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Excretion definition

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The removal of metabolic waste from the body

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What substances are removed in excretion

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  • Nitrogen containing compounds, e.g. urea
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Bile pigment, found in faeces
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List the four excretory organs

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Skin
Lungs
Kidneys
Liver

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How does excretion occur in the lungs?

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  • CO2 is produced as a waste product of respiration
  • CO2 is passed from cells of respiring tissues into the blood stream
  • It is transported (mostly as HCO3- ions) to the lungs
  • CO2 then diffuses into the alveoli to be excreted
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How does excretion occur in the skin?

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  • excretion is not the primary function of the skin
  • Sweat contains a large range of substances
  • It contains: salts, urea, water, Uric acid and ammonia
  • Urea, uric acid and ammonia are all excretory products
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What excretion processes occur in the liver?

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  • Directly involved in excretion
  • Has many metabolic roles:
  • removing bilirubin
  • converting excess amino acids into urea
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How does excretion occur in the kidneys?

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  • urea is transported in the blood stream to travel to the kidneys
  • it is transported in solution - dissolved in the plasma
  • in the kidneys, urea is removed to become part of urine
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How is CO2 made?

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Produced as a waste product of aerobic respiration

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How is CO2 transported?

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Transported mainly as HCO3- ions dissolved in the blood plasma

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How is CO2 removed?

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It is breathed out from the alveoli in the lungs in aerobic respiration

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Why is excess CO2 toxic?

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  • Causes increase in HCO3- ions
  • Decreases pH of the blood
  • Causes acidosis
  • Enzymes in red blood cells, blood and body denature
  • Etc.
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Explain the importance of excretion in metabolism and homeostasis (3)

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  1. Some products of metabolic reactions are toxic
    - they must be removed in order to prevent buildup and damage to cells/death
  2. E.g. aerobic respiration produces carbon dioxide which can cause respiratory acidosis if it builds up (makes pH of blood more acidic).
    - It needs to be excreted by breathing it out from the lungs
  3. Removal of metabolic waste using negative feedback (loop) mechanism ensures the internal environment of the body stays constant
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What can high buildup of CO2 cause?

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Acidosis:

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Blood supply of the liver structure

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  • Hepatic portal vein
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Hepatic vein
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Function of bile

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  • Emulsify lipids

- Neutralise stomach acids

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Function of hepatic artery

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  • bring oxygenated blood from the heart

- supplies hepatocytes with oxygen etc., needed for aerobic respiration

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Function of hepatic portal vein

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  • brings deoxygenated blood from the intestines/gut/duodenum
  • this may contain toxic compounds which need detoxification or products of digestion for storage
  • storage of gluocse as glycogen
  • thin wall, larger lumen
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Function of the bile duct

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  • bile is made in the hepatocytes (exocrine) and secreted into the bile canaliculi (enclosed space) which drains into the bile duct
  • bile is stored in the gall bladder until release into the small intestine
  • bile emulsifies lipids and neutralises stomach acid
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Mixing of blood in liver

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  • The blood from the hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein mix and go into a sinusoid
  • this sinusoid is closely surrounded by liver cells
  • sinusoids remove molecules from the blood, e.g. glucose
  • they also release others back into the blood, e.g. fibrinogens
  • The idea behind mixing the blood is to increase oxygen content for the hepatocytes
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Where does blood from the sinusoid drain into?

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  • Drains into the intra-cellular hepatic vein
  • this returns the blood to the heart
  • Always in the centre - drain towards it (?)
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What are hepatocytes?

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Liver cells

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Function and structure of Kupffer cells

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  • Has many functions
  • These are specialised macrophages found in sinusoids that break down RBCs.
  • product of this breakdown is released into the bile duct to be sent to the digestive system for excretion
  • e.g. bilirubin from haemoglobin is brown in faeces
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How is the structure of the liver adapted to give a good blood supply?

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  • all cells and chambers in the liver are arranged to to ensure greatest contact with blood vessels
  • liver is divided into lobes which are further divided into lobules.
  • the lobules are cylindrical
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Ornithine cycle def

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A series of biochemical reactions that convert ammonia to urea

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List functions of the liver

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Many metabolic and homeostatic functions:

  • control of blood-glucose levels, amino acid levels, lipid levels etc.
  • synthesis of bile, plasma proteins and cholesterol - on specification
  • synthesis of RBCs in the foetus
  • storage of vitamins A, D and B12, as well as iron and (glycogen - spec)
  • detoxification of alcohol and drugs in body - on OCR specification
  • breakdown of hormones
  • destruction of RBCs
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How does the liver store sugars?

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In the form of glycogen

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Why is ammonia converted into urea before entering the blood?

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It is highly toxic and highly soluble in the blood

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How is glycogen stored?

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Stored in granules in hepatocytes

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Detoxification def

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The conversion of toxic molecules into less toxic or non-toxic molecules

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Examples of detoxification in metabolism

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  • hydrogen peroxide by catalase enzyme
  • drugs by a group of enzymes called cytochrome P450
  • alcohol by ethanol dehydrogenase and ethanal dehydrogenase
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Why is alcohol toxic?

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  • alcohol (ethanol) is toxic as it depresses nerve activity
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How is alcohol broken down in the liver (mechanism)?

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1.- ethanol dehydrogenase breaks down ethanol into ethanal
- NAD is converted into NADH
2.- ethanal dehydrogenase then breaks down ethanal into ethanoic acid.
- NAD becomes NADH
3. - ethanoic acid is then broken down into Acetyl Coenzyme A
4.

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Two processes in the formation of urea

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  • Deamination

- The ornithine cycle

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Why fish excrete ammonia without converting into urea?

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Ammonia is very soluble in water, but must be diluted in a large amount of water

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Why birds and mammals convert ammonia into uric acid and urea (respectably)

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So that they lose very little water during excretion; they conserve water

  • in mammals, water then travels to the kidneys
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Why does deamination need to happen?

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Amino acids can’t be stored (toxic) but they can be used to release energy (waste to directly excrete them)

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Deamination mechanism/ Ornithine cycle

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Overall - 2NH3 + CO2 —> CO(NH2)2 + H2O
Mechanism:

  1. NH3 + CO2 + Ornithine —> Citrulline + NH3
  2. Citrulline + NH3 —> Arginine + H2O
  3. Arginine + H2O —> Urea (CO(NH2)2 + Ornithine
  4. Steps 1-3 repeat
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Word equation for deamination

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Amino + oxygen —> keto acid + ammonia

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How does liver cirrhosis occur?

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  • Increased consumption of alcohol and drugs/toxins to liver can cause damage to hepatocytes
  • If done over a long period of time, liver tissue/hepatocytes can scar
  • Scar tissue forms
  • Liver no longer functions properly
  • As hepatocytes are being damaged faster than they can be regenerated/healed
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Outline the ornithine cycle

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  1. Ammonia and CO2 react with ornithine to produce citrulline
  2. Citrulline reacts with ammonia to produce Arginine and H2O
  3. Arginine reacts with H2O to produce urea and Ornithine
  4. Ornithine is then reused with ammonia and CO2 to restart the ornithine cycle
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Function of the kidneys

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Remove waste from the blood and make urine

Reabsorbs required nutrients, and rest of waste travels to bladder to be excreted as urine

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Nephron definition

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  • the functional unit of the kidney
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Ultrafiltration def

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Filtration of the blood at a molecular level under pressure

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Three regions of the kidneys and what they contain

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  • inner region
  • middle region
  • outer region
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Different general parts of the kidneys and their functions

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  • nephron tubule
  • capsule
  • cortex - dark outer layer, where filtering takes place
  • medulla - reabsorption of water, act as collection ducts
  • branch of renal vein - deoxygenated blood without waste or excess waste leaves the kidneys
  • branch of renal artery - oxygenated blood, waste (incl. urea) and water enter kidney
  • pelvis
  • ureter - carries urine to the bladder, where it then leaves via the urethra
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Ultrafiltration mechanism

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  • Filtration at molecular level
  • smaller molecules are filtered out of the blood into lumen of Bowman’s capsule
  • These include:
  • Urea
  • Water
  • Glucose
  • Amino Acids
  • Ions

More…

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How does ultrafiltration occur?

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  • The lumen of the afferent arteriole is wider than the lumen of the efferent arteriole which
  • This provides the hydrostatic filtration pressure needed for ultrafiltration
  • The pressure is higher in the glomerulus than in Bowman’s capsule.
  • this forces substances from the blood into the Bowman’s capsule to form the filtrate
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Function of basement membrane

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  • 1st filter
  • mesh of glycoproteins and collagen
  • acts as a molecular filter
  • nothing with a molecular mass over 69,000 can pass through, e.g., proteins and blood cells
  • Allows plasma to escape containing dissolved molecules
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Function of pododcytes

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  • 2nd filter

- lift cells away from the capillary to allow filtrate to pass beneath them

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Function of pore between endothelial cells

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  • Allows plasma to escape containing dissolved molecules
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Why is ultrafiltration necessary?

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In order to remove small molecules which need excreting from the blood e.g. urea and excess water

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Which substances get reabsorbed in the kidneys and where are they absorbed into?

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  • Most of the water
  • All glucose and amino acids
  • some ions
  • some urea
  • They are absorbed into the blood
52
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What process occurs in the Bowman’s capsule?

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Ultrafiltration

53
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Selective reabsorption mechanism

Textbook

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  1. Sodium ions are actively pumped out of the cells lining the proximal convoluted tubule
  2. Concentration of sodium ions in cell cytoplasm decreases, creating a concentration gradient
  3. Sodium ions diffuse into the cell through a co-transport protein
    - this carries glucose or an amino acid at the same time
  4. Glucose/amino acids diffuse into the blood through carrier proteins; constant blood flow maintains a concentration gradient into PCT capillary
    Due to the solutes passing into the blood the water potential becomes highly negative
  5. Water moves into the cell capillary by osmosis
  6. Larger molecules, such as small proteins that may have entered the tubule, can be reabsorbed by endocytosis (requires ATP).
54
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What processes are involved in selective reabsorption?

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  • Active transport

- Co-transport

55
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Why do cell cytoplasms in the kidneys have many mitochondria?

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  • Indicates a process that has a large requirement of ATP/energy
  • as many mitochondria have a large ATP production
56
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Why is selective reabsorption necessary?

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In order to return small molecules that were removed from the blood that are still needed by the body. e.g. water, all glucose and all amino acids.

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Concentration changes in the tubule fluid mechanism

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  • Loop of Henle causes a decrease in the water potential in the medulla
  • as in the descending limb there is active transport of solutes (Na+ and Cl-) and ions
  • walls of descending limb is permeable to water
  • water is removed from the descending limb
  • water potential of tissues surrounding collecting duct is lower than inside it
  • water is removed from the filtrate in collecting duct
  • filtrate now has a high concentration of urea, which travels to the bladder for excretion
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Liver and fat metabolism in context of atherosclerosis mechanism

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  • Triglycerides are insoluble in watery blood
  • so the liver packages them into a lipid core with a protein cage called a lipoprotein
  • lipoprotein is soluble in the blood
  • lipoproteins also contain cholesterol
  • if the diet contains a very high amount of fat,
  • the liver is forced to make proteins which have higher proportion of lipid and are less dense than LDL
  • these are less stable and can deposit in arterial walls causing atherosclerosis
  • both LDLs and HDLs are taken up by cells by binding to receptors then being taken in by endocytosis
  • the liver can also both break down lipids and also synthesise them
59
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Describe the features of the glomerulus and the Bowman’s capsule that allow them to perform their function effectively
(6 Marks)

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  • Ultrafiltration occurs in order to remove small and toxic molecules from the Glomerulus
  • The lumen of the afferent arteriole is wider than the lumen of the efferent arteriole
  • This means blood travels at high hydrostatic pressures in the glomerulus
  • Endothelium wall has gaps that allow the movement of small molecules through them in capillaries, but prevents larger molecules from moving through, such as red blood cells
  • The Bowman’s capsule contains two filters that allow and prevent movement of different substances into the proximal convoluted tubule. These are the basement membrane and podocytes
  • The basement membrane is responsible for preventing the movement of larger molecules, such as erythrocytes, from moving out of the Bowman’s capsule
  • Podocytes are present in the Bowman’s capsule - these act as a secondary filter that contain protrusions from the cells.
  • Pdocytes allow movement of substances through Bowman’s capsule
60
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Explain the changes in the fluid composition in kidneys and blood using tables 3.1 and 3.2
(5 Marks)

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  • Glomerular filtrate and urine is not present in the blood
  • This shows that large molecules or toxic molecules are not reabsorbed back into the blood in the proximal convoluted tubule, but smaller molecules like glucose can be reabsorbed back into capillaries/blood
  • All glucose and amino acids are completely reabsorbed at the proximal convoluted tubule
  • Some ions, such as Na+ and Cl- are also reabsorbed back into the blood by active transport at the proximal convoluted tubule
  • Water also moves back into the blood by osmosis
  • The concentration of urea in the filtrate increases as water and minerals move out of the filtrate closer to the Loop of Henle, meaning the filtrate becomes hypotonic
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Why is the proximal convoluted tubule covered with microvilli?

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Increase surface area

  • allow for a greater volume of useful filtrate components to be re-absorbed
  • e.g. glucose, amino acids, ions, water, etc.
62
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Why does the proximal convoluted tubule have many mitochondria?

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Hehene

63
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When in the Loop of Henle is the filtrate hypertonic compared to blood in the capillaries?

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  • After the ascending limb

- As the walls are very permeable to water, so lots of water leaves filtrate by osmosis

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When in the Loop of Henle is the filtrate isotonic compared to blood in the capillaries?

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  • After the proximal convoluted tubule

- Lots of water in the filtrate

65
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When in the Loop of Henle is the filtrate hypotonic compared to blood in the capillaries?

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Before the distal convoluted tubule, at the ascending limb

66
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What does ADH stand for?

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Anti-diuretic hormone

67
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What are neurosecretery cells.

What do they do?

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  • These are hormone secreting nerve cells
  • These produce ADH which is then passed down the axon of these cells
  • these then travel to the terminal bulb in the posterior pituitary gland to be stored
68
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What do osmoreceptors do and how do they perform their function?

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  • Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus monitor the water potential of the blood
69
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What do osmoreceptors do at low water potential?

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  • At low water potentials, osmoreceptors lose water and shrink
  • This triggers an action potential down the axon of the neurosecretory cell
  • This stimulates the release of ADH into the blood
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Osmoregulation with ADH mechanism

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  • Pituitary gland makes and secretes ADH hormone
  • ADH travels in the blood
  • Target cells for ADH are cells lining collecting duct in nephrons of kidneys
  • ADH binds to receptors on cell surface membranes of target cells
  • This triggers a series of enzyme controlled reactions which
  • Causes a vesicle containing aquaporins to fuse with the membranes
  • This increases the permeability of the membrane to water
71
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Osmoregulation simple

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  • More ADH
  • More
  • Collecting duct is more permeable to water
  • more reabsorption of water from collecting duct (osmosis)
72
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Which parts of the kidney nephron are present in the cortex?

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  • Glomerulus
  • Bowman’s Capsule
  • Proximal Convoluted Tubule
  • Distal Convoluted Tubule
  • Intralobular vein
  • Afferent and Efferent Arterioles
73
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Which parts of the kidney nephron are present in the medulla?

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  • Loop of Henle
  • Ascending and descending limbs
  • Collecting Duct
74
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Explain how a longer loop of Henle prevents excess water loss

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  • More sodium and chloride ions pumped out of ascending limb (into Medulla)
  • Builds up a greater water potential gradient
  • Allows reabsorption of more water from the collecting duct
75
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State the type of drug used in body-building that can be misused and detected in the urine

A

Anabolic steroids

76
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Which cells detect the changes in water potential in the blood?

A

Osmoreceptors

77
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State precisely where the cells that detect a decrease in the water potential of the blood plasma are found.

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Walls of blood vessels in the hypothalamus

78
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Suggest why a high intake of protein in the diet will be likely to result in a high concentration of urea
(3 Marks)

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  • Proteins are processed and broken down into amino acids in the stomach
  • Excess amino acids cannot be stored
  • Amino acids will be deaminated and converted to ammonia
  • Large amounts of ammonia can then enter the ornithine cycle to be converted to urea
  • This leads to an increase in urea concentration in the blood plasma
  • This leads to a high concentration of urea in filtrate
  • So there is an increased water and urea absorption from urine
79
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One way of treating a person with kidney failure is by giving them a kidney transplant. Explain the need for close matching of the donated kidney to the recipient.
(3 Marks)

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If not closely matched:

  • donated kidney will be recognised as foreign
  • Antigens on the donated kidney will be different to “self”
  • This could cause rejection from the immune system
  • Initiates primary immune response against the kidney
  • Could use immuno-suppressant drugs to avoid rejection, etc.
80
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ADH does not stay in the blood indefinitely.
State where ADH is removed from the blood and describe what then happens to the ADH molecule
(3 Marks)

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As a protein:

  • Removed in liver hepatocytes
  • Hydrolysis of ADH occurs (acted on by protease)
  • Deamination occurs
  • Ammonia forms
  • Ammonia enters the ornithine cycle and forms urea and keto acids
  • Amino/keto acids are used in a metabolic pathway

As a small molecule in the kidney:

  • Ultrafiltration occurs to remove it from the blood
  • As it is a small molecule
  • Not all urea is reabsorbed into the urine
  • Then excreted in the bladder
81
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ADH function on cool days mechanism

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Posterior pituitary gland secretes less ADH
• Less ADH travels in blood
• Target cells for ADH are cells lining collecting duct in nephrons of
kidneys
• Less ADH binds to receptors on cell surface membranes of target cells
• Fewer vesicles containing aquaporins are made and fuse with the
membranes ‐ this decreases the permeability of the membrane to
water
• Less ADH = less aquaporins in the cell surface membrane = collecting
duct is less permeable to water = less reabsorption of water from
collecting duct via osmosis
• Produce a larger volume of less concentrated urine

82
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ADH effect on kidneys on hot days mechanism

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• Pituitary gland makes and secretes a lot of ADH
• ADH travels in blood
• Target cells for ADH are cells lining collecting duct in nephrons of
kidneys
• ADH binds to receptors on cell surface membranes of target cells ‐
triggers a series of enzymes controlled reactions which cause vesicles containing aquaporins to fuse with the membranes ‐ this increases the permeability of the membrane to water
• More ADH = more aquaporins = collecting duct is more permeable to water = more reabsorption of water from collecting duct (osmosis) = smaller volume of more conc. urine (low ψ)

83
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Advantages of kidney transplant

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  • No need for time consuming dialysis
  • Diet is less limited
  • Better quality of life - can travel (not tied to hospital visits)
84
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Disadvantages of kidney transplant

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  • Risk of rejecting foreign antigens on new organ (anti-rejection drugs give high blood pressures)
  • Taking immunosuppressants increases susceptibility to foreign bacteria and pathogens - increase likelihood of becoming I’ll
  • Risks of major surgery, e.g. infections
85
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What can be kidney failure be caused by?

A
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Infection
86
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In which specific part of the nephron would the movement of proteins (or lack of) in the blood be significant?

A

The Basement membrane in the Bowman’s Capsule

87
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What would protein in the urine specifically suggest has gone wrong?

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Reduced kidney function/renal or kidney failure
Reduced ultrafiltration - damage to the basement membrane
- This could be caused by hypertension (high blood pressure)
- This would allow large substances like proteins into the nephron

88
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What would the impact of kidney failure be

A
  • A build up of urea in the blood
  • Urea is toxic to cells
  • ## The body would be unable to regulate the ion/electrolyte and water levels
89
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Dialysis def

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Use of a partially permeable membrane to filter the blood

90
Q

Two methods of treating kidney failure

A
  • Kidney dialysis - use of a partially permeable membrane to filter the blood
  • Kidney transplant
91
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Mechanism - Describe how both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis can be used to treat kidney failure and give and advantage of using dialysis as a method of treatment.
(6 Marks)

A

Haemodialysis

  • Blood passes into dialyser with partially permeable/artificial dialysis membrane
  • Other side of the membrane is dialysis fluid with correct concentrations of molecules/glucose/ions/urea - Blood and dialysis fluid flow in opposite direction to one another
  • Urea diffuses from blood to dialysis fluid

Peritoneal dialysis

  • Tube is surgically implanted into abdomen
  • External bag sends dialysis solution through tube into peritoneal cavity surrounding organs - Abdominal membrane acts as filter
  • Solution is drained after a few hours

Advantages
- Treats kidney failure; Can keep patients alive long enough to receive kidney transplant; Peritoneal dialysis can be done from home - better quality of life than haemodialysis

AVP e.g.
- Heparin is added to prevent clotting (anticoagulant)

92
Q

What is peritoneal dialysis?

How does it work?

A
  • Tube is surgically implanted into abdomen
  • A bag is connected which sends dialysis solution through tube into peritoneal cavity surrounding organs
  • Abdominal membrane/peritoneum act as as a filter
  • Solution is drained after a few hours
93
Q

What is haemodialysis?

How does it work?

A

• Blood from artery removed
• The blood pump keeps the blood moving
• Heparin is added to prevent clotting (anticoagulant)
• Blood passes into a machine with partially permeable artificial dialysis membrane.
• On the other side of the membrane is dialysis fluid which has the
correct concs. of glucose, ions and urea
• Blood and dialysis fluid flow in opposite direction to one another
• Urea diffuses from blood to dialysis fluid
• Air trap and air detector needed to remove any bubbles before blood is returned to a vein
• Takes 3‐4 hours, 2‐4 times per week

94
Q

Advantages and disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis

A

Advantages:

  • Treats kidney failure
  • Can keep patients alive long enough to receive kidney transplant
  • Can be done from home - better quality of life than kidney/haemodialysis

Disadvantages:

  • Risk of infection post-surgery
  • Must carefully control diet
95
Q

Advantages and disadvantages of haemodialysis

A

Advantages:

  • Treats kidney failure
  • Can keep patients alive longer enough in order to receive a kidney transplant

Disadvantages:

  • Large amounts of time have to be spent in hospital - lowers quality of life - limits travel etc.
  • Must carefully control diet
96
Q

Differences and similarities between excretion and secretion
List examples of products in both processes
(3 Marks)

A

Differences:

  • Excretion is the removal of metabolic waste, where it’s buildup could be toxic to cells in the body
  • Excretion does not use vesicles
  • Secretion uses vesicles to transport substances
  • Secretion is used in cell signalling - e.g. hormones
  • Substances in secretion secreted from glands (ducts or ductless)
  • Substances in secretion remain in the body

Similarities:

  • Both processes can require ATP
  • Both involved in homeostasis
  • Compounds produced by cells/metabolism
Examples of products: 
Excretion: 
- Urea
- CO2
- Water
- Bile pigment

Secretion:

  • Enzymes
  • Hormones
  • Antibodies
  • Mucus
  • Bile salts
  • Neurotransmitters
97
Q

Name the tissue lining the proximal convoluted tubule

A

Epithelium

98
Q

Why is an anticoagulant added to the blood during dialysis

A
  • Prevents blood clots forming during dialysis
99
Q

Suggest why during the end of a dialysis session, no more anticoagulant is added

A

Allows blood clots to form normally after treatment

100
Q

State the process by which molecules and ions, other than water, move from the blood into the dialysate

A

Simple diffusion

101
Q

Why does the dialysate move in an opposite direction to the blood flow

A

Maintains a constant diffusion/concentration gradient

102
Q

The liver has considerable powers of regeneration, even if a high proportion of its cells are damaged.
Name the liver cells that can lead to this regeneration and the type of cell division that they carry out.
(1 Mark)

A
  • Hepatocytes

- Undergo mitosis/mitotic cell division

103
Q

The urine of some high profile athletes has been tested and found to contain abnormally high levels of banned steroids or their metabolites.
The pressure on elite athletes to succeed in their sport leads some of them to resort to the use of these performance-enhancing steroids.
Comment on whether the use of steroids should be permitted in sport.
(3 Marks)

A
  • May give athletes an unfair advantage
  • May have unsafe/dangerous side effects, e.g, infertility, heart attack etc.
  • Doesn’t reflect an athletes natural performance
  • There is an increased pressure to keep up with rival competitors
  • Athletes can train for longer without tiring, gain more muscle mass, etc.
104
Q

Production of pregnancy test mechanism

A

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105
Q

Pregnancy test mechanism

A
  • Embryos secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - released in ovulation during pregnancy
  • It is small and a hormone, so can filter through the basement membrane in the Bowman’s capsule, and can filter into the urine
  • HCG acts as antigen
  • HCG complementary in shape to free monoclonal antibodies (anti-HCG)
  • Binds to free antibodies with coloured dye in them
  • hCG antibody complex moves along the test strip with urine
  • HCG antibody complex binds with immobilised antibodies specific to the complex
  • binding of antigen produces coloured line (because of coloured dye)
  • control antibodies bind with any urine and immobilised antibodies on the control line
  • This forms a coloured strip to indicate the test is functioning properly
  • 2 lines
106
Q

Assessing kidney failure

A
  • Kidney failure can be assessed by testing urine for substances, e.g. proteins or glucose, and measuring glomerular filtration rate
  • GFR measures the rate at which fluid enters the nephron
  • A figure lower than the normal rate indicates kidney failure/disease and treatment is needed
107
Q

How to test for anabolic steroids

- explain how it is used

A

Gas chromatography is used:

  1. Sample is vaporised in gaseous solvent
  2. Sample moves down tube lined with absorption agent
  3. Different substances will be absorbed at different but uniques times (retention time)
  4. The results are then analysed on a chromatogram/by chromatography
108
Q

Patients on haemodialysis are advised to limit their intake of foods high in phosphate
- Phosphate ions can combine with Calcium ions to form mineral deposits which can build up in blood vessel walls
- High levels of phosphate in the diet can lead to high blood pressure
Suggest why high levels of phosphate in the diet can lead to high blood pressure

A
  • These mineral deposits can build up in the wall of the artery
  • Artery walls become less elastic
  • blood vessel does not expand as much during ventricular systole
  • Therefore blood has to be pumped at higher pressures
109
Q

Suggest and explain reasons for adding sodium citrate to the blood of a patient on haemodialysis

A
  • Act as an anticoagulant to prevent blood clots forming during dialysis
  • As calcium ions are cofactors for blood clotting
  • Removes calcium ions
  • Prevent calcium ions combining with phosphate
110
Q

Problems that can occur in the basement membrane of the kidneys inhibit proper ultrafiltration, e.g. increase of urea conc. in blood

A
  • Glomerular nephritis

- A blood clot in the basement membrane

111
Q

Some people who have diabetes do not secrete insulin. Explain how a lack of insulin affects reabsorption of glucose in the kidneys of a person who does not secrete insulin.
(4 Marks)

A

Selective reabsorption in diabetics:

  1. High blood glucose = more glucose in glomerular filtrate
  2. Leads to higher levels of glucose in the PCT
  3. Not all of it can be selectively reabsorbed because:
    - The glucose channels and co-transport channels become saturated with glucose molecules
    - The sodium pump only has a finite amount of ATP at its disposal
112
Q

Suggest how the production of large amounts of dilute urine enables the crayfish to survive in freshwater

A
  • Water potential lower in cytoplasm of the cells/freshwater has a higher water pot. than cells
  • Removal of excess water prevents osmotic damage to cells
113
Q

Disruption of ADH by recreational drugs mechanism

A
  1. Depressants such as alcohol depress ADH levels/ADH production
  2. Less water is reabsorbed in the collecting ducts
  3. Can cause increase urination
  4. So person may wake up with hangover due to dehydrated brain
  5. Ecstasy is an example of a stimulant
  6. This leads to excessive ADH production
  7. More water is reabsorbed in the collecting ducts
  8. Blood becomes dilute - so water enters cells and tissues
  9. Brain swells up and compresses the medulla oblongata
  10. Breathing will stop
114
Q

Explain the role of the loop of Henle in the absorption of water in the filtrate. (6 Marks)

A
  • In the ascending limb sodium(ions) actively removed;
  • Ascending limb impermeable to water;
  • In descending limb sodium(ions) diffuse in;
  • Descending limb water moves out / permeable to water;
  • Low water potential / high concentration of ions in the medulla / tissue fluid;
  • The longer the loop / the deeper into medulla, the lower the water potential in medulla / tissue fluid;
  • Water leaves collecting duct / DCT;
  • By osmosis / down water potential gradient
115
Q

How might the peritoneum differ in its function from the artificial membrane in a dialysis machine used in haemodialysis

A
  • It can perform active transport and facilitated diffusion
116
Q

Why does the dialysis fluid used in peritoneal dialysis contain dextrose solution rather than water alone? (2 Marks)

A
  • Dialysis replicates the function of the kidneys by removing toxins and excess water form the blood
  • Dextrose reduces water potential of the dialysis fluid
  • So water moves form blood into dialysis fluid by osmosis
  • If dialysis fluid contained water alone, water would move into cells, and they would swell and potentially burst
117
Q

Suggest why patients receiving peritoneal dialysis usually need to have the peritoneal dialysis fluid replaced four times a day, but those receiving haemodialysis only need treatment three times a week. (2 Marks)

A
  • Peritoneal dialysis can remove less waste/toxins from the blood than haemodialysis
  • In haemodialysis, the fluid is constantly changed/refreshed
  • Haemodialysis uses counter-current flow
  • This maintains a constant concentration gradient, so dialysis fluid is constantly moving into the blood
  • In peritoneal dialysis, dialysis fluid reaches equilibrium with the blood
118
Q

In peritoneal dialysis, by what process does urea enter the fluid in the abdominal cavity from the blood?

A

Simple diffusion

119
Q

Explain why, in peritoneal dialysis, the fluid is changed every five hours.

A

This maintains a constant/steep concentration gradient between toxins in the blood and the substances in the dialysis fluid/prevent concentrations reaching equilibrium

120
Q

Fluid of the composition shown in the table is used instead of distilled water. Explain 2 different reasons why.

A

ions, glucose and amino acids would diffuse into the dialysate; because of their concentration gradients;
Causing deficiency in these substances;
OR
the WP of the dialysate would be higher / less negative than the WP of the surrounding tissues;
therefore osmosis would take place into the cells surrounding the abdominal cavity;
causing these cells to burst / damaging these cells / cannot be excreted;

121
Q

Suggest and explain how hepatocytes are adapted to carry out their function
(2 Marks)

A
  • Hepatocytes are thin/flat
  • Provides a short diffusion distance for gases and substances
  • Hepatocytes are fenestrated
  • Increases permeability
122
Q

Explain how the structure of the liver acinus relates to its function

A

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123
Q

Describe the role of the liver in the life cycle

A

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124
Q

Describe the role of the liver in glucose homeostasis

A

Year 13 Biology (19 decks)

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