Urine Flashcards
Principle constituents of urine
Water
Urea
Uric acid
Creatinine
Functions of kidney
Regulate water and inorganic ion balance
Remove metabolic waste products from blood
Remove foreign chemicals from blood
Secrete hormones
Gluconeogenesis
Hormones secreted from kidney
Erythropoietin, controls RBC production
Renin, controls angiotensin release
1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D
Functional unit of kidney
Nephron
Capillary network of nephron
Glomerulus
Parts of tubule system
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Glomurulus filters what from blood
Water Glucose Salt Urea Creatinine
80% of glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed where?
Proximal convoluted tubule
Concentrating segment of loop of henle
Descending loop, absorbs water
Diluting portion of loop of henle
Ascending loop active absorption of Na, Cl, Mg, Ca
Main functions of distal convoluted tubule
Maintain water/electrolyte balance by final reabsorption of sodium
Maintain acid-base balance by removing excess acid from body
ADH
Makes distal tubule and collecting tubule walls permeable to water in order to conserve it, increasing osmolality
Renal disease that are most often immunologically mediated
Glomerular diseases
Decreased urine output
Oliguria
Important finding in glomerular inflammation
RBC casts
Syndrome characterized by increased glomerular membrane permeability
Nephrotic syndrome, permeability results in massive proteinuria and excretion of fat bodies
Renal disease most likely due to toxic or infectious agents
Tubular disease
Disorder caused by defective secretion of H+ ions by renal tubules in presence of normal/near normal GFR
Renal tubular acidosis
Type 1 RTA
Distal type
Problem occurs in collecting ducts
Calcium carbonate drawn from bones in attempt to act as buffer
Type 2 RTA
Proximal type
Reduced bicarbonate reabsorption in proximal tubule, depletes bicarbonate content in blood and tissues
Group of inherited renal diseases
Fanconi syndrome
Renal disorder that effects tubules, interstitium, and renal pelvis
Pyelonephritis
Acute pyelonephritis
Sudden onset, flank pain, fever, malaise, WBCs and WBC casts
Pyuria
WBCs in urine
Chronic pyelonephritis
Chronic tubulointerstitial inflammation, renal scarring
May be caused by chronic obstruction by lesions or chronic reflux of urine due to anatomical abnormality
Thrombosis of renal vein characteristics
Clot formation, massive proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome, increased pressure
Cystitis
Infection of bladder
Anuria
Absence of urine
Renal calculi
Kidney stones, passage produces renal colic and hematuria, calcium oxalate most common constituent
Renal colic
Severe back pain radiating to groin
Acute renal failure classes
Abrupt deterioration of renal function
Prerenal occurs before blood reaches kidney
Renal occurs in kidney
Postrenal occurs after blood leaves kidney, usually due to obstruction
Chronic renal failure stages
Progressive loss of function,
1st decreased renal function, normal serum creatinine and BUN
2nd mild renal insufficiency
3rd frank renal failure with advancing anemia and acidosis
4th uremia, increased creatinine and BUN, acid base and electrolyte imbalance
Creatinine clearance formula
(Urine creatinine*total volume/1440)/serum creatinine
Normal creatinine value man/woman
Man: 107-139
Woman: 87-107
Advantages of creatinine clearance
Relatively constant amount produced endogenously
Freely filtered at glomerulus
Not reabsorbed in tubules
Disadvantages of creatinine clearance
Becomes increasingly inaccurate at lower filtration rates lower in females, elderly, small people because it is related to muscle mass
Correcting for body mass
(1.73/body mass) *GFR
Method of choice when precise GFR is required
Inulin clearance
Secretory function test of renal tubules reagent
Paraaminohippurate
Parts of nephron contained in cortex
Blood vessels
Glomerulus
Short loops of henle
Proximal and distal convoluted tubules
Parts of nephron contained in medulla
Long loops of henle
Collecting ducts
Fixed specific gravity of ultrafiltrate
1.010
Function of renin
Splits angiotensinogen into angiotensin 1 and other proteins
Angiotensin 1 function
Split by angiotensin converting enzyme aka ACE to form angiotensin 2
Angiotensin 2 function
Hormone which causes constriction of muscle in small arteries increasing blood pressure,
Triggers release of aldosterone from adrenal glands and ADH from pituitary
Aldosterone functions
Causes kidneys to retain salt and excrete potassium, salt causes water retention which increases blood volume and pressure