renal system Flashcards
11: what nephrons are involved in making concentrated urine
juxtakedullary nephrons
11: renal blood supply distribution in cortex vs medula vs papilla
cortex - 93%
medula - 7%
papilla - 1%
11: functions of kidney
- homeostatic regulation of water and ion content of blood
- excretion fo metabolic waste products
- production of hormones
11: glomerular filtration - what is filtered
all plasma constituents except proteins
11: glomerular filtration - what do filtration barriers restrict
solute movement on basis of size and charge
11: what % of cardiac output do kidneys receive
25%
11: what does hydrostatic pressure of blood flowing through glomerular capillaries promote
promotes movement of fluid into capsule
11: what does hydrostatic pressure of fluid in bowmans space oppose
opposes movement of fluid into capsule
11: what drives filtration
capillary hydrostatic pressure
11: increase in resistance of afferent arteriole
reduces blood flow to glomerulus
11: increase in resistance of efferent arteriole
increases blood flow/pressure to glomerulus
11: decrease in resistance of afferent arteriole
increase blood flow to glomerulus
11: decrease in resistance in efferent arteriole
decreases pressure in glomerulus
11: auto regulation
maintains renal blood flow and GFR
11: local control mechanisms of auto regulation
- myogenic response
2. tubuloglomerular feedback
11: what does the nephron do so that the ascending limb of loop of hence passes between afferent and efferent arterioles
it loops back on itself
11: where does filtration of blood occur
glomerulus
11: why is regulation of renal blood flow important
in regulating glomerular filtration rate
11: filtrate
solution entering proximal convoluted tubule
11: what does filtrate contain
h20 na+ k+ ca2+ cl- HCO3- glucose
12: formation of urine steps
filtration
reabsorption
secretion
12: formation of urine - amount excreted =
amount excreted = amount filtered - amount reabsorbed + amount secreted
12: reabsorption
movement of of solutes/fluid out of filtrate and into capillaries via epithelial transport mechanisms
12: epithelial transport mechanisms - epithelial transcellular transport
substances cross apical and basolateral membranes of the tubule epithelial cells
12: epithelial transport mechanisms - paracellular transport pathway
substances pass through the cell- cell junction between two adjacent cells
12: epithelial transport mechanisms - passive transport via
diffusion
leak channels
paracellular transport
12: epithelial transport mechanisms - active transport
membrane channels
transporters
co-transporters
pumps carriers
12: how is structure of PCT specialised for its functions
- microvilli on apical surface for reabsorption
- ## ER,golgi,lysosomes, vacuoles = synthesis of membrane proteins
12: reabsorption at PCT - na+ reabsorption
- passively at apical membrane down electrochemical gradient
- co transport with essential solutes
12: reabsorption at PCT - H20 reabsorption
paracellular route via osmosis
12: reabsorption at PCT - glucose
co transport at apical membrane
12: reabsorption of glucose (Tm)
transport maximum rate
12: reabsorption of glucose (renal threshold)
plasma concentration of substrate at transport maximum
12: reabsorption of glucose (diabetes mellitus)
excessive glucose concentration saturates carriers and excess glucose appears in urine