Urinary pt 3

Question 1

What is afferent arteriole?

Answer 1

Blood enters glomerulus and starts to filter blood plasma

Question 1

What is efferent arteriole?

Answer 1

Blood leaving the glomerulus and branches into peritubular capillaries or vasa recta

Question 2

What are peritubular capillaries?

Answer 2

Intertwined around PCT and DCT and mostly in cortex of kidney

Question 3

Filtration membrane characteristics

Answer 3

Porous, thin, negatively charged structures and formed by glomerulus and visceral layer of glomerular capsule

Question 4

What is endothelium of glomerulus?

Answer 4

Fenestrated, allows plasma and dissolved substances to pass easily and restricts passages of large structure

Question 5

What is basement membrane of glomerulus?

Answer 5

Contains glycoprotein and proteoglycan molecules that restrict large plasma proteins from passing

Question 6

What is visceral layer of glomerular capsule?

Answer 6

Outermost layer wrapping around glomerular capillaries

Question 7

What are podocytes?

Answer 7

Composed of specialized cells that restrict passes in the visceral layer

Question 8

What are pedicels?

Answer 8

Have long processes that support capillary wall

Question 9

What are filtration slits?

Answer 9

Separated by thin spaces and restrict passage of most small proteins

Question 10

What can filtrate through the membrane?

Answer 10

Water, glucose, amino acids, ions, urea