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Capillaries I - Solute Exchange Flashcards

1
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What does metabolism create?

A

The need to transport solutes and fluids

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2
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Which molecules can get through the cell membrane and which need help?

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Non polar molecules can get through easily and larger polar molecules need help

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3
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What are the four passive transport processes?

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Diffusion
Convection
Osmosis
Electrochemical flux

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4
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What does diffusion rely on?

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Concentration gradient

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5
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What does convection rely on?

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Pressure gradient

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6
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What does osmosis rely on?

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Osmotic pressure gradient

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7
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What does electrochemical flux rely on?

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Electrical and chemical gradients

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8
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Give an example of convection transport

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Blood flow from heart to blood vessels

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9
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Give an example of electrochemical flux

A

Ion flow across cell membranes

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10
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Where does solute and fluid exchange occur?

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At capillaries

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11
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Where are capillaries in higher density?

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In highly active tissues (muscles, liver, heart, kidney, brain)

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12
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What three things does rate of solute transport depend on?

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Properties of passive diffusion, solutes and membranes and capillaries

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13
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What are the properties of passive diffusion?

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Concentration, rate and distance

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14
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What are the properties of solutes and membranes described by?

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Ficks law

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15
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What properties of the solute affect transport?

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Concentration gradient, size of solute and lipid solubility of the solute

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16
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What are the properties of the membrane that affect transport?

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  • membrane thickness/ composition
  • aqueous pores in the membrane
  • carrier mediated transport
  • active transport mechanisms
17
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What is ficks law? (Description)

A

A mathematical concept that shows the properties of solutes and membranes affecting transport

(Essentially how much of a substance is transported per unit time)

18
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What are the three types of capillaries called?

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Continuous, fenestrated and discontinuous

19
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What are the features of a continuous capillary?

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  • moderate permeability; tight gaps between neighbouring cells; constant basement membrane
20
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What are the features of a fenestrated capillary?

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  • high water permeability, fenestration structures and modest disruption of membrane
21
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What are the features of a discontinuous capillary?

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  • very large fenestration structures and a disrupted membrane
22
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Give some examples of a continuous capillary

A

Blood-brain barrier

Muscle, skin, fat and connective tissue

23
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Give some examples of a fenestrated capillary

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High water turnover tissues like salivary glands, kidneys, eyes and gut mucosa

24
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Give some examples of a discontinuous capillary

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When movement of cells is required; RBCs in liver, spleen and bone marrow

25
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What are the layers of a capillary?

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(From inside out)

Cellular membrane, single layer of endothelial cells, a cellular basement membrane made of connective tissue

26
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How do you get into the capillary?

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Either go through the cells or between them

27
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What are the three main properties of capillaries?

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Intercellular cleft, caveolae and vesicles and glycocalyx

28
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How wide are the intercellular clefts?

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10-20nm wide

29
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What are caveolae and vesicles?

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It’s a large pore system (exo and endocytosis)

30
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What is the glycocalyx?

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Covers endothelium and its negatively charged. Blocks solute permeation and access to transport mechanisms, it’s highly regulated

31
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What is permeability?

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The rate of solute transfer by diffusion across unit area of membrane per unit concentration difference

32
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How does blood flow control diffusion rate?

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More blood brings more solutes. Increased blood volume means less time for equilibration to occur across capillaries

33
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How does a fall in interstitial concentration control diffusion rate?

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During metabolism more solute is used up, which means there is a bigger concentration difference.
Metabolism increases blood flow

34
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How does capillary recruitment control diffusion rate?

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Dilation of arterioles leads to increased number of capillaries per fused which increases total surface area for diffusion.

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