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Renal - Lecture 3 Flashcards

1
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What is the clearance of glucose in a normal/healthy person?

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zero

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Total-body balance of ___ and ___ has to be maintained to sustain normal blood pressure and life.

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sodium and water

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How is water lost every day (4)?

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  • skin and lungs (insensible loss)
  • sweat
  • in feces
  • urine
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How is NaCl lost every day (3)?

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  • sweat
  • feces
  • urine
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How much can water output vary?

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0.4 L to 25 L a day

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How much can sodium chloride output vary?

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0.05 g to 25 g a day

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7
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Is sodium and water secreted?

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no

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8
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How much of sodium and water are reabsorbed?

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99%

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9
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Where does the majority of sodium and water reabsorption occur?

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in the proximal tubule

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10
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Where does the major hormonal control of reabsorption of water and sodium occur?

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on the DCT and CD

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What kind of process is the sodium reabsorption?

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active

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12
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Where does sodium reabsorption happen? What is the exception?

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in all tubular segments except the descending thin limb of Henle’s loop

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13
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How does water reabsorption happen?

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by diffusion

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14
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What is water reabsorption dependent upon?

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sodium reabsorption

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15
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What happens to sodium reabsorption on the basolateral membrane?

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the ATPase pumps transports sodium out of the cells and keep the intracellular concentration of sodium low

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16
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What happens to sodium reabsorption on the apical membrane?

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sodium moves downhill from tubular lumen into the tubular epithelial cells

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17
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Every tubular segment has different ___.

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mechanisms

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18
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What is the transport protein in the cortical collecting duct cells that allows sodium to enter?

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sodium channel

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19
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What are the transport proteins in the proximal tubule that allows sodium to enter?

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Na+-H+ antiporter
Na+-glucose cotransporter

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20
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How is renal sodium regulated?

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when sodium intake increases, urinary sodium increases
when sodium intake decreases, urinary sodium decreases

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21
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Sodium is the major ___ solute.

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extracellular

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22
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Changes in total body sodium result in similar changes in ___ fluid volume.

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extracellular

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23
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Total body sodium is sensed as ___ filling by baroreceptors in the cardiovascular system.

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intravascular

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24
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How is total body sodium sensed?

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by baroreceptors

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Is plasma concentration of sodium a marker for total body sodium?
no
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What does P(Na) only reflect?
the relative relationship of total Na and water
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What is the formula for sodium excreted?
sodium filtered - sodium reabsorbed
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Is sodium secreted in the tubules?
no
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How is sodium excretion regulated by (2)?
1. GFR (minor role) 2. sodium reabsorption (most important)
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What is the sensor of the kidney at the level of vascular filling?
renal sympathetic nerve
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What happens to plasma volume and venous pressure when Na and H20 decrease due to diarrhea?
they both decrease
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What increases the activity of renal sympathetic nerves?
the decrease in venous return, atrial pressure, ventricular end-diastolic volume, stroke volume, CO, arterial blood pressure
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What happens to the afferent arterioles when the activity of the renal sympathetic nerves increases?
they constrict
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What has a direct effect on the constriction of afferent arterioles?
the decrease in arterial blood pressure
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What happens to the net GF pressure when the afferent arterioles constrict?
it decreases
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What causes the decreases in excretion of Na+ and H20?
the decrease in GFR
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What is the key hormone that regulates sodium by reabsorption?
aldosterone
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Where does aldosterone stimulate sodium reabsorption?
in the DCT and CCD
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How much of the filtered load is excreted when there is no aldosterone?
2%
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How much of the filtered load is excreted when there is high aldosterone?
0%
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How much Na is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule?
67%
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How much Na is reabsorbed in the descending loop of Henle?
0
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How much Na is absorbed in the ascending loop of Henle?
25%
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How much na is absorbed in the distal tubule and cortical collecting duct?
DT: 4% CCD: 3%
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What is the final amount of Na excreted by aldosterone?
1%
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What does aldosterone upregulate and activate?
ATPase pump, sodium channels and potassium channels
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Aldosterone stimulates sodium ___ and ___.
reabsorption and secretion
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What else does aldosterone increase the secretion of?
H+
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What secretes aldosterone?
adrenal cortex
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What causes the secretion of aldosterone?
angiotensin II
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What converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II?
angiotensin converting enzyme
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What converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I?
renin
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What is the rate limiting step in the renin-angiotensin system?
the amount of renin your body has
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What other 3 thing stimulates aldosterone secretion?
plasma K+ ACTH ANP
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What is found around the afferent arterioles?
juxtaglomerular cells
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Which cells secrete renin?
juxtaglomerular cells
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What 3 components activate the juxtaglomerular cells?
- sympathetic nerve fiber - macula densa cells - vascular tension of afferent arteriole
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The: ___ activity of renal sympathetic nerve ___ arterial pressure ___ GFR ___ flow to macula densa ___ NaCl delivery to macula densa causes the increase secretion of renin by renal juxtaglomerular cells
increase decrease decrease decrease decrease
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Does aldosterone stimulate H20 reabsorption directly in the CCD?
no
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What does ANP stand for?
atrial natriuretic peptide
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What kind of hormone is ANP?
peptide hormone
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What cells secrete ANP?
cells in cardiac atria
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Where does ANP act on?
the tubules
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What does ANP inhibit?
sodium reabsorption
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What stimulates ANP secretion?
increased total body sodium
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Increased blood pressure ___ sodium excretion.
increases
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When the plasma volume increases, the distention and ANP secretion in the cardiac atria ___.
increases
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What happens to plasma aldosterone when the plasma ANP increases?
it decreases
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What happens to the afferent arterioles and efferent arterioles when plasma ANP increases?
afferent: dilates efferent: constricts
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What happens to the Na reabsorption in the tubules when plasma ANP increases?
it decreases
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When plasma volume increases, sodium excretion ___.
increases

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