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Lecture 24 Flashcards

1
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Nephrons and collecting ducts perform 3 basic processes:

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  1. glomerular filtration
  2. tubular reabsorption
  3. tubular secretion
    2 and 3 = both filtration happens once
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glomerular filtration:

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a portion of the blood plasma is filtered into the kidney

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tubular reabsorption:

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water & useful substances are reabsorbed into the blood

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tubular secretion:

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wastes are removed from the blood & secreted into urine

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5
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Rate of excretion of any substance =

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rate of filtration + secretion - reabsorption

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6
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Blood pressure produces

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glomerular filtrate

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7
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Filtration fraction is

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20% of plasma

why? -circulating rate

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8
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Filtering capacity enhanced by:

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  • thinness of membrane & large surface area of glomerular capillaries
  • glomerular capillary BP is high due to small size of efferent arteriole
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Filtration Membrane: 3 Steps

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#1 Stops all cells and platelets - Endothial fenestration stops
#2 Stops large plasma proteins - basal lamina stops
#3 Stops medium-sized proteins, not small ones - slit membrane stops
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10
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NFP is

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total pressure that promotes filtration

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NFP equation =

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GBHP - (CHP + BCOP) = 10mm Hg

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12
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Net Filtration Pressure Steps:

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  1. GBHP Glomerular Blood Hydrostatic Pressure = 55mmHg major force
  2. CHP Capsular Hydrostatic Pressure
  3. BCOP Blood Colloid Osmotic Pressure
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13
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What if the concentration is lower than 55 mmHg?

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no filtration

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14
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What if the concentration is more than 55 mmHg?

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It increased/ more filtration

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15
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GFR:

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Glomerular Filtration Rate

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16
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Amount of filtrate formed in

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all renal corpuscles of both kidneys / minute

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17
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Homeostasis requires GFR that is

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constant

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18
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Too high of GFR =

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useful substances are lost due to the speed of fluid passage through nephron

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19
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Too low of GFR:

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sufficient waste products may not be removed from the body

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20
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Changes in net filtration pressure does what?

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affects GFR by:

  • filtration stops if GBHP drops to 45mm Hg
  • functions normally with mean arterial pressures 80-180
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21
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Renal Autoregulation of GFR:

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Mechanisms that maintain a constant GFR despite changes in arterial BP:

  1. myogenic mechanism
  2. tubuloglomerular feedback
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myogenic mechanism:

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  • systemic increases in BP, stretch the afferent arteriole

- smooth muscle contraction reduces the diameter of the arteriole returning the GFR to its previous level in seconds

23
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tubuloglomerular feedback: 1st step =

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  1. elevated systemic BP raises the GFR so that fluid flows too rapidly through the renal tubule & Na+, Cl- and water are not reabsorbed
24
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tubuloglomerular feedback: 2nd step =

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  1. macula densa detects that difference & releases a vasoconstrictor from the juxtaglomerular apparatus
25
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tubuloglomerular feedback: 3rd step =

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  1. afferent arterioles constrict & reduce GFR
26
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Neural Regulation of GFR: Blood vessels of the kidney are supplied by

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sympathetic fibers that cause vasoconstriction of afferent arterioles

27
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Neural Regulation of GFR: At rest, renal BV

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are maximally dilated because sympathetic activity is minimal
-renal autoregulation occurs

28
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Neural Regulation of GFR: With moderate sympathetic stimulation =

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Both afferent & efferent arterioles constrict equally

-decreasing GFR equally

29
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Neural Regulation of GFR: With extreme sympathetic stimulation =

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Vasoconstriction of afferent arterioles reduces GFR

-lowers urine output & permits blood flow to other tissues

30
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Hormonal Regulation of GFR: Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)

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increases GFR

31
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) does what?

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stretch heart = increase BP = hormonal release = normal BP

32
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Hormonal Regulation of GFR: Angiotensin II

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reduces GFR

33
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Angiotensin II has and does what?

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potent vasoconstrictor that narrows both afferent & efferent arterioles reducing GFR

34
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Normal GFR is so high that volume of filtrate in capsular space in half an hour is

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greater than the total plasma volume

35
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Nephron must reabsorb

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99% of the filtrate

36
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PCT with their microvilli do

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most of work with rest of nephron doing just the fine-tuning

37
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Important function of nephron is tubular secretion:

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-transfer of materials from blood into tubular fluid

38
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2 Types of Reabsorption Routes:

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Paracellular

Transcellular

39
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Paracellular reabsorption:

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-50% of reabsorbed materialmoves between cells by diffusion in some parts oftubule

40
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Transcellular reabsorption

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material moves throughboth the apical and basalmembranes of the tubulecell by active transport

41
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Transport Mechanisms: 2 different membranes of tubule cells have different types of transport proteins?

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Apical and basolateral membranes

42
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What is the most important ion of reabsorption?

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Na+

  • several transport systems exist to reabsorb Na+
  • Na+/K+ ATPase pumps sodium from tubule cell cytosol through the basolateral membrane ONLY
43
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Water is only reabsorbed by

44
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Water follows

45
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Glucosuria: Renal symporters can not reabsorb glucose fast enough if blood glucose level is above

46
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Unless urine has UTI, urine is

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sterile

-some glucose remain in urine

47
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***Common cause of Glucosuria =

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is diabetes mellitis because insulin activity is deficient and blood sugar is too high

48
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Reabsorption in the Prox. Con. Tubule: 1st step

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Na+ symporters help reabsorb materials from the tubular filtrate

49
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Reabsorption in the Prox. Con. Tubule: 2nd step

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Glucose, amino acids, lactic acid, water-soluble vitamins and other nutrients are completely reabsorbed in the first half of the proximal convoluted tubule

50
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Reabsorption in the Prox. Con. Tubule: 3rd step

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Intracellular sodium levels are kept low due to Na+/K+ pump

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