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first exam - renal

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The excretory function of the kidney is central to their ability to regulate what? (2)   1. Composition 2. Volume of body fluids  
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The kidney controls both ___ and _____ of the body fluids   1. Osmolality 2. Volume  
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Why do we need to control body fluid osmolality?   1. Maintain cell volume 2. Maintain CV functions  
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The kideneys regulate the excretion of what?   Water and NaCl  
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What 2 systems integrate the kidney's function?   CV and CNS  
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The kidney regulates ___ balance   Electrolyte  
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The kidneys are the _____ route for excretion in the body   Primary or sole  
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Functions of the kidney : 5   1. Regulation of body fluid volume and osmolality 2. Electrolyte 3. Acid-base balance 4. Metabolic products and foreign substances 5. Hormones  
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How do we maintain an acid-base balance? 2   1. Buffers 2. Coordination of the lungs with the kidneys  
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What is metabolic waste?   Waste that is produced BY the body  
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What are the hormones produced by the kidneys?   Renin, calcitrol and Epo  
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What does renin do? How?   regulates BP : Na-K balance  
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Function of calcitrol?   Normal reabsorption: calcium by GI tract and for deposition in bone  
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Why could calcitrol production be impaired?   Renal disease  
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You have ______ in chronic renal disease   Abnormalities in bone formation  
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What is the function of erythropoietin?   Stim RBC formation by the bone marrow and control oxygen carrying capacity if blood  
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Because epo production and secretion is reduced in chronic renal failure, you get ___   Anemia  
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Urinary volume may vary from   0,5 to 18L per day  
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Diluted urine =   50 mOsm/L  
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Concentrated urine =   120mOsm/L  
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Useless to the body: excess in the body   Waste  
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A waste substance produce by the body   Metabolic waste : Nitrogen or CO2 for example  
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All metabolic waste is nitrogenous   False!  
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A by-product of protein catabolism   Urea  
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Renal failure can lead to what? What is this?   Azotemia : accumulation of nitrogenous waste in blood  
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Azotemia leads to what which leads to what?   Uremia - convultion - coma - DEATH!!!  
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Normal urinary output   1-2 L day  
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Polyuria =   more than 2L day  
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Oliguria =   Less that 500 ml day  
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Anuna can be due to what?   Kidney disease, Dehydration, prostate enlargement  
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Range for anuna. If output drop below ___ you get azotemia   1. 0-100 ml day 2. 400 ml day  
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Molarity   The amount of a substance, relative to its molecular weight, dissolved in a solution  
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Equivalence   If a solution dissociates into more than one particle when dissolved in a solution  
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Equivalence refers to what?   The interaction between cations and anions, determined by the valence of these ions  
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For univalent ions (NaCl), the concentrations expressed in terms of ___ and ___ are identical   1. Molarity 2. Equivalence  
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Is this true for ions that have a valence greater than 1?   Nope  
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Osmosis: The passage of water from a region of ______ through a _____ to a region of _____ when a barrier ____ the movement of solutes   1. High water density 2. semi-permeable membrane 3. low water concentration 4. Restricts  
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What is the driving force for movement of water across cell membranes?   Osmotic pressure diffrence  
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If you have 2 chambers seperated by a semi-permeable membrane, B is filled with distilled water, A is filled with a solute. Water will move from B to A. At equilibrium, what will stop mvt from B to A?   Hydrostatic pressure  
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Hydrostatic pressure will equal and opose what?   Osmotic pressure  
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How do you determine osmotic pressure?   By the number of solute particles in a solution  
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Law that calulates osmotic pressure? equation   1. van't Hoff's law 2. pi = nCRT  
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n = ? C = ? R = ? T = ?   n = # of dissociable particles per molecule C = total solutes concentration R = Gas constant T = Absolute temp (K)  
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Osmotic pressure may also be expressed in terms of ___   Osmolarity  
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T or F: Solutions containing 1 mmol/L solute particles exerts an osmotic pressure of l mosm/L. Substances that can dissociate in a solution will have a value other than 1.   true  
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Osmolarity =   Concentration x # dissociable particle  
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mOsm/L =   mmol/L x # particles/molecule  
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Definition of osmolarity   # of solution particles per 1 L of solvent  
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Expressed in?   milliosmoles/L (mOsm/L)  
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Role of temperature   Proportionate to temp  
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Osmolality: definition, based on what?, temp dependant?   1. # of solution particles per 1kg of solvent 2. based on mass of solvent 3. nope  
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Expressed in?   Osm/Kg H2O  
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What is tonicity?   The effect of a solution on cell colume  
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3 types of tonicity   Hypo, Hyper, Isotonic  
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Hypotonic:   Solution that causes a cell to swell  
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Hypertonic:   Solution that causes a cell to shrink  
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Isotonic:   No effect on cell volume  
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What factors affect tonicity?   1. Permiability 2. Osmolality  
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To exert ____ across a membrane, a solute must ___ ____ that membrane   1. Osmotic pressure 2. Must not permeate  
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What is an effective osmole?   An osmole that generate pressure equal and opposite to the osmotic pressure generated by the contents of RBCs  
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What is an ineffective osmole?   An osmole that can cross the RBC membrane easily and therefore can not exert osmotic pressure to balance that generated by the solutes of ICF  
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A solution that has an osmotic coefficient or reflection coefficient of 1 means what?   Osmotic pressure is exerted and the substance is an effective osmole  
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What is oncotic pressure?   It is the osmotic pressure generated by macromolecules (proteins)  
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What is the oncotic pressure exerted by proteins in human plasma?   28-26 mmHg or 1.4 mOsm/Kg H2O osmotic pressure  
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The oncotic pressure is important for what?   Important force involved in fluid movement across caps  
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Oncotic pressure is smaller or bigger than osmotic?   smaller  
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What is specific gravity?   The weight of a volume of a solution divided by the weight of an equal volume of distilled water  
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The specific gravity of biologic fluids is?   Greater than 1  
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What is the cilical use for specific gravity?   used to assess the concentration ability of the kidneys  
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Specific gravity varies in proportion to   its osmolarity  
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Specific gravity depends on what?   The number and weight of solute particles  
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% of total body water?   60%  
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% of ECF? ICF?   1. 20% BW 2. 40% BW  
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% of ISF? Plasma?   1. 75% of ECF 2. 25% of ECF  
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The ionic composition of the ISF and plasma is similar with 1 diffrence   Plasma has a crap load more protein  
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Which ion is the major determinant of ECF osmolality?   Na+  
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A rough estimate of ECF osmolality = ?   Double the Na+ concentration  
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Why measure plasma osmolality?   Provides a measure of osmolality of ECF and ICF  
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___ is in osmotic equilibrium across cap endothelium and cell membrane   H2O  
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Equilibrium between ICF and ECF occurs how?   By movement of water  
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Which ion is the major catin of ICF?   K+  
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How is the asymetric distribution of Na an K maintained across the cell membrane?   Na/K pump  
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What are the 2 forces that determine the free movement of water between the various body compartements?   1. Hydrostatic pressure 2. Osmotic pressure  
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Hydrostatic pressure is exerted by the ___ and osmotic pressure is exerted by ___   1. Pumping of the heart 2. Plamsa proteins  
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Fluid exchange between body compartements: this process is called what?   Oncotic pressure  
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Hydrostaic and osmotic pressure determine what?   Fluid movement across the cap wall  
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Is hydrostatic pressure present across the cell membrane?   no  
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What pressure between ICF and ECF cause fluid movement into and out of cells?   Osmotic pressure diffrence  
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Fluid movement across cap wall is measured by what?   Starling forces Kf{(Pc-Pi) - theta(PIc - PIi)}  
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Kf=   Filtration coefficient of cap wall  
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Pc =   hydrostatic pressure within cap lumen (a force for the movement of fluid from the lumen into interstitium)  
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PIc =   Oncotic pressure of plasma  
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What retards the movement of fluid out of the cap lumen?   Oncotic pressure of plasma (PIc)  
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PIi =   Hydrostatic pressure of interstitium  
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The force that will cause fluid to move out of the cap   PIi - hydrostatic pressure of intertitium  
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PIi = also   Oncotic pressure of the ISF  
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The proteins that leack across the cap wall into the intersitium exert ___ pressure and promote what?   1. Oncotic 2. Promotes the movement of fluid out of the cap lumen  
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Theta =   Reflection coefficient... relative availability for a solute to cross a cell membrane  
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Do starling forces for cap fluid exchange vary between tissues and organs?   Sure do  
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What causes fluid to leave the lumen along its entire lenght?   1. Balance of starling force across muscle cap 2. the filtered fluid is then returned to circulation via lymphatics  
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Is the freaken cell membrane highly permeable to water   yes!!!!!!!  
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The ICF and ECF are in ____ equilibrium   osmotic  
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What does movement of ions across the plasma membrane dependant on?   1. specific membrane transporters 2. Cell membrane permiability  
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If increase in vascular volume is needed:   5% albumin: the oncotic pressure retains fluid in vascular compartement  
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If expansion of ECF is needed:   0.9% NaCl  
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If body fluid is hyperosmotic:   need hypotonic solution: 0.45% NaCl  
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Hypotonic solution of 0.45% NaCl increases what?   Both ICF and ECF  
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Kidneys are ___ organs   retroperitoneal  
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What percent of the blood flows to the kidneys?   25% cardiac output  
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Kidneys make up what percent of body wieght?   less than 0.5 percent  
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Describe the blood flow pathway   Renal artery -- arcuate artery -- interlobular artery -- afferent arterioles -- glomerular caps -- efferent arterioles -- cap network  
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What brings the blood into the nephron?   Afferent arterioles  
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What carried the blood out of the kidneys?   Efferent arterioles  
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What supplies blood to the nephron?   peritubular caps  
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What gives rise to the vasa recta?   Juxtamedullary nephron's peritubular caps  
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What is the vasa recta?   long hairpin shaped vessel that follows the course of the loop of henle  
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Function of vasa recta   Omsotic exchanges for producing concetrated urine  
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What is the functional unit of the kidey?   Nephron  
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Nephrons consist of:   1. Gloreulus 2. Renal tubual  
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Glormerulus consist of:   1. Glomerular caps 2. Bowman's membrane  
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Where to glomerular caps extend from and where are they located?   Come from afferent arterioles inside bowman's membrane  
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What is ultrafiltration?   Passive movement of protein free fluid from glomerular caps  
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Blood is ultrafiltered across the gloermular caps to where?   Bowman's membrane  
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Ultrastructure of the nephron corpuscle:   1. Podocytes 2. Filtration barrier  
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What are podocytes?   Glomerular caps covered by epithelial cells  
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Can do phagocytosis and are protective in nature...are endocytic   Podocytes  
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Where can you find the filtration barrier?   1. The cap endothelium 2. The basement membrane 3. Mesangium  
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What does the cap endothelium allow through?   water, sodium, urea, glucose and small proteins  
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The basement membrane is composed of ___ charged proteins   Negetively  
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How do particles pass through the basement membrane and cap endothelium?   Filtration slits  
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Function of filtration slits   To retard the filtration of some proteins and macromolecules  
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What is nephrin?   Transmembrane protein of slip diaphragm  
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What happens if there is mutation of the nephrin gene?   Massive proteinuria and renal failure  
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Mesangial cells are ___   Phagocytic  
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Function of mesangium   1. Secrete prostaglandins and cytokines (defense proteins and inflammation) 2. Contract and influence GFR  
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Mesangium is involved in _____   immune complex mediated glomerular disease  
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The remainder of the nephron is a ____ lined with a single layer of ____   1. Tubular structure 2. Epithelial cells  
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Function of the epithelial cells of the nephron   Reabsorption from tubular lumen into peritubular cap blood stream  
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The renal tubual is composed of:   1. Proximal convoluted tubule (brush border) 2. Proximal straight tubule  
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The proximal straight tubule is composed of:   1. Loops of Henle 2. Distal convoluted tubule 3. Collecting ducts  
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The loop of Henle is composed of:   1. Thin ascending limb 2. This descending limb 3. Thick ascending limb (TAL)  
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Function of the brush border (proximal convoluted tubule)   Has microvilli that provide an area for absorption  
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2 types of nephrons   1. Superficial cortical nephrons 2. Justamedullary nephrons  
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Superficial cortical nephrons: Location and structure   1. Glomeruli located in outer cortex 2. Short loop of henle  
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Justamedullary nephrons: location ond structure   1. Glomeruli located near the corticomedullary border 2. Longer loop of Henly (allows more time for water conservation)  
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Where do you find vasa recta?   in the juxtamedullary nephron  
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What percent of the RBF enters the vasa recta?   less than 0.7%  
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Function of vasa recta   1. Osmotic exchnager 2. Concentration and dilution of urine 3. Convey oxygen and nutrients to nephron 4. Return reabsorbed water and solutes to blood  
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The ultrastructure of the juxtaglomerular apparatus has the following   1. Macula densa 2. Extraglomerular mesangial cells 3. Renin producing granular cells  
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What are granular cells of the afferent arterioles?   modified smooth muscle cells that produce renin  
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The macula densa is part of the:   TAL  
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Function of renin   Regulated BP INDIRECTLY through renin-angiotensin-aldosterone pathway  
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What is the function of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism?   Autoregulation of RBF and GFR  
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Function of renal nerves   help regulate RBF, GFR and water reabsorption by the nephron  
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Sympathetic originate from the ___. Parasympathetics originate from the ___.   1. Celiac plexus 2. No parasympathetics!  
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Adrenergic fibers relase:   1. NE 2. Dopamine  
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3 effects of dopamine   1. Affects smoooth muscle cells 2. secretion of renin 3. enhances Na+ reabsorption  
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What is nephrotic syndrome?   Increased protein permiabilty in the glomerular caps  
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Patients may dev what other condition>?   Albuminemia  
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Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to what?   Nephrotic symdrome  
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What else can lead to nephrotic syndrome?   Foot process disease and amyloidosis  
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What does Alport's syndrome lead to?   1. Hematuria 2. Glomerulonephritis  
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Defect which leads to Alport's syndrome?   Defect in collagen 4 of basement membrane  
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2 parts of the bladder   1. Fundus 2. Neck  
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Connects with the urethra   Neck  
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Diffrence between female and male urinary tract   Males has a post-urethra  
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Region of posterior bladder wall   Trigone  
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Detrusor muscle is under ___ control   Autonomic  
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Function of detrusor muscle, found where?   Stop urine flow for storage...neck  
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External sphincter: muscle type, function   1. Skeletal 2. prevent or interupt urination  
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Where do you find ruggae?   Walls of the ureters, bladder and urethra  
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What is there little or no change in intravesicular pressure when the bladder fills?   The ruggae flatten out  
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3 types of cells that make up thge calyces, pelvis, ureter and bladder   1. Columnar cells (basilar layer) 2. Cuboidal (intermediate layer) 3. Squamous (superficial layer)  
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Fibers in the detrusor muscle are arranged ___   Randomly  
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Innervation of the bladder   1. Sympathetics via hypogastric nerves 2. Parasympathetics via pelvic nerves 3. Sacral pudendal nerves  
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Function of sympathetics   Contract neck and urethra for urine storage  
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Function of para   innervate fundus...muscarinic receptors cause sustained bladder contration  
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Function of pudendal   Innervate the skeletal muscle fibers of the external sphincter...cause contraction  
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