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Renal Structure and Function
Renal Structure and Function
Kidneys
Paired Retroperitoneal Partially protected by the 11th and 12th ribs Right slightly lower due to liver Surrounded by renal capsule Adipose capsule Renal fascia
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Anatomy
Hilum (hilus) Renal artery and vein Cortex Medulla Renal pyramids and renal papillae Major and minor calyces Renal Pelvis Ureters
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Ureters connect kidneys to urinary bladder Urethra leads from bladder outside the body
Kidneys make up 1 % of body mass, but receive about 25% of cardiac output. Kidney has two major functions:
1. Filtration of blood Removes metabolic wastes from the body, esp. those containing nitrogen
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Nephron
Functional unit of the kidney Filtration, tubular reabsorption, tubular secretion Renal corpuscle:
Glomerulus capillaries Glomerular or Bowmans capsule
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Bowmans capsule
Receives filtrate
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Filtration
Renal corpuscle Filtration membrane
Fenestrated endothelium of capillaries Basement membrane of glomerulus Slit membrane between pedicels of podocytes
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus
Juxtaglomerular cells lie in the wall of afferent arteriole Macula densa in final portion of loop of Henle monitor Na+ and Cl- conc. and water Control blood flow into the glomerulus Control glomerular filtration
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Tubular reabsorption
Water, glucose, amino acids, urea, ions Sodium diffuses into cell; actively pumped out drawing water with it
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In addition to reabsorption, also have tubular secretion substances move from peritubular capillaries into tubules a second chance to remove substances from blood.
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By end of proximal tubule have reabsorbed: 60- 70% of water and sodium about 100% of glucose and amino acids 90 % of K+, bicarb, Ca++, uric acid Transport maximum maximum amount of a substance that can be absorbed per unit time Renal threshold plasma conc. of a substance at which it exceeds Tm.
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Loop of Henle
Responsible for producing a concentrated urine by forming a concentration gradient within the medulla of kidney. When ADH is present, water is reabsorbed and urine is concentrated. Counter-current multiplier
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pH
Normally 4.8 8.0 Higher in alkalosis, lower in acidosis Diabetes and starvation pH Urinary infections pH
Proteus and pseudomonas are urea splitters
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Specific gravity
Normal values 1.025 -1.032 High specific gravity can cause precipitation of solutes and formation of kidney stones When tubules are damaged, urine specific gravity approaches that of glomerular filtrate 1.010 remains fixed = 2/3 of nephron mass has been lost
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Microscopic analysis
Red blood cells should be few or none
Hematuria large numbers of rbcs in urine Catheterization Menstruation Inflamed prostate gland Cystitis or bladder stones
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Crystals
Infection Inflammation stones
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Bacteria
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Creatinine clearance
Creatinine is an end product of muscle metabolism Muscle mass is constant; creatinine is constant Normal 0.7 1.5 mg/ dL in plasma Can then be compared to creatinine in urine over 24 hour period to determine clearance
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Creatinine clearance is an indirect measure of GFR and renal blood flow Creatinine is neither reabsorbed nor secreted, just freely filtered. Amount excreted = amount filtered Useful to monitor changes in chronic renal function Increases with trauma with massive muscle breakdown
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Diagnostic testing
Inulin clearance - not absorbed or secreted = GFR PAH para-aminohippuric acid not absorbed ; actively secreted = renal plasma flow
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