Renal embryology


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Step 1 Express 2022-Renal



 Step 1 Express 2022 workbook: RENAL 
 
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© First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2022 edition
Renal 
 
 
EMBRYOLOGY 
1.
 
What are the four causes of Potter sequence? (p 602) __________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
2. 
Which genetic diseases are associated with horseshoe kidney? (p 603) _____________________ 
 
______________________________________________________________________________  
3. 
What error in development occurs that results in unilateral renal agenesis? (p 603) ____________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
4. 
What is the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in male infants? (p 603) _________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
ANATOMY 
5. 
Why is the left kidney harvested for transplantation rather than the right? (p 604) ______________ 
______________________________________________________________________________
6. 
Ureters pass ______________ (over/under) the uterine artery or the vas deferens. (p 605) 
PHYSIOLOGY 
7. 
What is the 60-40-20 rule of total body weight? (p 605) __________________________________ 
 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
Questions 


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Step 1 Express 2022 workbook: RENAL 
© First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2022 edition
8. 
The fenestrated capillary endothelium of the glomerular filtration barrier is responsible for the 
filtration of plasma by which characteristic: size or charge? (p 605) _________________________ 
9. 
The epithelial layer of the glomerular filtration barrier is formed by which cells? (p 605) _________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________
10. 
What is the formula for calculating the clearance of substance X, the volume of plasma from which 
the substance is completely cleared per unit of time? (p 606) _____________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
11. 
If renal clearance is greater than the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of substance X, then there is a 
net tubular ____________ (reabsorption/secretion) of substance X. (p 606) 
12. 
Creatinine clearance slightly ____________ (overestimates/underestimates) the GFR rate because 
creatinine is ____________ (secreted/reabsorbed) by the renal tubules. (p 606) 
13. 
What is the formula for estimating renal blood flow if renal plasma flow is known? (p 606) 
 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
14. 
What are the effects of prostaglandins on the glomerulus? (p 607) _________________________ 
 
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15. 
What are the effects of angiotensin II on the glomerulus? (p 607) __________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
16. 
Decreased plasma protein concentration causes ____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in 
renal plasma flow and ____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in GFR, which results in 
____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in the filtration fraction. (p 607) 
17. 
Constriction of the afferent arteriole causes ____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in renal 
plasma flow and ____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in GFR, which results in 
____________ (decrease/increase/no change) in the filtration fraction. (p 607) 


 Step 1 Express 2022 workbook: RENAL 
 
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18. 
What is the formula for excretion rate? (p 608) _________________________________________ 
19. 
In the nephron, glucose at normal plasma concentrations is reabsorbed in which structure? And by 
which transporter? (p 608) _________________________________________________________ 
20. 
At what plasma glucose concentration is the transport mechanism of the proximal tubule completely 
saturated, leading to glucose spilling into the urine? (p 608) _______________________________ 
21. 
What ion is secreted into the lumen of the early proximal convoluted tubule and can complex with 
bicarbonate for reabsorption? (p 609) ________________________________________________ 
22. 
Which three ions are actively reabsorbed in the thick ascending loop of Henle? (p 609) _________ 
______________________________________________________________________________
23. 
Which two ions are indirectly reabsorbed in the thick ascending loop of Henle? (p 609) _________ 
 
______________________________________________________________________________
24. 
Which hormone controls the reabsorption of calcium in the early distal convoluted tubule? (p 609) 
 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
25. 
On which segment of the nephron does the hormone aldosterone act? (p 609) _______________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
26. 
ADH’s effect at V
2
receptors results in what action? (p 609) _______________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
27. 
The ratio of solute concentration in the tubular fluid versus plasma (TF/P) can indicate the level of 
secretion or reabsorption of that solute along the proximal convoluted tubule. If the TF/P ratio of that 
solute is less than that of inulin, there is net ____________ (reabsorption/secretion) along the 
proximal tubule. (p 611) 
28. 
Along the length of the proximal convoluted tubule, does the relative concentration of chloride 
increase, decrease, or stay the same? (p 611) _________________________________________ 


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© First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2022 edition
29. 
Which actions of angiotensin II serve to increase intravascular volume and/or blood pressure?
(p 612) ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ 
30. 
Where is angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) primarily located? (p 612) ___________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________
31. 
ADH primarily regulates __________ __________ (serum osmolarity/blood volume), whereas 
aldosterone primarily regulates __________ __________ (serum osmolarity/ECF volume). In 
__________ (low/high) volume states, both ADH and aldosterone act to protect __________ 
__________ (serum osmolarity/blood volume). (p 612)  
32. 
What are the effects of aldosterone secretion? (p 612) __________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
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33. 
When blood pressure falls, the kidneys compensate by releasing which enzyme? (p 613) 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
34. 
Which cells in the kidney secrete renin? (p 612) _______________________________________ 
35. 
Which hormone is released by the interstitial cells of renal peritubular capillaries in response to 
hypoxia? (p 613) ________________________________________________________________ 
36. 
Which enzyme from the kidney is activated by PTH, and what is the function of that enzyme? (p 
614) __________________________________________________________________________ 
37. 
Atrial natriuretic peptide is secreted in response to ______________ (decreased/increased) atrial 
pressure and causes the GFR to ______________ (decrease/increase). (p 614) 


 Step 1 Express 2022 workbook: RENAL 
 
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38. 
In the chart below, check the effect that each condition has on the potassium shift. (p 614)

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