Renal Flashcards
total body water
45% and 75% of body weight
variations in TBW
inverse with age
inverse with fat
lower in females
lean body mass
body weight exclusive of storage fat
compartments of total body water
plasma, interstitial, intracellular
extracellular fluid
plasma and ISF, separated by capillaries
1/3 of total, plasma 1/4, ISF 3/4
intracellular fluid
2/3 of TBW
transcellular fluid compartment
fluid in transit in lumina of epithelial organs, cerebrospinal fluid, intraocular fluid
organs that communicate with external environment and ECF
alimentary canal
lungs
kidneys
skin
major ECF ions
Na and Cl
major ICF ion
K due to Na/K ATPase
protein concentration
highest in plasma because capillaries are not permeable to proteins
pH of ECF and ICF
ECF=7.4
ICF=7.1
dilution methods for determining distribution
C=Q/V
characteristics-nontoxic, neither synthesized nor metabolized, does not cause shifts in fluid distribution
measuring plasma volume
serum albumin with radioactive iodine
measuring extracellular fluid volume
inulin, some lost in urine
measuring total body water
antipyrine or deuterated water or tritated water
lost by all routes
alterations in body fluid compartments
enter or leave by ECF
ICF and ECF are in osmotic equilibrium
shifts occur primarily by water and not solutes
isosmotic water shifts
change in ECF only
increase in saline infusion
decrease with hemorrhage
hyperosmotic water shifts
cells shrink
water loss or Na retention
losing more water by severe sweating, excess renal water loss with decreased ADH
gaining more salt than water by ingestion of salt tablets
symptoms of hyperosmolarity
early-lethargy
progresses to twitching, seizures, coma, and death
could result in cerebral hemorrhages
hyposmotic water shifts
cells swell
water gain or Na loss
gaining water in SIADH or excessive thirst
loss of salt by lack of aldosterone
symptoms of hyposmolarity
serizures, coma
premenopausal women do not fully recover
brain osmotic adaptation
cerebral swelling will increase the flow of brain ISF toward the CSF decreasing the amount of swelling, too fast infusion of Na leads to cell shrinkage
functions of kidneys
regulation of water and electrolyte balance removal of foreign chemicals regulation of arterial blood pressure secretion of erythropoietin secretion of active vitamin D gluconeogenesis
renal corpuscle contents
Bowman’s capsule-end of uriniferous tubule
Bowman’s space-receiving filtrate of blood
Glomerulus-tuft of capillaries which nearly fills Bowman’s capsule
Glomerular mesangial cells-phagocytic, nonphagocytic (contractile)
layers of of glomerular membranes
endothelium-fenestrated capillary
basement membrane-barrier to large proteins and lipids
epithelium-podocytes, forms filtration slits bridged by pores
tubule
epithelial cells with tight junctions
proximal tubule
site of reabsorption, distinguished by large surfae area (apical brush border of microvili, basolateral infoldings and interdigitation)
mitochondria line basolateral membrane
Henle’s loop
countercurrent direction of flow, influence electrolyte and water transport
distal tubule
returns to cortex and makes contact with afferent and efferent arterioles of the parent renal corpuscle, site of JGA
JGA cell types
macula densa-provide information on volume, flow or NaCl
granular cells-smooth cells in afferent that secretes renin
extraglomerular mesangial cells-phagocytic, communicate with granular via gap junctions
collecting tubule
tubular fluid from distal tubules from cortex to inner medulla, fine tuning of composition, fuse together near tip of papillae to form papillary ducts of Bellini
cell types of collecting duct
principal-ADH, ANP, aldosterone
alpha intercalated-secretes H
beta intercalated-secretes HCO3
cortical nephrons
no thin ascending loop of Henle
short loops
juxtamedullary nephrons
thin segment may reach tip of papillae
larger glomeruli
concentrated urine
nerve supply to kidney
sympathetic only, vasoconstriction of arterioles, basement membrane of PT, loop of Henle, DT, CD which enhances sodium reabsorption
lymphatic network
only in cortex
blood supply to kidney
interlobar, arciform, interlobular, afferent, capillary, efferent, peritubular capillaries or vasa recta, interlobular veins
glomerular filtration
protein-free plasma from glomerular capillaries into Bowman’s capsule, no active transport, physically sieving blood
tubular secretion
transfer of materials from peritubular capillary plasma to the tubular lumen
tubular reabsorption
transfer of materials from lumen of tubule to peritubular capillary plasma
blood flow to kidneys
renal blood flow is 20% of CO
renal plasma flow subtracts hematocrit
GFR is 125
filtration fraction
GFR/RPF
normally 20%
colloid osmotic pressure
increases during the trip from afferent to efferent arteriole, blood leaving will not have highest colloid osmotic pressure of any blood in the kidney
GFR calculation
Kf (Pc-Pb-oncotic c)
Kf changes physiologically
ADH causes decrease in Kf and decrease in GFR
angiotensinogen decreases Kf
ANP increases Kf and GFR
pathologic changes to Kf
thickening due to autoimmune diseases
destruction of glomerular capillaries decreases SA
glomerular capillary pressure
determined by relative resistance of afferent and efferent arterioles, determined by hormones and neural input
changing afferent arteriole resistance
vasodilation increases flow and increases GFR
vasoconstriction decreases flow and decreases GFR
changing efferent arteriole resistance
vasodilation increases blood flow but decreases GFR and filtration
vasoconstriction decreases blood flow and increases GFR and filtration fraction
changing afferent and efferent
constricting both will inhibit renal blood flow but increase GFR and FF
hydrostatic pressure in Bowman
required to drive flow of urine, high pressure causes decrease in GFR (diuretics, prostatic hypertrophy, tumors, kidney stones)
autoregulation of glomerular filtration rate
80-180 mmHg both GFR and RBF remain constant, myogenic and tubuloglomerular feedback mechanisms
myogenic mechanism
change in pressure in arterioles stretch leads to contraction
tubuloglomerular feedback
macula densa senses flow through NaCl delivery, constriction by mesangial cells reduce GFR, without reduction system would be overwhelmed and would result in loss of water and electrolytes
measurement of glomerular filtration rate
measured by chemical that is not bound to plasma proteins or electrically charged
inulin-all filtered is excreted
GFR and clearance
UV/P=clearance
renal clearance
volume of plasma from which all of a substance has been removed and excreted into uring per unit of time
inulin clearance
independent of plasma inulin concentration and urine flow (U/P remains constant)
endogenous substance to approximate GFR
creatine, small amount of secretion
significance of inulin clearance
maximal volume of plasma that can be cleared of a substance exclusively by filtration into the nephron per minute
changes in clearance relative to inulin
above inulin means something has been secreted
below inulin means something has been reabsorbed
single ratio
TF/P concentration in tubular fluid over plasma of inulin
water content from inulin
only water is changed, 1-(1/ratio) for amount of water reabsorbed
fractional excretion
mass excreted/mass filtered
used to calculate reabsorption or secretion
double ratio when compared to inulin
double ratio
greater than 1 is secreted
less than 1 is reabsorbed
diffusion
requires electrochemical gradient, downhill transport
facilitated diffusion
requires electrochemical gradient and carriers
exhibits specificity, saturability, and competition, downhill transport
primary active transport
requires carriers
exhibits specificity, saturability, and competition
uphill transport, requires energy
secondary active transport
requires carriers
exhibits specificity, satruability, and competition
one uphill another downhill
cotransport or countertransport
paracellular
diffusion between cells
transcellular
across the cell
glucose in proximal tubule
apical with Na, basolateral facilitated diffusion
requires gradient established by Na/K ATPase
transport maximum
limit to amounts of material the active transport system can transport per unit of time, saturation of carriers
threshold
plasma concentration at which glucose first appears in the urine
splay
appearance of glucose in the urine before Tm is reached
due to kinetics-maximal activity is substrate dependent
not all nephrons have the same Tm
glucose clearance
C=0
plasma begins to be cleared of glucose as the plasma glucose threshold is exceeded
higher plasma glucose concentration the greater the clearance of glucose becomes
excretion of glucose
direct proportion to amount filtered minus level of reabsorption
high concentrations of glucose
approaches the clearance of inulin
glucose reabsorption mechanism
increase plasma glucose blocks reabsorption of xylose because affinity for glucose>xylose
renal glycosuria
glucose in urine as a result of defective missing transport mechanism
diabetes mellitus
glucosuria due to the lack of insulin
pregnancy
increase GFR leads to glucose in urine
reabsorption of amino acids
Clearance=0
reabsorbed and exhibit considerable splay
kidneys do not regulate plasma concentrations
reabsorption of organic nutrients
filtered and reabsorbed in proximal tubule
citrate reabsorption
normal in urine
complexes with Ca
alpha ketoglutarate reabsorption
active reabsorption, does not regulate alpha keto