Concentration/Dilution (lec 12) Flashcards
Normal urine is what-tonic?
Its normal osmolarity is?
hypertonic
285-295
Kidney response to HYPOsmotic body fluid?
excretes dilute urine (water diuresis)
hyposmotic = water excess
Kidney response to HYPERosmotic fluid?
excretes concentrated urine (antidiuresis)
hyperosmotic = water deficit
Kidney’s ability to regulate water excretion is dependent or independent of solute excretion?
independent
NaCl transport in descending LOH?
no active transport,
highly permeable to H2O
NaCl transport in ascending LOH?
active transport of NaCl back to blood (reab),
impermeable to water
Osmotic gradient in interstitial space (cortex to medulla) has what relationship with urine in collecting ducts?
it removes H2O from urine
As fluid flows down descending LOH, what happens to the concentration?
becomes more [ ]
water is pulled from fluid
As fluid flows up descending LOH, what happens to the concentration?
becomes diluted
NaCl is pulled from fluid
Largest osmotic gradient possible across ascending LOH?
200
Back diffusion = ?
active ion transport out of lumen
Countercurrent Multiplier does?
creates large overall gradient from LOH (corticomedulla border to tip of papilla)
Beginning osmolarity of fluid as enters Descending LOH?
300
Countercurrent Multiplier: Thick Ascending Limb of LOH
NaCl transport mechanism?
Na+/K+/2Cl− cotransporter pulls NaCl from lumen into tubule cell
K+/Cl- cotrans and Na+/K+ pump move NaCl into medulla ISF
Ascending limb IMPERMEABLE to H2O, H2O can’t follow Na+
Countercurrent Multiplier: Thick Ascending Limb of LOH
NaCl transport results in?
ISF osmolarity ↑ to 400,
ascending limb osmolarity ↓ to 200