Week 4 Flashcards
How does the countercurrent multiplier work to keep increased osmotic pressure in medulla?
- Na+ reabsorption in thick ascending limb, ↑ medullary osmolarity
- H2O is drawn out of thin descending limb via AQP-1, equilibrating w/ medullary osmolarity
- Concentrated fluid moves around bend of loop into thick ascending limb
- Process repeat, increasing interstitial osmolality each time (to maintain increased osmotic gradient in medulla)
How does the countercurrent exchange work to keep increased osmotic pressure in medulla? (only discuss movement of Na) (3)
- Na+ transported out of thick ascending limb diffuses into descending vasa recta (which has low Na concn)
- Na+ is carried deeper into medulla
- diffuses out of vasc. → medulla to maintain high concentration of medulla
- Blood rising up through ascending vasa recta encounter less concn medulla and causes Na+ to diffuse out of ascending vasa recta and into descending limb
- Na+ in descending loop of Henle is taken back into deeper medulla
How does the countercurrent exchange work to keep increased osmotic pressure in medulla? (only discuss movement of Water) (3)
- Water is drawn out of the descending vasa recta as it encounters a progressively large concentrated interstitium.
- Then water enters the vasa recta and is removed from the medulla to maintain concentration in medulla
- More water is drawn out of the upper descending limb, less is available to be drawn out from lower descending limb
- in the outer medulla (Blank A) is the primary solute making a high concn interstitium
- In the inner medulla (Blank B) is the primary solute making a high concn interstitium
Blank a- NaCl
Blank b- urea
How is urea recycled in the nephron? (3)
- Urea is freely allowed to go into the glomerulus
- Then 50% is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule
- The remaining 50% eventually moves into ascending limb and the other 50% is secreted from the interstitium and put into the ascending limb = urea is back to 100% of filtered load
- Then 50% is reabsorbed in the collecting duct where it enters medulla and other 50% is excreted
- Only 50% of filtered load is excreted due to this recycling
ADH
- What brain structure first signals its release?
- Where is it released from?
- Purpose of ADH?
- What does it cause in the nephron (2)
- Hypothalamus instructs posterior pituitary to make ADH
- ADH is released from posterior pituitary
- causes the kidneys to release less water, decreasing the amount of urine produced
- increases presence of APQ-2 channels on principal cells to increase H2O reabsorption (inhibiting H2O from being excreted in urine) ++++ PLUS it also decreases the vasa recta blood flow to reduce dilution of the medullary interstitium
What are the major functions of the kidney?
- maintains plasma pH, electrolyte balance, removes (Blank A)
- blood formation via formation of (Blank B)
- blood pressure regulation
- Vitamin (Blank C) activation
- Blank A - waste
- Blank B- EPO
- Blank C - D
Differentiate between renal lobe and renal lobule
- renal lobe -contains renal pyramid and associated cortex tissue
- comprised of central collecting duct and its associated nephrons
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what is the difference between cortical and juxtamedullary nephron?
- Cortical Nephron: closer to exterior capsule, shorter loop of Henle
- Juxtamedullary Nephron: closer to interior medulla, longer loop of H
Describe the function of each
- Mesangial cells
- Podocytes
- Macula Densa
- Juxtaglomerular Cells
- Mesangial Cells: specialized connective tissue, secrete ECM + type IV collagen+laminin to support glomerulus
- Podocytes: specialized squamous epithelial, contains foot processes that surround glomerulus
- Macula Densa: tightly clustered cell of distal convoluted tubule (monitor Na + levels / fluid volume)
- Juxtaglomerular Cells: connected to macula densa via gap junctions, release renin
Bowman’s capsule
- What is in the visceral side?
- What is in the parietal side?
- What is between the two?
- Visceral layer of bowman’s capsule is arrow
- Parietal layer of bowman’s capsule is arrowhead
- Urinary space is triangle (it is much smaller in vivo)
where is the filtration barrier located in the renal corpuscle?
- This is along the edge of the fenestrated capillaries (glomerulus)
Describe the histology of these parts of the nephron
- Proximal convoluted tubule (types of cell, lumen description, etc)
- Distal convoluted tubule?
- Arrow – Eosinophilic cells that are taller cuboidal cells. The lumen is small and rugged
- Arrowhead – less eosinophilic cells that are shorter cuboidal cells with more nuclei. Lumen is smooth
Describe the histology of these parts of the nephron
- Proximal straight tubule
- Distal straight tubule
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- Arrow – Look the same as convoluted ones - have a fuzzy lumen
- Arrowhead – Look the same as convoluted ones - have smooth lumen and more nuclei
Describe the histology of these parts of the nephron
- Loop of Henle
- Collecting ducts
- Triangle - Have very thin wall of simple squamous epithelium
- Bracket - Have a smooth lumen formed from cuboidal cells
- Basement membrane is composed of type (Blank A) collagen, laminin, and heparin sulfate
- Basement membrane is secreted by (Blank B) cells and (Blank C)
- Blank A - IV
Blank B - endothelial - Blank C - podocytes
- What are the foot process of podocytes called?
- Is this on the visceral or parietal epithelium ?
- What is the filtration slit diaphragm?
- Pedicels
- Visceral epithelium
- located between pedicels (blocks small proteins / organ anions)
Filtration slit diaphragm
- purpose of nephrin
- purpose of cadherins
- Nephrin is a prevalent protein that forms a zipper shape across diaphragm (image)
- Cadherins proteins - link actin cytoskeleton of adjacent podocytes
- urothelium - lines majority of (BLANK A) organs
- this is a transitional epithelium that has (BLANK B) cells
- The appearance of epithelium/dome cells depends on (BLANK C) → urothelium is thin when bladder is (BLANK D)
- urinary
- dome cells
- distention
- full - dome cells look distended
Ureter
- what does the lumen look like?
- What are the three layers of the ureter?
- star shaped
- mucosa, muscularis (w/ inner longitudinal and outer circular smooth muscle), adventitia
Urinary bladder
- Thick or thin walled?
- what are the three layers of urinary bladder?
- thick
- mucosa (where dome cells are), muscularis (3 thick layers of smooth muscle) , and adventitia
How does the micturition reflex lead to emptying of bladder?
- sensory nerves on adventitia activate micturition reflex which then cause contraction of detrusor muscle and this empties the bladder (push urine out)
Female Urethra
- length
- What are glands of littre?
- short
- secrete mucus
Male Urethra
- length
- What are the three segments
- has less or more glands of littre than female?
- longer
- prostatic (transitional epithelium), membranous (voluntary sphincter found here), penile/spongy (stratified epithelium by exit)
- more
What are the three different “kidneys” that appear through embryo development
- Pronephros
- Mesonephros
- Metanephros
- Pronephros - forms and degenerates within week (BLANK A)
- Mesonephros - interim kidney for (BLANK B) trimester - contributes to male (BLANK C)
- Metanephros - appears in week (BLANK D) and develops into adult kidney
- Blank a - 4
- Blank b - 1st
- Blank c- vas deferens
- Blank d - 5
- Ureteric bud is an outgrowth of the (BLANK A) duct and forms what 4 structures?
- The metanephric mesenchyme (a mesoderm tissue) interacts with ureteric bud to differentiate the (BLANK B)
- BLANK A- mesonephric duct
- ureter, pelvis, calyces, collecting ducts
- BLANK B - nephron
- What is the wilms tumor a cause of?
- Where does it most often occur
- proliferation of metanephric mesenchyme - associated with WT1 mutation
- usually occurs in one kidney
- what is the urachus?
- what happens when there is incomplete obliteration of the urachus
- a remnant of a channel between the bladder and the umbilicus (belly button) where urine initially drains in the fetus during the 1st trimester of pregnancy.
- Urine leakage occurs — PLUS — Urachul remnants may present as adenocarcinoma at dome of bladder in adulthood
- If both kidneys are missing infant will be born with what disorder?
- oligohydramnios/potter sequence - a lack of amniotic fluid and kidney failure in an unborn infant. A baby rarely survives this. There can be various physical appearances due to lack of amniotic fluid
Multicystic Dysplastic kidney
- what is it caused by?
- What is it?
- abnormal ureteric bud and mesenchyme interaction
- kidney is replaced by cysts
ureteropelvic junction (upj) obstruction
- What is it?
- when part of the kidney is blocked. Most often it is blocked at the renal pelvis. This is where the kidney attaches to one of the ureters (the tubes that carry urine to the bladder). The blockage slows or stops the flow of urine out of the kidney. Urine can then build up and damage the kidney. Sometimes surgery is needed to improve the flow of urine and other times the problem will improve on its own.
Duplex Collecting System
- What causes it
- what is it?
- formation of two ureteric buds-bifurcation of ureteric buds
- Formation of upper / lower kidneys with separate drainage - looks like two ureters for one kidney
Posterior Urethral Valves
- Typical patient
- What is it?
- males only
- Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are obstructive membranes that develop in the urethra (tube that drains urine from the bladder), close to the bladder. The valve can obstruct or block the outflow of urine through the urethra.
Vesicoureteral Reflux
- what is it
- backward urine flow from bladder to kidneys - recurrent UTIs seen
- What is horsehoe kidney?
- What vessel traps the kidneys to create this formation?
- What does this do to kidney functioning?
- fusion of inferior poles of both kidneys, preventing ascension from pelvis
- inferior mesenteric artery
- normal kidney functioning
Define these terms
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
- Renal Plasma Flow (RPF)
- Filtration Fraction (FF)
- Renal Clearance (CX)
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR): rate of fluid flowing across glomerulus (inulin / creatinine)
- Renal Plasma Flow (RPF): rate of total plasma passing through the kidneys (PAH)
- Filtration Fraction (FF): fraction of total plasma that is actually filtered (GFR / RPF)
- Renal Clearance (CX): amount of blood component that is removed from plasma (units is volume per unit time)
What is the equation for renal clearance CX?
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GFR
- What three things determine GFR?
- permeability
- surface area
- net filtration pressure (NFP) - depends on oncotic and hydrostatic pressure between glomerulus and bowman’s capsule
- What molecules are used to measure GFR?
- Which one is better and why
- inulin and creatinine
- inulin - it is ONLY filtered (not secreted or reabsorbed) - which will indicate GFR rate. Creatinine can slightly overestimate GFR due to moderate secretion of creatinine.
GFR is (inversely or directly) proportional to the plasma concentration of creatinine
- GFR is inversely proportional to plasma concn of creatinine. So if creatinine in plasma is really high then this means GFR is low and this can be due to some glomerular issue bc it is not filtrating creatinine correctly (worsening renal function)
- Capillary hydrostatic pressure (PGC) is controlled via what?
- Capillary oncotic pressure (∏GC) is controlled via what?
- Bowman space hydrostatic pressure (PBC) is controlled via what?
- dilation/constriction of afferent and efferent arteriole
- alteration of plasma protein concentration
- dilation/constriction of ureter
Explain how the action changes hydrostatic/oncotic pressure, GFR, RPR, FF
Explain how the action changes hydrostatic/oncotic pressure, GFR, RPR, FF
Explain how the action changes hydrostatic/oncotic pressure, GFR, RPR, FF
Explain how the action changes hydrostatic/oncotic pressure, GFR, RPR, FF
Explain how the action changes hydrostatic/oncotic pressure, GFR, RPR, FF