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1
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Functions of Kidney

A

Remove waste
Regulate blood pH
Regulate blood pressure
Assists in formation of RBC

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2
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Steps in Urine Formation (3)

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  1. Glomerular FILTRATION
  2. Tubular REABSORPTION
  3. Tubular SECRETION
    ….Water conservation (returns it to blood, minus the waste)
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3
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How much filtered per day?

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48 Gallons!

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4
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What causes filtration in Glomerulus?

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High glomerular blood pressure forces filtrate through capillary wall.

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5
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What stays in blood during filtration?

A

RBC & proteins

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6
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What are the filters in the renal corpuscle?

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Podocytes

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7
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Large network of capillaries with large surface area?

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Glomerulus

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8
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Incoming and outgoing arterioles -

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Afferent arteriole
INCOMING, Large

Efferent arteriole
OUTGOING, small

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9
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Net filtration pressure

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10mm Hg

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10
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Glomerular blood pressure moving into glomerulus (hint: it’s higher here)

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60 mmHg

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11
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Blood osmotic pressure & glomerulus

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  • 32 mmHg
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12
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Capsular Hydrostatic pressure at glomerulus

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-18mm Hg

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13
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Equation showing net pressure:

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blood pressure moving fluid in = 60mmHg
Blood osmotic - 32mmHg
Capsular hydrostatic -18mmHg

Net =
60 - 32 - 18 = 10mmHg

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14
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Factors that impact filtration pressure

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Kidney Disease
Blood Pressure Drops
Stress
Kidney Stones

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15
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Impact of kidney disease on filtration pressure

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glomerulus highly permeable. Plasma proteins can get out

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16
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Impact of blood pressure drops on filtration pressure

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hemorrhaging
Drop in filtration pressure
very low - anuria

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17
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Impact of stress on filtration pressure

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Increased sympathetic stimulation
Increased constriction of afferent arteriole
Drop in filtrate + urine volume

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18
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Impact of kidney stones on filtration pressure

A

Ureter blocked ->
pressure backs in in nephron, capsule
Filtration drops. Can damage

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19
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Causes of kidney stones

A

Dehydration
pH imbalances
Frequent UTI
Enlarged prostate

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20
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Glomerular Filtration Rate too high….

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Filtrate flows too rapidly for reabsorption
Therefore:
Dehydration and electrolyte depletion

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21
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GFR too low

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Everything is reabsorbed, including waste

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22
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How is GFR controlled?

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By adjusting glomerular blood pressure moment to moment

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23
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Mechanisms for GFR control

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Intrinsic:
Renal autoregulation

Extrinsic:
Sympathetic control
Juxtaglomerular apparatus

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24
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How does intrinsic renal autoregulation work

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Nephrons self-adjust to maintain stable GFR

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25
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GFR

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Glomerular Filtration Rate

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26
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Myogenic mechanism (within intrinsic renal autoregulation)
What happens when blood pressure rises?
A

the afferent arteriole and it constricts to prevent increased blood flow

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27
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Myogenic mechanism for intrinsic renal autoregulation- what happens when blood pressure falls?

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Afferent arteriole relaxes to allow more blood in

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28
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Tubuloglomerular feedback in Macula dense cells

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Monitor changes in flow of filtrate through nephron (via NaCl concentration)

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29
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Tubuloglomerular feedback when GFR is high/low

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GFR is high - MACULA DENSE releases chemicals to cause vasoconstriction of afferent arteriole to slow GFR

GFR is low - vasoconstriors are inhibited

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30
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Limits of autoregulation

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has narrow upper and lower bands - arterial pressure of 90-180 mmHg

31
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What happens below 70 mmHg?

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glomerular filtration and urine output cease

32
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Extrinsic - Sympathetic Nervous System Acivation

A

Strenuous exercise or circulatory shock

33
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Extrinsic- Sympathetic activation impact

A

Overrides autoregulatory mechanisms
Afferent arterioles constrict
Reduces GFR and urine output
Redirects blood to heart, brain, skeletal muscles

34
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Extrinsic - Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

A

Afferent arteriole - sensitive to changes in blood pressure - secretes renin

Macula densa - monitors GFR through NaCl levels - stimulates RELEASE OF RENIN

35
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus - response to LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND LOW GFR

A

Release Renin - triggers increase in Blood pressure and GFR

36
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Renin-Angiotensin Pathway

A

Renin ->
Angiotensinogen (plasma protein) - + Renin ->
Angiotensin I

Angiotensin I + An… Converting enzyme (ACE) ->

Angiotensin II

37
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ACE

A

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (in lungs and kidneys)

38
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Active hormone in pathways

A

Angiotensin II

39
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Impacts of Angiotensin II

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  1. Vasoconstriction
  2. Aldosterone secretion
  3. Antidiuretic Hormone secretion
  4. Increased thirst

…. Overall = INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE

40
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How many gallons filtered to excreted?

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48 gallons filtered : 1/2 gallon excreted (99% filtrate reabsorbed)

41
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Methods for reabsorption

A

Active transport, facilitated diffusion, diffusion, osmosis, solvent drag

42
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What substances are reabsorbed?

A 
Water
Salts
Urea
Glucose
Amino Acids
Vitamins
43
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Na+ reabsorption

A

ACTIVELY TRANSPORTED from proximal convoluted tubule, distal tuble, ascending limb

44
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Water reabsorption

A

80% Osmosis, mostly in proximal tubule

45
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Cl- reabsorption

A

Follows along electrical gradient

46
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Urea reabsorption

A

Concentration rises as water leaves - solvent drag

50% returned by blood

47
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Amino Acid reabsorption

A

Active transport from proximal tubules

48
Q

Vitamins reabsorption

A

Active transport

49
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Glucose reabsorption

A

Normally - active transport
(up to 220 mg/dL)

EXCESS excreted in urine

50
Q

Glucose reabsorption limit?

A

Yes. 220 mg/dL

51
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H20 reabsorption

A

Water will move towards SALT - Therefore tissues around nephron must be MORE SALTY

52
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Salt Gradient created by

A

Vasa recta, loop of henle

53
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Vasa Recta description, function (re: salt gradient)

A

Region of peritubular capillaries.

Recycles salt

54
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Loop of Henle function (re: salt gradient)

A

Pumps salt out of nephron

55
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Salt gradient in Cortex of kidne

56
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Salt gradient in Inner medulla of kidney

57
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Salt concentration in limbs of loop of henle

A

Descending (Na+Cl = low) absorbs FROM tissues

Ascending (Na+Cl = high)
returns Solutes TO TISSUES

58
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Hypertonic Urine

A

Concentrated Urine

59
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Permeability to H20 in loop of Henle

A

Descending - freely permeable to H20

Ascending - NOT permeable (therefore Na+Cl- actively transported out)

Collecting tubule - freely permeable

60
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Where is Na+Cl- most concentrated in kidney?

A

Inner Medulla 1200

61
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Function of loop of henle

A

Water drawn out of collecting tubule and tissue is salty

Therefore allows water to be absorbed even though urine volume is low. Conserves water

62
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What regulates the amount of water reabsorbed from the collecting tubule?

A

ADH - antidiuretic hormone

63
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What secretes ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?

A

Posterior pituitary

64
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Impact of ADH - when present….

A 
Distal tubule AND collecting tubule become permeable to water
MORE WATER REABSORBED
Causing: hypertonic (concentrated) urine
AND 
increase blood pressure
65
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Impact when ADH is absent

A

Distal tubule & collecting become impermeable to water
LESS ABSORPTION

Urine is hypotonic (dilute)
Blood pressure decreases

66
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What stimulates ADH?

A

Dehydration, reduced blood volume, pain

67
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What inhibits ADH?

A

Alcohol, caffeine, ingestion of water

68
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What does Aldosterone regulate?

A

Na+ excretion

69
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Where is Aldosterone produced?

A

Adrenal cortex

70
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What does Aldosterone stimulate?

A

Na+ reabsorption

71
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Goal of aldosterone and reabsorption

A

Regulates blood pressure

72
Q

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) - source

A

comes from heart in response to high blood pressure

73
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ANP - 4 actions

A

Dilates afferent, constricts efferent (GFR UP)
Inhibits Renin and aldosterone
Inhibits secretion of ADH
Inhibits NaCl reabsoprtion

74
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Results of ANP

A

Excretion of more salt and water in urine

REDUCED BLOOD PRESSURE AND VOLUME

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