Urinary system part 2

Question 1

What is characterized by thickening of glomerular basement membrane with increased permeability

Answer 1

Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis

Question 2

What kind of vessels do Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis involve throughout the body?

Answer 2

Small vessels

Question 3

What is another name for Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis?

Answer 3

Kimmelsteil-Wilson Disease

Question 4

What involves the deposition of immune complexes like in Autoimmune complexes?

Answer 4

Acute Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

Question 5

What age is most common with APGN?

Answer 5

6-10 year olds

Question 6

What has a rapid decrease in GFR and a “Crescent” formation in glomeruli?

Answer 6

Rapid Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

Question 7

What kind of antibodies are involved in Rapid Proliferative Glomerulonephritis?

Answer 7

Anti-GBM antibodies

Question 8

What is it called when anti-GBM antibodies cross-react with basement membranes of lung alveoli, resulting in simultaneous lung and kidney lesions

Answer 8

Goodpasture syndrome

Question 9

What is the most common cause of gross hematuria?

Answer 9

IgA nephropathy

Question 10

What is another name for IgA nephropathy?

Answer 10

Berger Disease

Question 11

What is the pathogenic hallmark of IgA nephropathy?

Answer 11

IgA in the mesangium

Question 12

What is an important cause of end-stage renal disease?

Answer 12

Chronic Glomerulonephritis

Question 13

What is the most common disease of Glomerular diseases associated with systemic diseases?

Answer 13

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Question 14

What is known as clinically acute suppression of renal function within 24 hours to less than 400ml of Urine output

Answer 14

Acute renal failure

Question 15

What are composed of protein that has changed from the sol state into the gel state and thus reflects the inside shape of the tubule in which it has condensed

Answer 15

Urinary casts