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Chapter 25 the Urinary System Chapter 25 The Urinary System 10/30/2013MDufilho 1 . Kidney Functions • Removal of toxins, metabolic wastes, and excess ions from the blood • Regulation of blood volume, chemical composition, and pH • Gluconeogenesis during prolonged fasting • Endocrine functions • Renin: regulation of blood pressure and kidney function • Erythropoietin: regulation of RBC production • Activation of vitamin D 10/30/2013 MDufilho 2 . 10/30/2013 MDufilho 3 Figure 25.5 Figure 25.9 A schematic, uncoiled nephron showing the three major renal processes that adjust plasma composition. Afferent arteriole Glomerular capillaries Efferent arteriole Cortical radiate artery Glomerular capsule 1 Renal tubule and collecting duct containing filtrate Peritubular 2 capillary 3 To cortical radiate vein Three major renal processes: Urine 1 Glomerular filtration 2 Tubular reabsorption 3 Tubular secretion 10/30/2013 4 MDufilho Figure 25.5 Location and structure of nephrons. (3 of 7) Basement membrane Podocyte Fenestrated endothelium of the glomerulus Glomerular capsule: visceral layer 10/30/2013 5 MDufilho Figure 25.10a The filtration membrane. Glomerular capsular space Efferent Cytoplasmic extensions arteriole of podocytes Filtration slits Podocyte Afferent cell body arteriole Proximal convoluted Glomerular tubule capillary covered by Parietal layer Fenestrations podocytes that form of glomerular (pores) the visceral layer of capsule glomerular capsule Glomerular capillaries and the Glomerular visceral layer of the glomerular capillary endothelium capsule (podocyte covering Foot and basement processes membrane removed) of podocyte 10/30/2013 6 MDufilho Figure 25.10c The filtration membrane. Filtration membrane • Capillary endothelium Capillary • Basement membrane • Foot processes of podocyte of glomerular capsule Filtration slit Slit Plasma Filtrate diaphragm in capsular space Foot Fenestration processes (pore) of podocyte 10/30/2013 Three layers of the filtration membrane 7 MDufilho Terminology • Renal Fraction = % of blood flow passing through kidneys = 20 – 25% • Filtration Fraction = % plasma (in renal fraction) that passes through the filtration membrane to become filtrate = 20% 10/30/2013 8 MDufilho . Net Filtration Pressure (NFP) • The pressure responsible for filtrate formation (10 mm Hg) • Determined by • Glomerular hydrostatic pressure (HPg) the chief force • Two opposing forces: • Colloid osmotic pressure of glomerular blood (OPg) • Capsular hydrostatic pressure (HPc) NFP = HPg – (OPg + HPc) 10/30/2013 MDufilho 9 . Figure 25.11 Forces determining net filtration pressure (NFP). Glomerular capsule Efferent arteriole HPgc = 55 mm Hg OPgc = 30 mm Hg Afferent HPcs = 15 mm Hg arteriole NFP = Net filtration pressure = outward pressures – inward pressures = (HPgc) – (HPcs + OPgc) = (55) – (15 + 30) = 10 mm Hg 10/30/2013 10 MDufilho Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) • Volume of filtrate formed per minute by the kidneys (120–125 ml/min) • Governed by (and directly proportional to) • Total surface area available for filtration • Filtration membrane permeability • NFP 10/30/2013 MDufilho 11 . Tubular Maximum • Also called transport maximum • When tubular load exceeds tubular maximum, the substances show up in urine • e. g. Glucosuria 10/30/2013 12 MDufilho . Clinical Applications – What if….. • Hemorrhage – - Blood Pressure? - NFP? - GFR? - Result • Fight or flight situation - Sympathetic stimulation? - Blood Pressure? - Result? • Kidney Infection 10/30/2013 13 MDufilho - Result . Regulation of Glomerular Filtration • GFR is tightly controlled by two types of mechanisms • Intrinsic controls (renal autoregulation) • Act locally within the kidney • Extrinsic controls • Nervous and endocrine mechanisms that maintain blood pressure, but affect kidney function 10/30/2013 MDufilho 14 . Intrinsic Controls • Maintains a nearly constant GFR when MAP is in the range of 80–180 mm Hg • Two types of renal autoregulation • Myogenic mechanism (Chapter 19) • Tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism, which senses changes in the juxtaglomerular apparatus 10/30/2013 MDufilho 15 . Figure 25.8 Juxtaglomerular complex (JGC) of a nephron. Glomerular capsule Glomerulus Foot Efferent processes arteriole Parietal layer of podocytes of glomerular capsule Podocyte cell body (visceral layer) Capsular Afferent space Red blood cell arteriole Efferent Proximal arteriole tubule cell Juxtaglomerular complex • Macula densa cells of the ascending limb of nephron loop Lumens of • Extraglomerular glomerular mesangial cells capillaries • Granular Endothelial cell cells Afferent of glomerular arteriole capillary Glomerular mesangial cells Juxtaglomerular complex Renal corpuscle 10/30/2013 16 MDufilho Intrinsic Controls: Tubuloglomerular Feedback Mechanism Macula densa cells monitor Na+ and Cl- in filtrate • Macula densa cells of the JGA respond to NaCl by releasing a vasoconstricting chemical that acts on the afferent arteriole GFR • The opposite occurs if GFR decreases. 10/30/2013 MDufilho 17 . Intrinsic Controls • Compensate for MAP of 80 – 180 mmHg to maintain GFR at 125 ml/min (+/- 30%) • Kidney function suffers if MAP < 80 mmHg • Then extrinsic controls are needed 10/30/2013 18 MDufilho . Extrinsic Controls: Sympathetic Nervous System • Under extreme stress • Norepinephrine is released by the sympathetic nervous system • Epinephrine is released by the adrenal medulla • Both cause constriction of afferent arterioles, inhibiting filtration and triggering the release of renin 10/30/2013 MDufilho 19 . Extrinsic Controls: Renin-Angiotensin Mechanism • Triggered when the granular cells of the JGA release renin angiotensinogen (a plasma globulin) renin angiotensin I angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) angiotensin II 10/30/2013 MDufilho 20 . Other Factors Affecting GFR • Prostaglandin E2 • Vasodilator that counteracts vasoconstriction by norepinephrine and angiotensin II • Prevents renal damage when peripheral resistance is increased • Intrarenal angiotensin II • Reinforces the effects of hormonal angiotensin II • Adenosine • A vasoconstrictor of renal vasculature 10/30/2013 MDufilho 21 . Figure 25.12 Physiological mechanisms regulating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the kidneys. SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE Blood pressure in GFR Granular cells of Inhibits baroreceptors afferent arterioles; GFR juxtaglomerular in blood vessels of complex of kidney systemic circulation Release Filtrate flow Stretch of smooth andNaCl in muscle in walls of Renin ascendinglimb of afferent arterioles Sympathetic nephron loop Catalyzes cascade nervous system resulting in Targets formation of Vasodilation of afferent arterioles Angiotensin II Macula densa cells Aldosterone Vasoconstriction of of juxtaglomerular secretion by systemic arterioles; complex of kidney adrenal cortex peripheral resistance Release of vasoactive chemicals inhibited Na+ reabsorption by kidney tubules; Vasodilation of water follows afferent arterioles Blood volume GFR Systemic blood pressure Tubuloglomerular Myogenic mechanism Hormonal (renin-angiotensin- mechanism Neural controls of autoregulation aldosterone)mechanism ofautoregulation Intrinsic mechanisms directly regulate GFR despite Extrinsic mechanisms indirectly regulate GFR moderate changes in blood pressure (between 80 by maintaining systemic blood pressure, which and 180 mm Hg mean arterial pressure). drives filtration in the kidneys. 10/30/2013 22 MDufilho Regulation of Urine Concentration and Volume – Really ECF • Osmolality - number of solute particles in 1Kg of solvent • Osmolarity – number of solute particles in 1 liter of solvent • Both terms reflect the solution’s ability to cause osmosis • Body fluids are measured in milliosmols (mOsm) • The kidneys keep the solute load of body fluids constant at about 285 - 300 mOsm • This is accomplished by the countercurrent 10/30/2013mechanism 23 MDufilho . Countercurrent Mechanism • Occurs when fluid flows in opposite directions in two adjacent segments of the same tube • Filtrate flow in the loop of Henle (countercurrent multiplier) • Blood flow in the vasa recta (countercurrent exchanger) 10/30/2013 MDufilho 24 . Figure 25.7a Blood vessels of cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons. Cortical nephron Juxtamedullary nephron • Short nephron loop • Long nephron loop • Glomerulus further from the cortex-medulla junction • Glomerulus closer to the cortex-medulla junction • Efferent arteriole supplies peritubular capillaries • Efferent arteriole supplies vasa recta Renal Glomerulus Efferent corpuscle (capillaries) arteriole Cortical radiate vein Glomerular Cortical radiate artery capsule Afferent arteriole Collecting duct Proximal Distal convoluted tubule convoluted tubule Afferent Efferent arteriole arteriole Peritubular capillaries Ascending limb of nephron loop Cortex-medulla junction Arcuate vein Kidney Arcuate artery Vasa recta Nephron loop Descending limb of nephron loop 10/30/2013 25 MDufilho Cortex Medulla 10/30/2013 MDufilho 26 . Figure 25.15 Figure 25.16a Juxtamedullary nephrons create an osmotic gradient within the renal medulla that allows the kidney to produce urine of varying concentration. (4 of 4) (continued) As water and solutes are reabsorbed, the loop first concentrates the filtrate, then dilutes it. Active transport Passive transport Water impermeable 300 300 100 Cortex 100 300 300 1 Filtrate entering the 5 Filtrate is at its most dilute as it nephron loop is isosmotic to leaves the nephron loop. At both blood plasma and 100 mOsm, it is hypo-osmotic cortical interstitial fluid. to the interstitial fluid. 400 400 200 4 Na+ and Cl- are
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