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Lecture 29: The Nephrons Flashcards

1
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What is a nephron?

A

A microscopic functional unit of the kidney

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2
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Approximately how many nephrons are there per kidney?

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1 million

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3
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What are nephrons responsible for the formation of?

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Urine

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4
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What are the 2 types of nephrons?

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  • Cortical nephrons

- Juxtamedullary nephrons

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5
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What % of nephrons are cortical nephrons?

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85%

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6
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Where do cortical nephrons lie?

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In the cortex

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7
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Where do Juxtamedullary nephrons extend?

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Deep into the medulla

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8
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What are Juxtamedullary nephrons important for?

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Formation of concentrated urine

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9
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What are the 3 functions of the nephron?

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  • Selectively filter blood
  • Return to blood anything to be kept
  • Carry waste away for expulsion
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10
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What is each nephron comprised of?

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  • Renal corpuscle
  • Proximal convoluted tubule
  • Nephron loop
  • Distal convoluted tubule
  • Collecting duct
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11
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What is each nephron associated with?

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  • A glomerulus

- Peritubular capillaries

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12
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What are glomerular capillaries specialised for?

A

Filtration

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13
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What are glomerular capillaries?

A

Thin walled single layer of fenestrated endothelial cells

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14
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What are glomerular capillaries fed/drained by?

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Arterioles

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15
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What is tightly regulated around glomerular capillaries?

A

Blood pressure

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16
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What are peritubular capillaries specialised for?

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Absorption

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17
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What do peritubular capillaries wrap around?

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Renal tubules

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18
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What do peritubular capillaries receive blood from/via?

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From the glomerulus via efferent arterioles

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19
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What do the peritubular capillaries receive reabsorbed filtrate from?

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Nephron

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20
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Some non-filtered solutes that need to be excreted can pass from the peritubular capillaries to where?

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Into the nephron

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21
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What are vasa recta?

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Extensions of pertibular capillaries that follow nephron loops deep into the medulla

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22
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Where are vasa recta found?

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Only with juxtamedullary nephrons

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23
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What are renal corpuscles?

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A glomerulus enclosed by the glomerular capsule

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24
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The renal corpuscle is where what meet?

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The capillary and nephron

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25
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The renal corpuscle is the site of what?

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The filtration barrier

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26
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What is the glomerular capsule?

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The first part of the nephron

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27
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What 2 layers make the glomerular capsule?

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  • Outer parietal layer

- Inner visceral layer

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28
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What is the parietal layer of the glomerular capsule made from?

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Simple squamous cells

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29
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What is the visceral layer of the glomerular capsule made from?

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Podocytes

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30
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What is between the outer parietal layer and the inner visceral layer of the glomerular capsule?

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Capsular space

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31
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What does the capsular space receive?

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Filtrate

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32
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What do podocytes surround?

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The glomerular capillaries

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33
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Podocytes are very branched, very specialised what?

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Epithelium

34
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Podocyte branches form intertwining what?

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Foot processes called pedicels

35
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What forms between pedicels?

A

Filtration slits

36
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What happens to filtered blood going through filtration slits?

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It passes into capsular space

37
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Where does the filtration barrier lie?

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Between blood and capsular space

38
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What does the filtration barrier allow the free passage of?

A

Water and small molecules

39
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What does the filtration barrier restrict?

A

The passage of most proteins

40
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What is not filtered through the filtration barrier into the nephron?

A

Red blood cells

41
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What are the 3 layers of the filtration barrier?

A
  • Fenestrated endothelium of glomerular capillary
  • Fused basement membrane
  • Filtration slits between the pedicels of the podocytes
42
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Urine is waste fluid and what?

A

Solutes filtered from the blood

43
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Not everything that is filtered is what?

44
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What happens to some filtrate?

A

It is reabsorbed

45
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Some of what isn’t filtered, is secreted where?

A

Into the nephron

46
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Urine = ?

A

Filtered - Reabsorbed + secreted

47
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What is the function of the proximal convoluted tubule?

A

Carry out the bulk of reabsorption

48
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What are proximal convoluted tubules surrounded by?

A

Peritubular capillaries

49
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What cells make up the proximal convoluted tubule?

A

Cuboidal epithelial cells

50
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There is a dense what on the luminal membrane of the proximal convoluted tubule?

A

Microvilli (brush border)

51
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The proximal convoluted tubule has a highly folded what?

A

Basolateral membrane

52
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The proximal convoluted tubule has many mitochondria for what?

A

Active transport

53
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Where does the nephron loop extend down into?

A

The medulla

54
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What is the length of the nephron loop important for?

A

Production of dilute/concentrated urine

55
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What is the nephron loop in juxtamedullary nephrons surrounded by?

A

Vasa recta

56
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What are the 4 regions of the nephron loop?

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  • Thick descending limb
  • Thin descending limb
  • Thin ascending limb
  • Thick ascending limb
57
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What is the structure of the thick descending limb of the nephron loop?

A

Similar to PCT structure

58
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What is the structure of the thin descending limb of the nephron loop?

A

Simple squamous epithelium

59
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What is the structure of the thin ascending limb of the nephron loop?

A

Simple squamous epithelium

60
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What is the structure of the thick ascending limb of the nephron loop?

A

Similar to DCT structure

61
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The nephron loop has different permeabilities to what?

A

Water and sodium

62
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What is the function of the distal convoluted tubule?

A

Fine tuning/regulated absorption (hormonal regulation)

63
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What cells make up the distal convoluted tubule?

A

Cuboidal epithelium, but thinner than PCT

64
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Because there are only a few microvilli on the distal convoluted tubule there is no what?

A

Brush border

65
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there are fewer what at the distal convoluted tubule?

A

Mitochondria

66
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What is reabsorption mainly influenced by in the distal convoluted tubule?

A

Aldosterone

67
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What is the function of the collecting duct?

A

Fine tuning/regulated absorption

68
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Filtrate from several DCT’s drain into what?

A

One collecting duct

69
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What is the structure of collecting ducts?

A

Wall of simple cuboidal epithelium

70
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What 2 cells are found in Collecting duct walls?

A
  • Principal cells

- Intercalated cells

71
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What is the role of principle cells?

A

Reabsorption

72
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What is the role of intercalated disks?

A

Acid/base balance

73
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What is reabsorption in the collecting duct influenced by?

2

A
  • ADH

- Aldosterone

74
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What is the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

A

A specialised zone in every nephron

75
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Where is the juxtaglomerular apparatus located?

A

Where DCT lies against afferent arterioles

76
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What are the specialised cells of the DCT in the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

A

Macula densa cells

77
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What are the specialised cells of the afferent arterioles in the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

A

Juxtaglomerular cells

78
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What are macula densa cells?

A

Chemoreceptors detecting sodium levels

79
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What are Juxtaglomerular cells?

A

Mechanoreceptors that detect blood pressure

80
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What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus control?

A

The glomerular filtration rate

81
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What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus ensure?

A

The system is working at full capacity

82
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What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus stabilise?

A

Blood pressure

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