Unit 7 Flashcards

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BLOOD FILTRATION: location and function

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Location: glomerulus

Remove waste products from blood

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REABSORPTION: location and function

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Location: nephron

Recover nutrients, ions, H2O

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SECRETION: location and function

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Location: nephron

Assists filtration by removing waste products directly from blood

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ACTIVATION: Vitamin D

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  • Dehydrocholesterol → vitamin D3 by ultraviolet (UV) light @skin
  • Vitamin D3 → calcitriol @kidney
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Location where Calcitriol ↑Ca++ deposition

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@bone

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Location where Calcitriol ↑Ca++ reabsorption

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@kidneys

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Location where Calcitriol ↑Ca++ absorption

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@small intestines

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ENZYME RELEASE: Renin

location what does renin converts to

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  • Location: kidneys

- Renin converts Angiotensinogen → Angiotensin I → Angiotensin II

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Function of Angiotensin II

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  • vasoconstricts (↑blood pressure)

- Causes aldosterone (hormone) release (adrenal cortex) which stimulates DCT to reabsorb salt, H2O follows the salt

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AUTOREGULATORY LIPID RELEASE: Prostaglandins

location and function

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  • Location: kidneys

- Prostaglandins: vasodilate (↓blood pressure)

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H+ SECRETION:

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  • Eliminates excess hydrogen ions

- Controls acid/base (pH) balance

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HCO3– REABSORPTION:

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  • Recovers bicarbonate ions

- Controls acid/base (pH) balance

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HORMONE RELEASE: Erythropoietin (EPO) (location and function)

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Location: kidneys

EPO ↑RBC production (bone marrow)

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Function of Renal Artery:

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Transports ↑O2 blood from aorta → kidney (filtration)

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Function of Renal Vein:

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Transports filtered ↓O2 blood from kidney → inferior vena cava

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Function of Renal Column:

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  • Area between renal pyramids (medulla)

- Site for blood vessel passage to the cortex

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Function of Nephron:

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  • Kidney FUNCTIONAL UNIT

- Filtration, reabsorption, & secretion

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Function of Capsule:

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  • Thick outer membrane

- Surround & protect

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Function of Cortex:

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  • Outer layer
  • Contains most of the nephron
  • Filtration, reabsorption & secretion
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Function of Medulla:

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  • Inner layer
  • Nephron structures not located in cortex
  • Salt, water & urea reabsorption
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Function of Renal Pyramids:

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  • Triangle-shape

- Loops of Henle, collecting ducts, & counter-current multiplier system (concentrates salt & saves water)

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Function of Renal Papilla:

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  • Renal pyramid apex

- Releases urine → minor calyx

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Function of Minor Calyx:

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  • Collecting sac surrounding papilla

- Transports urine from papilla → major calyx

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Function of Major Calyx:

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  • Collecting sac

- Transport urine from minor calyces → pelvis

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Function of Renal Pelvis

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Collects urine from major calyces → ureter

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Function of Ureter

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Transport urine from renal pelvis → bladder

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Function of Urinary bladder:

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  • Stores urine from ureter

- Releases urine → urethra

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Function of Urethra:

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Releases urine → outside

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Function of Afferent Arteriole:

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Transports arterial blood → glomerulus (filtration)

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Function of Efferent Arteriole:

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Transports filtered blood from glomerulus → peritubular capillaries & vasa recta → renal venous system

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Function of Glomerulus:

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  • Blood filtration
  • Nonspecific filter
  • Removes both useful & non-useful materials into filtrate
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Function of Bowman’s Capsule:

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  • Sac that encloses glomerulus

- Transfers filtrate from glomerulus → Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT)

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Function of Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT):

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  • Reabsorbs most of the useful substances in the filtrate: Na+ (65%), H2O (65%), HCO3– (90%), Cl– (50%), glucose (100%)
  • Primary site for secretion of toxins, wastes & hydrogen ions (H+)
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Function of Descending Limb of the Loop of Henle (DLLH):

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  • Counter-current multiplier system
  • Permeable to H2O
  • Impermeable to solutes (salts)
  • Receives filtrate from the PCT; allows H2O to be reabsorbed; sends “salty” filtrate to ALLH; “Saves water & passes salt”
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Ascending Limb of the Loop of Henle (ALLH):

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  • Counter-current multiplier system
  • Impermeable to H2O
  • Permeable to salts
  • Actively transports (reabsorbs) salts (NaCl) into the interstitial fluid of the medulla; “Saves salt & passes water”
  • Filtrate becomes dilute; interstitial fluid of medulla becomes hyperosmotic (salty)
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Function of Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT):

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  • Receives dilute fluid from ALLH

- If Aldosterone (hormone) is present, sodium is reabsorbed, (Cl– & H2O follow Na+); Potassium (K+) is se

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Function Collecting Duct:

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  • Receives fluid from DCT
  • If antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is present, collecting duct becomes porous to water
  • Collecting duct H2O moves (osmosis) to the “salty” (hyperosmotic) medulla
38
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Where is the LAST CHANCE to save water?

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The collecting duct

39
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Function of Peritubular Capillaries:

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Transport reabsorbed materials from PCT & DCT → renal veins

40
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Function of Vasa recta:

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  • Blood vessels of the peritubular capillary network

- Surround descending & ascending loops of Henle

41
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Filtration Structures of Glomerulus:

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-Filtration site
Screen-like:
-Fenestrated glomerular capillaries (podocytes w/ pedicels)
-Allows passage of H2O & solutes smaller than plasma proteins

42
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Net filtration pressure of blood hydrostatic pressure (BHP)

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60 mm Hg (out)

43
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Net filtration of colloid osmotic pressure (COP)

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-32 mm Hg (in)

44
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Net filtration of capsular pressure (CP)

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-18 mm Hg (in)

45
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Total net filtration pressure (NFP)

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10 mm Hg

46
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What does the Juxtaglomerular Apparatus (JGA) contain?

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  • Macula densa cells (DCT)

- Granular cells (afferent arteriole)

47
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Function of Juxtaglomerular Apparatus (JGA)

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maintain blood pressure

48
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What does Granular cells detect and release?

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detect ↓pressure; release renin

49
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What does Renin convert?

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Renin converts angiotensinogen → angiotensin I → angiotensin II

50
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What does Macula dense monitors?

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blood salt

51
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What does macula dense do when high blood salt content occurs?

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  • macula densa inhibits granular cells
  • Inhibits renin release, which
  • Inhibits Angiotensin II (causing vasodilation & ↓blood pressure)
  • Aldosterone inhibited (↓blood volume & ↓blood pressure)
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Summary of Granular cells

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↑Blood volume & ↑BP

53
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Summary of Macula Densa

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(inhibit granular cells)

↓Blood volume & ↓BP

54
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Ascending limb of loop of Henle (ALLH): (counter-current mechanism)

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  • Reabsorbs salt (active transport) → interstitial tissue of the medulla
  • Makes medulla hyperosmotic (salty)
55
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What leaves Ascending limb of loop of Henle (ALLH) during counter-current mechanism

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Salt (NaCl)

56
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Osmolarity of Ascending limb of loop of Henle (ALLH) fluids

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Osmolality of ALLH fluid decreases from 1200 to 100 milliosmoles/L (mOsm/L)

  • ALLH is impermeable to H2O
  • Remove salt from filtrate
  • Accumulate salt in medulla
57
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Accumulated salt in medulla is used to “draw-out” water (osmosis) from:

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1) DLLH (H2O permeable, salt impermeable)

2) Collecting duct

58
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Is DLLH permeable to H20?

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  • DLLH is H2O permeable & loses H2O to the medullary interstitial tissue
  • H2O is reabsorbed by medullary blood vessels
  • Osmolality of DLLH fluid changes from 300 to 1200 mOsm/L
  • Saves H2O
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Where does ALLH transfer salt into?

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  • ALLH actively transfers salt into medulla

- Medullary salts attract H2O out of DLLH

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Hyperosmotic (salty) medulla

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  • Hyperosmotic (salty) medulla will also “pull-out” H2O from the collecting duct if ADH (hormone) is present
  • H2O moves out of collecting duct (urea follows)
  • Urea contributes to ↑osmolality of the medulla
61
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What makes ADH?

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Hypothalamus

62
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Where is ADH stored and causes?

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  • ADH stored in posterior pituitary & released (if dehydration)
  • ADH causes collecting duct “pores” to open
  • H2O moves from collecting duct → medulla
63
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As H2O leaves the collecting duct:

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  • Collecting duct fluid becomes more concentrated (↑osmolality of collecting duct fluid 100 to 1200 mOsm/L)
  • If ADH is not present, H2O is lost in dilute collecting duct fluid (100 mOsm/L)
64
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Vasa recta is permeable to:

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salts and water

65
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How does vasa recta vessels flow?

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  • flow counter-current to loop of Henle fluid (counter-current exchange)
  • Blood flowing through vasa recta absorbs H2O (not salts)
  • Vasa recta return H2O back to body & leave salts (maintain hyperosmotic medulla)
66
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Equation of excretion and why does the difference mean?

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  • Excretion = Filtration – Reabsorption

- Difference between filtration & reabsorption determines how much of a substance kidneys eliminate per unit of time

67
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Filtration: 16 grams of NaCl per day Reabsorption: 14 grams of NaCl per day
WHAT IS THE EXCRETION?

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Excretion: 2 grams of NaCl per day
Amount Excreted = 
       Amount Filtered – Amount Reabsorbed
      2g NaCl/day    =   
           16g NaCl/day  –  14g NaCl/day
68
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_______________ = 100g of glucose – 100g of glucose

Find the missing value

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0.0g

69
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100g of glucose = _____________ – 300g of glucose

Find the missing value

A

400g

70
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200g of glucose = 400g of glucose – _____________

Find the missing value

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200g

71
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Renal Plasma Clearance Rate (RPCR) definition

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amount of plasma cleared of a substance per minute

72
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Kidneys conduct clearance through:

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  • Filtration
  • Reabsorption
  • Secretion
73
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How does filtration affect clearance?

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  • Filtration directly affects clearance

- ↑Filtration → ↑material removed from blood plasma

74
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How does reabsorption affect clearance

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  • Reabsorption indirectly affects clearance

- ↑Reabsorption → ↓material removed from blood plasma

75
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How does secretion affect clearance

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  • Secretion directly affects clearance

- ↑Secretion → ↑material removed from blood plasma

76
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C = (V x U) ÷ P

What does the C mean?

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C = clearance rate (mL/min)

77
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C = (V x U) ÷ P

What does the V mean?

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V = urine production rate (mL/min)

78
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C = (V x U) ÷ P

What does the U mean?

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U = substance conc. in urine (mg/mL)

79
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C = (V x U) ÷ P

What does the P mean?

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P = substance conc. in plasma (mg/mL)

80
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After a dose of inulin, urine has 30 mg/mL & plasma has 0.5 mg/mL of inulin (urine production rate (V) is 2.0 mL/min)
What is inulin clearance rate?
C = (V x U) ÷ P

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120 mL/min of inulin

120 mL/min = (2 mL/min x 30 mg/mL) ÷ 0.5 mg/mL

81
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Renal calculi (kidney stones) cause and effect:

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  • Cause: crystallization of calcium (Ca++), magnesium (Mg++), uric acid salts
  • Precipitate w/in renal pelvis
  • Calculi become large & travel down the ureter
  • Effect: intense pain radiates from lower back to anterior abdominal wall (same side as renal calculus)
82
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Cystitis (bladder infection) cause and effect:

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  • Cause: bacteria from anal region, sexually transmitted disease (STD), & chemicals
  • Effect: inflammation, pain, fever, ↑urination
83
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Glomerulonephritis (Bright’s Disease) cause and effect

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  • Cause: abnormal immune response (autoimmune)
  • Inflammation of glomeruli
  • Streptococcal antibody complexes
  • Effect: abnormal filtration, renal failure
84
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Incontinence cause and effect:

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  • Cause: old age, emotions (laughing), pregnancy, nerve damage, stress, excessive coughing
  • Effect: loss of voluntary micturition
85
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Gout (Gouty Arthritis) cause and effect:

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  • Cause: uric acid crystals in the soft tissues of joints (base of great toe)
  • ↑Uric acid intake
  • ↓Uric acid excretion (genetic)
  • Effect: bone ends fuse & immobilize the joint
  • **Note: humans, apes, dalmatians lack enzyme uricase (breaks down uric acid)
86
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Gouty Arthritis Treatment

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  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
  • Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
  • Avoid foods rich in organ tissue (liver, kidney, etc.)
  • Recommendation: avoid processed meats, & organ meats rich in nucleic acids (purines)
87
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Hemodialysis uses a ________ to transfer a patient’s blood plasma through a _____________ tube (permeable to selected substances)

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machine, semi-permeable

88
Q

Dialysis machine contains a dialysis fluid that produces a ________ gradient (↑ to ↓)

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diffusion

89
Q

Gradient allows abnormal substances to diffuse from blood plasma (produces a “________” effect)

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cleansing

90
Q

Def of dialysis

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process to artificially remove metabolic wastes from blood plasma

91
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What does dialysis therapy compensate for renal failure lead to?

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  • ↑Nitrogenous wastes (urea & ammonia)
  • Ion imbalances
  • pH imbalances
  • Breathing imbalances
  • Convulsions
  • Coma
  • Death
92
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Key Aspects of dialysis therapy

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  • Blood is transferred from an artery (arm)
  • Blood returns to a vein
  • Blood is heparinized (prevent clotting)
  • Dialysis sessions 3 times/week
  • Each session = 4-8hrs
  • Can lead to thrombosis (blood clots), infection & death of tissue (necrosis) around a shunt (access site in arm)