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The kidney filters how much liters of blood daily?
200 liters
Provides a temporary storage reservoir for urine?
urinary bladder
transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
ureters
transports urine from the bladder to out of the body
urethra
the kidneys lie in which region?
superior lumbar region
which kidney is lower due to the liver overcrowding?
the right kidney
the lateral surface of the kidney is? the medial surface is?
convex, concave
the renal hilus leads to the renal?
sinus
fibrous capsule that prevents kidney infection
renal capsule
fatty mass that cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the body wall
adipose capsule
fatty mass that cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the body wall
renal fascia
Approx. how much systematic cardiac output flows through the kidneys each minute
one-fourth or 1200 ml
85% of nephrons, located in the cortex
cortical nephrons
Are located at the cortex-medulla junction
Juxtamedullary nephrons
are involved in the production of concentrated urine
Juxtamedullary nephrons
Blood pressure in the glomerulus is high because:
*Arterioles are high-resistance vessels
*afferent arterioles have larger diameters than efferent arterioles
long, straight efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons
vasa recta
Afferent and efferent arterioles offer high resistance to
blood flow
Blood pressure declines from _ to _ in renal veins
95 mm Hg in renal arteries to 8 mm Hg
Resistance in afferent arterioles protects
glomeruli from fluctuations in systemic blood pressure
Resistance in efferent arterioles reinforces? and reduces?
*high glomerular pressure
*hydrostatic pressure in peritubular capillaries
Filter that lies between the blood and the interior of the glomerular capsule
filtration membrane
A drop in filtration pressure stimulates
Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)
sympathetic activation produces powerful vasoconstriction of?
afferent arterioles
what substance is commonly used to measure GFR?
inulin
The kidneys filter the body’s entire plasma volume, how many times a day?
60 times each day
the filtrate contains all plasma components except
protein
(slide 41)
The filtrate looses what 3 things to become urine
water, nutrients and essential ions
(slide 41)
Urine formation and adjustment of blood composition involves three major processes
Glomerular filtration
Tubular reabsorption
Secretion
(slide 41)
The glomerulus is more efficient than other capillary beds because Its filtration membrane is? Glomerular blood pressure? It has a higher net?
more permeable, more higher, filtration pressure
In glomerular filtration Plasma proteins are not filtered and are used to maintain?
oncotic pressure of the blood
net filtration pressure is the pressure responsible for?
filtration formation
glomerular filtration rate is the total amount of?
of filtrate formed per minute by the kidneys
GFR is directly proportional to the?
NFP
Changes in GFR normally result from changes in?
Glomerular blood pressure
(slide 44)
If the GFR is too high Needed substances cannot be ?
reabsorbed quickly enough and are lost in the urine
If the GFR is too low Everything is?
reabsorbed, including wastes that are normally disposed of
mechanisms of GFR control main role is to?
maintain constant GFR
Three mechanisms control the GFR?
-Renal autoregulation (intrinsic system)
-Neural controls
-Hormonal mechanism (the renin-angiotensin system)
autoregulation entails 2 type of controls which are?
-myogenic: responds to changes in pressure in the renal blood vessels
-Flow-dependent tubuloglomerular feedback:senses changes in the juxtaglomerular apparatus
When the sympathetic nervous system is at rest Renal blood vessels are maximally? and Autoregulation mechanisms?
dilated, prevail
Under stress Norepinephrine is released by the? Epinephrine is released by the? Afferent arterioles?
sympathetic nervous system, adrenal medulla, constrict and filtration is inhibited
The sympathetic nervous system also stimulates what mechanism?
renin-angiotensin mechanism
RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN MECHANISM is triggered when the?
JG cells release renin
Renin acts on angiotensinogen to release?
angiotensin I,
Angiotensin II causes mean arterial pressure to? Stimulates the adrenal cortex to release? As a result, both systemic and glomerular hydrostatic pressure?
rise, aldosterone, rise
Renin release is triggered by reduced stretch of the?
granular JG cells
Nitric oxide is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) produced by the?
vasodilator, vascular endothelium
Adenosine is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) of renal vasculature.
vasoconstrictor
Endothelin is a (vasoconstrictor/ vasodilator) secreted by?
vasoconstrictor, renal tubules
Na+ enters the tubule cells at the?
luminal membrane
A transport maximum (Tm) Reflects the number of carriers in the?
renal tubules available
When the carriers are saturated, excess of that substance?
excreted
Substances are not reabsorbed if they?
-Lack carriers
-Are not lipid soluble
-Are too large to pass through membrane pores
Urea, creatinine, and uric acid are the most important?
nonreabsorbed substances
Substances reabsorbed in PCT include
-Sodium, all nutrients, cations, anions, and water
-Urea and lipid-soluble solutes
-Small proteins
Loop of Henle reabsorbs:
-H2O, Na+, Cl-, K+ in the descending limb
-Ca2+, Mg2+, and Na+ in the ascending limb
DCT absorbs
Ca2+, Na+, H+, K+, and water
HCO3- and Cl-
Collecting duct absorbs
Water and urea
Countercurrent exchange system
Contributes to production of?
concentrated urine
The longer the loop (in Countercurrent Exchange System), the greater the?
concentration gradient
(slide 66)
atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) reduces blood Na+ which:
Decreases? and lowers?
blood volume, blood pressure
ANP lowers blood Na+ by:
Acting directly on? Counteracting the effects of? Indirectly stimulating an increase in GFR reducing?
-medullary ducts to inhibit Na+ reabsorption
-angiotensin II
-H20 reabsorption
Tubular secretion is important for:
Disposing of substances not already in?
Eliminating undesirable substances such as?
Ridding the body of excess?
Controlling blood?
the filtrate, urea and uric acid, potassium ions, pH
Osmolality The number of solute particles dissolved in?
1L of water
Body fluids are measured in?
milliosmols (mOsm)
The kidneys keep the solute load of body fluids constant at about?
300 mOsm
The solute concentration in the loop of Henle ranges from?
300 mOsm to 1200 mOsm
Dissipation of the medullary osmotic gradient is prevented because the blood in the vasa recta equilibrates with the?
interstitial fluid
The descending loop of Henle:
Is relatively impermeable to?
Is permeable to?
solutes
water
The ascending loop of Henle:
Is permeable to?
Is impermeable to?
solutes
water
Collecting ducts in the deep medullary regions are permeable to?
urea
The vasa recta is a countercurrent exchanger that Maintains the?
osmotic gradient
Filtrate is diluted in the?
ascending loop of Henle
Dilute urine is created by allowing this filtrate to continue into the?
renal pelvis
dilute urine will happen as long as antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is not being?
secreted
during dilution of urine Collecting ducts remain impermeable to? no further water reabsorption occurs
water
during dilution of urine, Urine osmolality can be as low as?
50 mOsm
in the formation of concentrated urine, Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) inhibits?
diuresis

excessive urine production
In the presence of ADH, 99% of the water in filtrate is?
reabsorbed
ADH-dependent water reabsorption is called
facultative water reabsorption
ADH is the signal to produce
concentrated urine
Chemicals that enhance the urinary output include Any substance that is not?
Substances that exceed the ability of the?
Substances that inhibit?
reabsorbed
- renal tubules to reabsorb it
-Na+ reabsorption
Osmotic diuretics include:
High glucose levels – carries water out with the glucose
Alcohol – inhibits the release of?
Caffeine and most diuretic drugs – inhibit?
Lasix and Diuril – inhibit?
ADH
-sodium ion reabsorption
-Na+-associated symporters
renal clearance is?
The volume of plasma that is cleared of a particular substance in a given time
Cloudy urine may indicate?
infection of the urinary tract
Fresh urine is has what type of smell?
Standing urine develops an?
slightly aromatic
-ammonia odor
pH of urine?
Slightly acidic (pH 6) with a range of 4.5 to 8.0
Specific gravity of urine
Ranges from 1.001 to 1.035
urine is made up of how much urine & solutes?
95%, 5%
what are the Nitrogenous wastes?
urea, uric acid, and creatinine
Slender tubes that convey urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
ureters
Ureters enter the base of the bladder through the?
posterior wall
Ureters actively propel urine to the bladder via response to?
smooth muscle stretch
Micturition (Voiding or Urination) is?
The act of emptying the bladder
expansion of bladder walls initiates spinal reflexes that:
Stimulate contraction of the?
Inhibit the?
-external urethral sphincter
-detrusor muscle and internal sphincter (temporarily)
Voiding (emptying) reflexes Stimulate the? Inhibit the?
-detrusor muscle to contract
-internal and external sphincters
Urodilatin Inhibits?
sodium and water reabsorption
Vitamin D is Necessary for the absorption of?
calcium and phosphate
Erythropoietin is Released when?
decreased oxygen to the kidney