everywhere in tubular and vascular kidney
- sympathetic renal nerves from inner mesenteric plexus and celiac plexus – travel along renal arteries
- sympathetic fibers from splanchnic that supply pain sensation to renal pelvis
- some parasympathetic vagal fibers
How many L filtered through glomerulus into bowmans space per day?
160 L/day
What are the 2 ways to get fluid in to nephron?
- primary via glomerular capillary into bowmans space
2. secondary via secretion
What is secretion?
transepithelial transport
- selectively taking ions out of capillary and transported in, very selective and regulated
What is reabsorption?
selective transport across epithelium into interstitum and then diffusion into capillary
Where are potocytes?
on the visceral inner part of epithelium
How is glomerular ultrafiltrate different from plasma?
identical except does not contain blood cells, plasma proteins, large macromolecules
How does Pgc [hydrostatic P in glomerular capillary] differ from system?
- 10-12 mmHg higher
- need higher pressure for moving stuff out [filtering]
- pressure maintained throughout [rather than in system it decreases across]
How does the glomerular capillary shape unique?
- shaped like manacle so have capillaries in parallel rather than series
- means low total resistance, pressure maintained across capillary from afferent to efferent [may drop by 2-3 mmHg]
What is the juxtaglomerular appartatus? why is it important?
- distal tubule winds back to its own glomerulus and interacts with its own afferent arteriole
- allows feebdack mech for distal tubule to regulate GFR
- distal tubule macula densa cells control secretion of renin from afferent arteriole
Where are macula densa cells located?
- distal tubule
Where are juxtaglomerular cells located?
- afferent arteriole
- synthesize, store, and secrete renin
What are fenestrations?
holes in endothelium
What is function of basement membrane in glomerulus?
acts as molecular sieve
What is between potocytes?
slit diaphragm –> blocks space between potoctyes, filtration occurs through slit pores
What are the barriers involved in glomerular filtration?
negatively charged protein forms cloud halo around membrane –> makes it harder to filter in negative charges
How do charge and size of molec affect filtration?
charge: + easier to filter than -
size: small filters easier than big
What is Kf?
- ultrafiltration coefficient
Kf proprtional to SA*K
SA = surface area
K = hydraulic conductivity
What is K? What are values?
hydraulic conductivity
K=0 –> doesn’t move across at all
K=1 –> moves a lot