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Renal part 1- Exam 3 Flashcards

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Name the 7 functions of the kidneys

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-Excretion of metabolic waste products and foreign chemicals
- Regulation of water and electrolyte balance
-Regulation of body fluid osmolality and electrolyte concentrations
- Regulation of arterial pressure
-Regulation of acid-base balance
-Regulation of Erythrocyte Production
-Secretion, metabolism, and excretions of hormones

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In high altitudes the kidneys will produce ______, which causes what?

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erythropoietin, which causes an in RBC which increases the oxygen carrying capacity

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Are the kidneys (inside/outside) of the peritoneal cavity?

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outside of the peritoneal cavity

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What is the indented region of the kidney called?

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hilum

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What is the arrow pointing to?

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the separating the cortex from the medulla

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the kidney has _____ renal pyramids

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8-10

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Where are the nephrons located?

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in the renal pyramids

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How much blood is going into the kidneys in one minute?

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1100 ml/min

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The afferent arterioles leads where?

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to the glomerulus

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What are the two capillary beds of the kidney?

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the glomerulus and peritubular capillaries

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How does the kidney change the rate of filtration?

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by changing the diameter of the afferent and efferent arterioles

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What kind of capillary is associated with high hydrostatic pressure causes rapid fluid filtration

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Glomerular capillaries

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What kind of capillary is associated with low hydrostatic pressure permits rapid fluid reabsorption

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Peritubular capillaries

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Nephrons tends to decrease with ____

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age

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total glomerulus is encased in _____

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Bowman’s Capsule

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Fluid filtered from the ______ flows into ______ and then into the (proximal/distal) tubule which lies in the cortex of the kidney

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glomerular capillaries

Bowman’s capsule

proximal

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What things in the blood do NOT get filtered?

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large proteins, RBC and albumin

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What is the filtrate composed of?

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plasma minus the proteins in your blood

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Where is the majority of the work of that is being accomplished completed in the kidneys?

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Proximal convoluted tubules

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The loop of Henle: the ascending limb is (thick/thin)

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both, has a thick and thin segment

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The loop of Henle: the descending limb is (thick/thin)

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thinner

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The loop of Henle is found in the cortex or medulla?

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Medulla

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The cortex tubes are (thicker/thinner) than the tubes of the medulla?

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thicker

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At the end of the thick ascending limb is a short segment that has in its wall a plaque of specialized epithelial cell, known as the _____

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macula densa

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Where is renin being released?
at the macula densa
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What are the two different types of nephrons?
cortical nephrons juxtamedullary nephron
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(Cortical/juxtamedullary) nephrons have nephrons that have glomeruli located in the outer cortex
Cortical
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(Cortical/juxtamedullary) nephrons have Loops of Henle penetrate only a short distance into the medulla
Cortical nephrons
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(Cortical/juxtamedullary) nephrons are 70% of the nephrons
Cortical nephrons
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(Cortical/juxtamedullary) nephrons make up 30% of the nephrons
juxtamedullary
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What is different about the juxtamedullary nephrons?
they have glomeruli that lie deep in the renal cortex near the medulla, they are very deep
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_____ nephrons have long efferent arterioles extend from the glomeruli down into the outer medulla and divide into specialized peritubular capillaries called _____
Juxtamedullary vasa recta
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_____ nephrons play an essential role in the formation of a concentrated urine
Juxtamedullary
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What does a GFR test for?
how quickly the filtrate is being formed
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What is one substance that has no reabsorption
creatinine
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What does a high serum creatinine indicate?
That the kidneys are not filtering as well as they should be
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When looking at GFR ____ is quantitatively more important than _____
reabsorption tubular secretion
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______does play an important role in determining the amounts of K+ and H+ excreted in the urine
Secretion
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what are the end products of metabolism that are poorly reabsorbed and end up in large amounts in the urine
urea, creatinine and uric acid
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What 3 electrolytes are highly reabsorbed?
sodium, chloride and bicarb
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____ and ____ are completely reabsorbed from the tubules and do not appear in the urine
glucose and amino acids
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What does a high GFR indicate?
that the body is filtering the blood in the body very fast
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How many liters of blood do the kidneys filter in a day?
180 Liters a day
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How many liters of plasma do you have in your body?
3 liters
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GFR = ____ of the Renal Plasma Flow
20%
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What are the two main things that determine GFR
surface area for filtration and permeability/size of the substance
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What is the capillary filtration coefficient?
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What is
The product of the permeability and filtering surface area of the capillaries
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The gomerular capillary membrane has __ layers
3
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The glomerular capillary membrane all have strong _____ charges in the membrane hinder the passage of _____
negative plasma proteins
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The glomerular capillary membrane is more _______ but thicker
permeable
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What does filtration depend on ?
size and electrical charge
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____ will cause the surface area of the nephron to decrease
Diabetes
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What three layers make up the filtration barrier?
Endothelium Basement membrane Epithelial cells
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane: ______ Perforated by thousands of small holes (Fenestrations)
Endothelium
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane _______: Negative charges to hinder the passage of plasma proteins
Endothelium
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane _______: composed of a meshwork of collagen
basement membrane
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane _______: Large spaces through which large amounts of water and small solutes can filter
Basement membrane
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane _______: Line the outer surface of the glomerulus
Epithelial cells
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Layers of the glomerular capillary membrane _______: not continuous continuous but have long foot-like processes that encircle the outer surface of the capillaries
Epithelial cells
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What are long foot-like processes that encircle the outer surface of the capillaries?
(podocytes)
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Epithelial cells are separated by gaps called _____
slit pores
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Large substances cannot get through ____
nephrins
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What does a filterability of 1 mean??
the substance is just as freely filtered as water
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What 3 substances have the same filterability as water?
sodium glucose insulin
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The pressure in the glomerulus might be (higher/lower) in order for it to go into the bowman's capsule
Higher to force it into the Bowman's capsule
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Do we need to know these numbers?
dont know yet
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What is the net filtration pressure?
10mmHg to force fluid out of the blood and into the bowman's capsule
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A kidney stone blocks the urethra and does not allow urine to flow, the urine backs up into the renal pelvis, collecting duct. What effect will this have on the Bowman's capsule and GFR?
increases the pressure in the bowman's capsule and decrease GFR
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If the filtration coefficient increases, what happens to GFR?
GFR will increase
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In what instances does the filtration co-efficent decrease?
in kidney disease due to destroyed glomeruli (chronic hypertension and diabetes)
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Increasing Bowman's capsule pressure (increases/decreases) GFR
decreases
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A greater rate of blood flow into the glomerulus tends to (increase/decrease) GFR
increase
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a lower rate of blood flow into the glomerulus tends to (increase/decreases) GFR
decreases
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What is the Glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure?
60mmHg
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What are the three physiological regulations of GFR controlled by?
Arterial pressure Afferent arteriolar resistance Efferent arteriolar resistance
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Increased arterial pressure (increases/decreases) glomerular hydrostatic pressure and (increases/decreases) GFR
Increases increases
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Increased resistance of afferent arterioles (increases/decreases) glomerular hydrostatic pressure and (increases/decreases) GFR
decreases decreases
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Constriction of efferent arterioles (Increases/decreases) the resistance to outflow – increases GFR
increases
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Renal artery pressure is about equal to _______
systemic arterial pressure
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The kidneys have an ______ system to maintain renal blood flow and GFR between _____ and ____
auto-regulation 80 and 170 mmHg
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Under what condition would the SNS control the blood supply to the kidney?
under severe hemorrhage under normal circumstances the kidney regulates itself
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Very Strong Stimulation from SNS causes (dilation/constriction) of renal arterioles and (increase/decreases) flow and GFR
constriction decrease
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What 3 hormones constrict renal blood vessels and decrease GFR
Norepinephrine, Epinephrine and Endothelin
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_____ is released by damaged vascular endothelial cells
Endothelin
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Where is angiotensin II produced?
in the kidneys
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Angiotensin II acts on (Afferent/Efferent) arterioles
Efferent
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Afferent arterioles are protected from constriction by ____ and ______
nitric oxide and prostaglandins
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What two effects does angiotensin II have on the efferent arteriole?
-raises glomerular hydrostatic pressure -reduces renal blood flow
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Decreased arterial pressure or volume depletion tends to (increase/decrease) GFR
decrease
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Angiotensin II (increases/decreases) renal blood flow
decreases
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Decreasing flow to peritubular capillaries causes a greater reabsorption of ___ and ____ and ____
Sodium Potassium Water
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Memorize this chart
know this chart
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What is Tubuloglomerular Feedback measuring? at what location?
Sodium chloride concentration NOT PRESSURE with the control of renal arteriolar resistance macula densa
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What kind of cells are located on the outside of the afferent and efferent arteriole?
juxtaglomerular cells
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Where are the macula densa cells?
group of epithelial cells in the distal tubules of the macula densa
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If GFR decreases, filtrate has (more/less) time to be reabsorbed
more time
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What does a decrease in macula densa sodium chloride concentration cause?
dilation of the Afferent arterioles and increased in renin release
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Be able to draw this flow chart
be able to draw this chart
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What are the two effects of the macula densa in response to low sodium
1. Decreases resistance to blood flow in the afferent arterioles 2. Increase renin release from the juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent and efferent arterioles
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When renin is released, what happens?
Functions as an enzyme to increase the formation of angiotensin I which is converted to angiotensin II
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____ provides auto-regulation in the kidney
juxtaglomerular complex
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T/F: The GFR changes drastically with large fluctuations in arterial pressure
False: GFR only changes a few percentage points, even with large fluctuations in arterial pressures between 75 – 160 mm Hg
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What is the MOA of ACE inhibitors? What does this cause?
Preventing angiotensin II formation causes reductions in GFR
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What are 3 complications of ACE inhibitors
Renal artery stenosis Decreases GFR Sudden Renal failure

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