Renal pathology-Fung Flashcards
What are the three major things that the kidney does?
Metabolism
Endocrine Functions
BP regulation
How does the kidney help with metabolism?
Excretion of H2O, Na+, Ca2+, P
Maintain acid-base balance
Excretion of toxic metabolite wast products
How does the kidney help with endocrine function?
Secrete erythropoietin, prostaglandins
Regulate vitamin D metabolism (hydroxylation of vit D)
How does the kidney regulate BP?
Renin secretion
What all does the urinary system include?
the kidneys (in retroperitoneum), ureters, bladder, and the urethra
What is the functional unit of the kidney? Where is it located?
What do you find in the medulla?
nephron-> cortex
medulla-> collecting tubules which empty ito the renal papila and into the calayx sytem.
What does the hilum of the kidney contain?
renal sinus, renal vasculature, renal pelvis
How does the blood flow from the aorta into the various parts of the kidney?
Aorta-> renal artery-> branch into the segmental artery-> interlobar artery-> arcuate artery-> Vasa recta + interlobuar artery-> afferent arterioles-> glomerulus-> efferent arteriole-> vasa recta artery to vasa recta vein-> interlobular vein-> arcuate vein-> interlobar vein->renal vein
If you see glomeruli, what part of the kidney are you looking at?
cortex
What is another name for the visceral layer of the glomerulus?
What does this blend into ?
podocyte layer
Blends into a layer of cuboidal cells that make the parietal layer of bowmen’s capsule
What determines what molecules will be filtered?
What anatomically allows for filtration?
size, charge, and configuration
fenestrations of endothelial capilary membrane
Podocytes have primary and secondary processes. Explain this
Primary process wrap around capillary and secondary processes create filtrations slits (foot processes)
What is the endothelium like in the renal cortex? what does it lay adjacent to?
-fenestrated endothelial cells
(70-100 nm diameter)
-To the lamina rara interna of the GBM
The visceral epithlium (podocytes) is located adjacent to the (blank). What does the visceral epithelium have that helps with filtration of WATER?
lamina rare externa of the GBM
-foot processes that are separated by filtration slits (20-30 nm))
Filtration slits are more involved more in the filtration of (blank) and not so much proteins
water
What are the three layers of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM)?
- lamina rara interna
- lamina densa
- lamina rara externa
What makes up the GBM?
- type IV collagne
- laminin
- heparan sulfate
- fibronectin
- entactin
- glycoproteins
What is super important about the fact that type IV collagen is involved in the GBM?
-in a lot of autoimmune diseases, they attack type IV collagen
What does the mesangium do?
- it supports the glomerular tuft and lies b/w capillaries
- contract and are phagocytic
- secretes mediators and lays down a matrix similar in composition to the BM
Blood filters into the glomerulus and the product of the filter will go into the (blank) which empties into the (blank)
bowman’s space
tubular system
The bulk of the cortex is (blank).
The proximal convoluted tubules are going to have (blank). DCT will not have this, why?
tubules
microvilli (increases absorption surface area)
because most of the absorption occurs in the PCT
(blank) will sense how much blood the kidney is getting – it is what releases renin based on this
Juxtoglomerulus apparatus
Histologically where is the juxtoglomerulus apparatus located?
separates the DCT from the Bowman’s capsule
What are the causes of renal disease?
- primary
- secondary
- infectious
- obstructive
- neoplastic
- glomerular
- tubular
- interstitial
- vascular
What are secondary causes of renal disease?
DM, HTN, Lupus
When glomeruli are injured, there are 4 basic patterns of reactions, what are they?
- hypercellularity
- basement membrane thickening
- hyalinosis
- sclerosis
What can cause deposition of plasma protein in a glomerulus?
hyalinosis (due to eosinophilic processes)
What is sclerosis of the glomerulus due to?
laying down of collagen
What is diffuse glomerular injury?
involving all glomeruli
What is focal glomerular injury?
involving only a proportion of the glomeruli
What is global glomerular injury?
involving the entire glomerulus
What is segmental glomerular injury?
affecting a part of the glomerulus
Most glomerular injury is due to (blank) causes
immunologic
What are the three ways that glomerular injury can be caused by immunologic causes?
- interaxns w/ intrinisic glomerular antigens or antigens implanted in the glomerulus
- circulating antibody deposits w/in the glomerulus
- cytotoxic antibody directed against glomerulus due to complement pathway
What is azotemia?
elevation of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) or creatinine (Cr)
What are the three types of azotemia?
prerenal
renal (intrinsic)
postrenal
What is the cause of prerenal azotemia?
volume status issues (hypovolemic), sepsis etc.
What is the cause of intrinsic azotemia?
tubular disease
What is the cause of postrenal azotemia?
obstruction
What is acute renal failure?
rapid (hours to days) decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
What is acute renal failure characterized by?
azotemia fluid and electrolyte imbalance -hyponatremia -hyperkalemia -hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia -metabolic acidosis oliguria or anuria
What are the causes of acute renal failure?
- glomerular injury
- interstitial injury
- vascuar injury
- tubular injur
What are the symptoms of acute renal failure?
- decreased or absent urine output
- lethargy
- fatigue
- nausea
A FENa+ of less than 1% indicates (blank) while greater than 1% indicates (blank)/
prerenal failure
renal failure
What does a BUN/Cr ratio of less than 20:1 indicate?
What does a BUN/Cr ratio greater than 20:1 indicate?
renal failure
prerenal failure
What does a urine Na+ of less than 20mEq/L indicate?
What does a urine Na+ of more than 20mEq/L indicate?
prerenal failure
renal failure
What does a urine osmolality of less than 400 mOsm/kg indicate?
What does a urine osmolality of more than 500 mOsm/kg indicate?
Renal failure
Prerenal failure
What does a specific gravity of less than 1.020 indicate?
What does a specific gravity of more than 1.020 indicate?
renal failure
prerenal failure
What does a diminished GFR (less than 60 mL) for at least 3 months indicate?
chronic renal failure