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1
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What are the major functions of the kidney

A

Endocrine, metabolic, pH regulation, water homeostasis, salt/ion homeostasis, reabsorption of nutrients, excretion of medications, toxins and metabolites (waste products)

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2
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What percentage of our bodies is water

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55% (females), 60% (males)

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3
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How much of our total body water is ECF and ICF

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1/3 ECF and 2/3 ICF

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4
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What substances would be found in normal urine

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Water, salts, urea, metabolites, hormones, small proteins

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5
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Where are the kidneys located (rib level)

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T12-L3

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6
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How many lobes per kidney

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5-11

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7
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What are the kidneys surrounded with for support

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Renal fat pad (adipose tissue)

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8
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Where does filtration occur in the kidney

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Cortex

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9
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Where do peritubular capillaries drain to

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Cortical radiate vein, renal vein, inferior vena cava

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10
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How are the kidneys innervated

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A network of autonomic nerves and ganglia called the renal plexus
(sympathetic nerves act to adjust diameter of renal arterioles and thus regulate bloodflow)

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11
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What are the two types of nephrons

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Cortical and juxtamedullary

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12
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What percentage of nephrons are cortical

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85%

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13
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What percentage of nephrons are juxtamedullary

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15%

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14
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What forms the filtration barrier

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Fenestrated capillary endothelial cells, fused basement membrane, podocytes

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15
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What are peritubular capillaries specialised for

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Absorption

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16
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What are vasa recta

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Extensions of capillaries that follow nephron loops deep into the medulla (only found with juxtamedullary nephrons)

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17
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What is the outer layer of the glomerular capsule made of

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Parietal simple squamous cells

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18
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What is the inner layer of the glomerular capsule made of

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Inner visceral podocytes

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19
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What are podocytes

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Specialised epithelium with many branches and intertwining foot processes called pedicels

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20
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What are filtration slits

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Gaps between pedicels

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21
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What does the filtration barrier mostly filter based on

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Size

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22
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Urine = (in terms of filtrate)

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Filtered - reabsorbed + secreted

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23
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What type of epithelium is the proximal convoluted tubule

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Cuboidal (leaky)

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24
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How is the basolateral membrane of PCT cells described

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Highly folded

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25
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How is the luminal membrane of PCT cells described

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Dense microvilli brush border

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26
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What organelle is prominent in PCT epithelial cells

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Mitochondria for active transport

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27
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What type of epithelium is present in the thin descending limb

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Simple squamous

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28
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What type of epithelium is present in the thin ascending limb

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Simple squamous

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29
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What is the purpose of the PCT

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Bulk reabsorption

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30
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What is the purpose of the DCT

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Fine tuning reabsorption

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31
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What type of epithelium is found in the DCT

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Cuboidal, but thinner than PCT

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32
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What is the structure of epithelial cells in the DCT (same as collecting duct)

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Few microvilli: no brush border, fewer mitochondria

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33
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What hormone does the kidney secrete and when

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EPO, when blood oxygen levels are low. Stimulates bone marrow to produce more red blood cells

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34
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How do the kidneys undergo gluconeogenesis

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During fasting kidneys make glucose from lactate

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35
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What is the blood pH range

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7.35-7.45

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36
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What blood pH is known as alkalosis

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> 7.45

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37
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What blood pH is known as acidosis

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<7.35

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38
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What are the two main sources of acid in the body

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Acids coming from metabolism, food and drink, and carbon dioxide from metabolism

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39
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How is pH of the blood controlled

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Lungs (exhalation of CO2), kidneys (reabsorption and secretion of bicarbonate and hydrogen ions)

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40
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What do kidneys secrete to maintain salt/ion homeostasis

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K+

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41
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What medications do the kidneys secrete

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Lidocaine (common local anaesthetic excreted after metabolism due to its lipophilic nature), aspirin (common pain killer excreted directly due to its hydrophilic nature)

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42
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What percentage of ECF is plasma

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20%

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43
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What percentage of ECF is interstitial fluid

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80%

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44
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What is the normal osmolarity of the ECF

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275-300 mosmol/L

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45
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What is the normal osmolarity of the ICF

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275-300 mosmol/L

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46
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What does hyposmotic mean

A

Increase in water, decrease in concentration

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47
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What does hyperosmotic mean

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Decrease in water, increase in concentration

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48
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What does a loss of water from the ECF result in

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Loss of water from both regions, cells shrink

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49
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What does a gain of water to the ECF result in

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Gain of water to both regions, cells swell

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50
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What does a loss of isosmotic fluid from the ECF result in

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No net water movement, decrease in ECF volume only

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51
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What does a gain of isosmotic fluid from the ECF result in

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No net water movement, increase in ECF volume only

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52
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What is filtration

A

Movement of solutes from the blood to the plasma like filtrate

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53
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What is secretion

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Movement of solutes from the peritubular capillaries into the tubular fluid

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54
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What is reabsorption

A

Movement of solutes from the tubular fluid (nephron) into the peritubular capillaries

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55
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What reabsorption occurs in the PCT

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Bulk reabsorption of ions, water and nutrients (glucose)

56
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What reabsorption occurs in the nephron loop

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Bulk reabsorption of ions, water

57
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What reabsorption occurs in the distal tubule and collecting duct

A

Fine tuning reabsorption of ions and water

58
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Where does secretion occur

59
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What does regulated reabsorption refer to

A

Regulated by hormones

60
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Is sodium secreted

61
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Where is sodium mostly reabsorbed

A

Most parts of the nephron

62
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How much sodium is secreted in the urine

A

Small amount

63
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Is glucose secreted

64
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Where is glucose fully reabsorbed

65
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How much glucose is secreted in the urine

66
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Are medications and toxins secreted (e.g PAH)

A

Yes, entirely

67
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Are medications and toxins reabsorbed (e.g PAH)

68
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How much PAH is excreted in the urine

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All IN BLOOD will be excreted

69
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Are creatinine and inulin secreted

70
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Are creatinine and inulin reabsorbed

71
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How much creatinine and inulin are excreted in the urine

A

All filtered will be excreted

72
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What is the renal blood flow

A

20% of CO (~1100-1200ml/min)

73
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What is the magnitude of glomerular hydrostatic pressure

74
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What is the magnitude of blood colloid osmotic pressure

75
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What is the magnitude of capsular hydrostatic pressure

76
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What is the magnitude of net filtration pressure

77
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What is filtration fraction (definition)

A

The proportion of kidney plasma flow which actually gets filtered

78
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What is filtration fraction (equation)

A

CO*1/5 * 0.55 * 1/5
(1/5 of plasma entering the kidneys is filtered)

79
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What is the GFR (definition)

A

How much plasma is filtered per minute

80
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How are RPF and GFR calculated

A

By measuring the clearance of specific substances

81
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What is the GFR (equation)

82
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What is renal filtered load (definition)

A

How much of a substance in the plasma is filtered per minute

83
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What is renal filtered load (equation)

A

GFR * solute plasma concentration

84
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What is renal clearance

A

How much plasma is cleared of a substance per minute

85
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The clearance of which substances is used to estimate GFR

A

Inulin and creatinine

86
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The clearance of which substance is used to estimate RPF

87
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How much plasma is cleared of glucose per minute

88
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How much plasma is cleared of sodium per minute

A

A very small volume

89
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What is the equation for renal clearance

90
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What is an average value for GFR

A

125ml/min, 180L/day

91
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What GFR indicates kidney failure

92
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What percentage of water filtered load is reabsorbed in the PCT

A

67% (water follows sodium)

93
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What percentage of water filtered load is reabsorbed in the descending limb of the nephron loop

A

25% (DESCENDING: water flows downhill)

94
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What percentage of water filtered load is reabsorbed in the CD

95
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What percentage of water filtered load is excreted

96
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What percentage of water absorption is bulk (obligatory), and where does this occur

A

92%, occurs in the PCT and descending limb of the nephron loop

97
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What percentage of water absorption is regulated (facultative), and where does this occur

98
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How does water cross the PCT

A

Trans and paracellular pathways

99
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How does water cross the CD

A

Transcellular pathway

100
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What is regulated water reabsorption regulated by

101
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What percentage of sodium filtered load is reabsorbed in the PCT

A

67% (water follows sodium)

102
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What percentage of sodium filtered load is reabsorbed in the ascending loop

A

25% (ASCENDING!)

103
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What percentage of sodium filtered load is reabsorbed in the DCT

104
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What percentage of sodium filtered load is reabsorbed in the CD

105
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What percentage of sodium filtered load is excreted

106
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What percentage of sodium reabsorption is accounted for by bulk sodium reabsorption

107
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What percentage of sodium reabsorption is accounted for by regulated sodium reabsorption

108
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What is regulated sodium absorption regulated by

A

Aldosterone (RAAS)

109
Q

What creates the HOMG

A

Different permeabilities of descending and ascending juxtamedullary nephron loops

110
Q

Where are TBW changes and hence changes in ECF osmolarity detected

A

Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus

111
Q

Where is ADH secreted from

A

Posterior pituitary

112
Q

What does the release of ADH result in

A

Insertion of aquaporins into apical membrane of CD cells

113
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What does an increase in ECF volume result in the secretion of (isosmotic fluid)

114
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What does a decrease in ECF volume result in the secretion of (isosmotic fluid)

A

Aldosterone (D)

115
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What does the release of aldosterone result in

A

Insertion of sodium channels in apical membrane of DCT and CD

116
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Where does creatinine come from

A

Muscle metabolism

117
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Describe transitional epithelium

A

Stratified, rounded cells, flatten when stretched for protection

118
Q

Are ureters intra or retroperitoneal

A

Retroperitoneal

119
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Describe the muscularis of the ureters

A

Inner longitudinal, outer circular

120
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What improves the protection of transitional epithelium

A

Protein plaques on its surface

121
Q

Where do the ureters insert into the bladder

A

Posterolateral corners

122
Q

Why does the ureter enter the bladder at an oblique angle

A

So that filling of urine doesn’t go back up, compressed by increased bladder pressure

123
Q

What are the rugae of the bladder

A

Folds that allow the bladder to expand without great increase in pressure

124
Q

What is the region between the two ureters and urethra called

125
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Where does the bladder expand

A

Superiorly

126
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Where is the male bladder located

A

Anterior to rectum, superior to prostate

127
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Where is the female bladder located

A

Anterior to vagina and uterus

128
Q

Describe the detrusor muscle

A

Smooth muscle layer made of oblique, circular and longitudinal muscle fibres

129
Q

How does the epithelium change down the urethra

A

Transitional near bladder, then columnar, then stratified squamous near external opening

130
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What is the opening of the urethra called

A

External meatus/orifice

131
Q

What are the three regions of the male urethra

A

Prostatic, membranous, spongy/penile

132
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What muscle layer does the membranous urethra pass through

A

Urogenital diaphragm

133
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What is the internal urethral sphincter

A

Continuation of detrusor muscle, involuntary control

134
Q

What is the external urethral sphincter

A

Skeletal muscle, voluntary control

135
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What signals to the brain that you need to urinate

A

APs from stretch receptors in the bladder

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