HUBS192 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Proximal Tubule, Reabsorption, Collecting Duct System

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Clearance can be used to estimate gfr; clearance = conc. of creatinine in urine x rate of urine production / plasma conc. of creatinine. Filtration: glomerulus (throws everything out); tubules reabsorb useful solutes. Today: reabsorption and secretion (add into tubules after glomerulus filtration, getting rid of waste products) from blood) and reabsorption (takes some back to the peritubular capillaries) Up to the rest of the tubules to decide what to reabsorb and what"s left behind to be excreted. Lots of reabsorption of fluid and it"s important (esp. when things go wrong related human disorder, severe effects) Reabsorption and secretion (particularly for getting rid of waste products) occur at the tubules, glomerulus just for filtration. Epithelia along nephron tubules: different structurally and functionally specialisation for reabsorption/secretion. Proximal tubule : specialised to have bulk reabsorption; most filtrate are immediately reabsorbed (lots of water, ion, glucose) pretty much as soon as they"ve been filtered at the glomerulus.

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