Fluid Compartment Stuff (DSA and Lect) Flashcards
What do derangements of fluid and electorlyte balance result in?
Changes in blood volume and plasma osmotic pressure
Where do starling mechanisms primarily affect tubular reabsorption?
The proximal tubule, where large amounts of H20 and Na+ are reabsorbed.
What determines the fluid flow across capillary walls?
Balance of forces between the hydrostatic pressure gradient and the oncotic pressure gradient
What impact does increased glomerular filtration have on Na+ excretion?
Increases it.
What receptors sense changes in volume and osmolarity of blood?
Volume and osmolality receptors… duh
What effector mechanisms respond to triggering of volume and osmolality receptors?
Neural (Sympathetic discharge), hormonal (ADH and aldosterone) and behavioral (thirst and salt craving)
Extracellular fluid (ECF) and various electrolyte concentrations are homeostatically regulated by negative feedback mechanisms. What is the effector?
The kidney
Where are osmoreceptors located?
•located in the anterior hypothalamus
What do osmoreceptors respond to? What do they do?
–Increase discharge rate in response to a 1% rise in CSF osmolarity and send signals to the “thirst” center
•Results in sensation of thirst and release of ADH
What does not stimulate a response from osmoreceptors?
Increases in glucose or urea
Where do we find volume receptors?
The right atrium
What do volume receptors do in response to increased blood volume? Where do they send signals?
–Increase discharge rate in response to increased blood volume and send signals via the vagus to the medulla
Afferent signals from the volume receptors inhibit what? What else do they signal to?
– the pressor area of the vasomotor center, thereby suppressing sympathetic discharge
–These afferents also reach the hypothalamus to inhibit thirst and ADH secretion
During volume decrease, what do volume receptors do? What must happen before they kick in?
–During volume decrease, this pathway may stimulate thirst and ADH secretion, but volume must drop >10% (less sensitive than osmoreceptors)
What secretes and releases Antidiuretic hormone (ADH/AVP)?
What stimulates ADH/AVP?
–Secreted by the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary
–Stimulated by input from osmoreceptors and volume receptors
What does ADH/AVP do?
–Promotes water reabsorption from DCT and collecting ducts
What stimulates secretion of aldosterone?
–Secretion is stimulated by circulating Ang II (as a result of sympathetic activation), rise in plasma K, fall in plasma Na
What does aldosterone do?
–Promotes reabsorption of Na from DCT and secretion of K
What does volume of distribution (Vd) mean? What is it useful for?
–Apparent volume of body fluid in which the total dose of the drug is distributed at the same concentration as in the plasma. Useful in calculating loading doses.
Where would we expect to find a drug with a Vd > 45 L
•drug widely distributed & bound in body tissues
Where would we expect to find a drug with a Vd < 3?
Only in plasma
A drug with a Vd = 14 L would be found where?
•drug in plasma + interstitial fluid (ECF)
A drug with a Vd = 40-45 L would likely be found in?
The total amount of the bodies water (TBW)
Characterize acidic drugs based on their volume of distribution.
Many acidic drugs (aspirin) are highly protein-bound and have a small apparent Vd
Characterize basic drugs based on their volume of distribution.
–many basic drugs (amphetamine) are extensively taken up by tissues and have an apparent Vd greater than the total body water volume
By what 5 methods do we relieve ourselves of fluid?
Kidneys
Lungs
Feces
Sweat
Skin
Urea contributes to… but not to…
•Urea contributes to osmolality but not to osmotic pressure.
Na+ contributes to… but not at…
•Na+ contributes to osmolality and to osmotic pressure at the cell membrane but not at the capillary wall.
Where are protein levels high?
ICF and intravascular compartments
Protein levels are low in…
Interstitial fluid
What percentage of total plasma protein is albumin?
60%
Plasma proteins (albumin) contribute to oncotic pressure but do not contribute to osmolality. Why?
•since the normal concentration of albumin represents <1 mOsm/kg (and membranes are impermeable to proteins).
Define oncotic pressure
–a type of osmotic pressure generated by large molecules (proteins) in solution, and to which membranes are impermeable.
How can we measure total body water, ECF and plasma volume?
can be measured directly by dilution of injected radioactive substances or dyes
–ICF can then be calculated via TBW-ECF
–Interstitial volume can then be calculated via ECF-plasma volume
•If plasma volume and hematocrit are known, the total blood volume can be calculated by what equation?
TBV = (Plasma Vol)/(1-hematocrit)
Normally what is the balance of ions between ECF and ICF?
–osmolarity in ECF = osmolarity in ICF