Renal 3 Flashcards
Of the 180L/day filtered what is excreted
less than 1% (1.5L)
what does regulated reabsorption allow kidneys to do
selectively return ions and water to plasma and maintain homeostasis
Why filter 180L if only excreting 1%
- rapid way to remove unwanted materials
- rapid regulation of fluid and ions
what can be active and passive
reabsorption
filtrate in lumen and ECF initially have what similar
solute, they are isosmotic
reabsorption involves what two types of transport
transepithilial (transcellular)
paracellular
transepithelial transport
substances cross the apical and basolateral membranes of tubule cells to enter ECF (require protein transporters)
paracellular transport
substances pass through the cell to cell junctions between two adjacent tubule cells
what creates the electrochemical gradient that drives reabsorption
reabsorption of sodium set up by Na-K ATPase
what does sodium do
starts process of active transport that drives all reabsorption within proximal tubule
what kind of transport is basolateral Na always
active transport via NA-K ATPase
how does Na cause secondary active transport (symport with Na+)
Na moving down its electrochemical gradient pulls glucose, amino acids, ions into the cell against their concentration gradient
What are two other reabsorption mechanisms
passive reabsorption, endocytosis
passive reabsorption (e.g. urea)
initially urea=urea
when Na and anions move, H20 drawn via osmotic gradient and urea now has concentration gradieint to move via paracellular transport
endocytosis
megalin binds to small plasma proteins and peptides to be digested by lyosomes in cell
what do the majority of substances transported in the nephron use
membrane proteins
what is saturation of these membrane proteins
max rate of transport that occurs when all available carrier are occupied
what is the transport rate at saturation
transport maximum
what happens when excess glucose is filtered
more glucose then transporter so glucose excreted
renal threshold
plasma concentration of a solute when it first appears in the urine
amount excreted =
Amount filtered - amount absorbed + amount secreted
what is glucose appearing in urine called
glucosuria or glycosuria
what causes the peritubular capillary pressures to favor reabsorpition
colloid osmotic gradient from protein witihin peritubular capillaries draws fluid and dissolved solutes to be reabsorbed
what does the hydrostatic pressure drop to after fluid is removed and resistance encountered
10mmHg