Renal - filtration Flashcards
Although still ___, pressure is higher in these than in any other capillaries in the body
capillaries
Characteristics of glomerulus
Larger surface area
Larger fenestrations for easier filtration
Efferent arteriole is smaller than the afferent
This then requires more pressure to get plasma OUT of the glomerulus through the efferent arteriole
This pressure builds backwards into the glomerulus increasing filter pressure (positive pressure)
Efferent arteriole is smaller than the afferent
Pressure in glomerulus pushing outward into capsular space
Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure (GBHP)
Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure (GBHP) normal?
Usually 55mmHg
Hydrostatic pressure exerted by the fluid in capsular space that pushes inward on the visceral glomerular membrane
Capsular hydrostatic pressure (CHP)
“back pressure”
Capsular hydrostatic pressure (CHP)
Normal Capsular hydrostatic pressure (CHP)?
15 mmHg
Pressure due to proteins in blood plasma (mainly albumin)
Blood colloid osmotic pressure (BCOP)
“gravitational pull”
Opposes filtration
Blood colloid osmotic pressure (BCOP)
Pulls on fluid/solutes to keep them in the glomerulus if possible
Blood colloid osmotic pressure (BCOP)
Usually 30mmHg
GBHP-CHP-BCOP
NFP
NFP= 55mmHg-15mmHg-30mmHg
NFP
GBHP-CHP-BCOP
As long as the NFP is a ___ number, filtration will occur
positive
If NFP calculates into a ___ number, NO FILTRATION is occurring
negative
Promoting filtration eventually leads to ___
urine production
the amount of blood filtered by the kidneys’ glomeruli into capsular space per unit time
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Glomerular Filtration Rate
the amount of blood filtered by the kidneys’ glomeruli into capsular space per unit time
Normal GFR?
125 mL/min
If GFR too fast?
filtrate may pass too quickly and required substances may not be reabsorbed
If GFR too slow?
nearly all filtrate may be reabsorbed and certain wastes may not be excreted efficiently
GFR is calculated as an estimated rate (no actual measurements).
Using what 5 components?
Creatinine
Age
Race
Weight
Gender
waste from the breakdown of muscle (normal)
Creatinine
As blood is filtered through the nephrons, the kidney neither reabsorbs or metabolizes this substance?
Creatinine
Should freely pass through the filtration membrane and be urinated out?
Creatinine
In a normal healthy adult, the serum level should be near or at the same level of the urine creatinine clearance (24hour urine collection)
Creatinine
If the urine level is low, this means the kidneys are not filtering the serum ___ properly (kidney damage)
creatinine
Usually means that the creatinine serum level will be elevated if what is low?
urine level (i.e., not be excreted thus held in the serum)
GFR directly related to pressures that determine ____
net filtration pressure
Ex: Severe blood loss reduces mean arterial pressure as well as glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure
If GBHP drops by even 10mmHg, filtration in the glomerulus ___ (remember the NFP is what is needed to force filtration)
stops
Mechanisms that regulate GFR
Renal autoregulation
Neural regulation
Hormonal regulation
Renal autoregulation
Neural regulation
Hormonal regulation
Mechanisms that regulate GFR
Innate actions that occur within the kidney
Mechanisms that regulate GFR
Renal autoregulation
Sympathetic nervous system input (or reduction of input)
Mechanisms that regulate GFR
Neural regulation
Angiotensin II
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)
(Mechanisms that regulate GFR)
Hormonal regulation
GFR- Renal Autoregulation Mechanisms
Myogenic mechanism
Tubuloglomerular feedback