Physiology 9 Flashcards

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What does GFR show us about the kidney?

A

It shows us how well the nephrons of the kidney are functioning.

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What is the normal GFR per minute?

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125mls/min.

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3
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what is the normal decline in GFR with ageing?

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After 30, GFR declines at 1ml/min per year.

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4
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how much less is women GFR in comparison to men?

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10% less

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5
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What does it mean that the kidneys have a high reserve capacity?

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you can loose a lot of nephrons before GFR is affected, and your GFR has to recuse greatly before osmolarity is affected.

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What was the first way of measuring GFR?

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By measuring inulin clearance? Because it is filtered, but NOT reabsorbed or secreted.

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What is the new way to measure GFR?

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Creatinine clearance - creatinine is a breakdown product of the muscles creatine.

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What will the clearance be in comparison to inulin if something is reabsorbed?

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Less, because some of the plasma which has been cleared will be stuck with the reabsorbed substance.

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What will the clearance be in comparison to inulin if something is secreted?

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Higher, because theres more filtered product so less of the plasma has been filtered

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What will happen to drugs if GFR declines?

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drugs might not be excreted as efficiently, we might have to reduce the drug dose in order to prevent drug toxicity from occurring.

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What does a decline in GFR suggest?

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a decline in nephron function

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12
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is the creatinine and GFR relationship linear or curved?

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It is curved, this means that a reduction in GFR won’t always be displayed by creatinine clearance levels.
Eg - GFR needs to drop by 50% to see a reduction in creatinine clearance.

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13
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What is eGFR?

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this is the estimated GFR - this uses equations and measures creatinine clearance more accurately, taking into account the curved relationship.

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14
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What causes an increase in creatinine?

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Increased muscle mass - increased creatine turnover

Creatine supplementation

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What causes a decrease in creatinine?

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Vegetarian - they don’t get much creatinine from food.

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16
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what should normal glucose clearance be?

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0 - all glucose should be reabsorbed (unless theres too much)

17
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What should normal urea clearance be?

18
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What is the importance of PAH? parraamino-hippuric acid?

A

Over 90% of PAH is filtered with each round of GFR - therefore by measuring PAH clearance, you know roughly the amount of plasma that is filtered in one round of Glomerular filtration.

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What does parasympathetic nerves do regarding micturition?

A

They cause an increase in micturition, they increase detrusor muscle contraction.

20
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What does the sympathetic nerves do regarding micturition?

A

causes constriction of the internal urethral sphincter, inhibits bladder detrusor muscle contraction.

21
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what do somatic motoneurons do regarding micturition?

A

They cause relaxation and contraction of the external urethral sphincter (even against strong urges to pee)

22
Q

What is the trigone?

A

The 1 urethral opening

the 2 vesicoureteric openings

23
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What is the main muscle of the bladder?

A

The detrusor muscle

24
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how does the female urethra empty after micturition?

A

by gravity

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How does the male urethra empty after micturition?
via the bulbocavernosus muscles.
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When do higher brain centres NOT have an effect on micturition?
in babies or paraplegic patients.
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At what volume does the increase to void increase?
400-500mls
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Explain the steps in the micturition reflex?
increase in urine in the bladder (400-500) - causes an increase in parasympathetic nerves (increasing bladder muscle contractions) - inhibition of the sympathetic nerves (relaxation of internal urethral sphincter) - motoneurons - controlled by higher brain centres - you can relax or contract the external urethral sphincter depending on whether you want to micturate. - parasympathetic activity inhibits the sympathetic activity and contraction of external urethral sphincter (it gets easier to pee and harder to fight it off).