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1
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Homeostasis

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the maintenance of a constant internal environment by negative feedback.

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2
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what stays the same due to negative fed back

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Core body temperature, pH and water potential, blood glucose

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Negative feedback

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A receptor detects a deviation, The receptor sends instructions to a co-ordinator, communicates with one or more effectors, factor returns to normal (the set point),

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4
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Excretion

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removal of wastes produced by the body due to metabolism. The mammalian body

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5
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kidneys functions

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Excretion – the removal of nitrogenous waste from the body
Osmoregulation – the control of water potential of the body’s fluids

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Ultrafiltration

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filtration under high pressure in the Glomerulus from High hydrostatic pressure

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where does blood enter the glomerulus

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the afferent arteriole

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where does blood leave the glomerulus

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the efferent arteriole

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9
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what’s in the glomerulus filtrate

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  • Water
  • Glucose
  • Salts
  • Urea
  • Amino acids
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10
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what’s produced in ultrafiltration

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the glomerulus filtrate

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11
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what separates the glomerulus and the bowman capsule

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Bowman’s space

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12
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what layers separate the glomerulus form the bowman space

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-the capillary walls
-the basement membrane
- Squamous epithelial cell layer (Podocytes)

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13
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calculating % blood filtered

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volume of filtrate per minute
______________________
volume of blood entering kidney per minute

all x 100

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14
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the capillary wall

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one cell layer thick – this is the endothelium and contains fenestrations

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fenestrations

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Tiny pores between cells

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16
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Basement membrane

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a selective molecular filter which only allows small molecules to pass through

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17
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Podocytes

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have extensions, called pedicels which wrap around a capillary, pulling it closer to the basement membrane. The gaps between the pedicels are called filtration slits.

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18
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what’s Selective reabsorption done by

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the proximal convoluted tubule

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19
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Selective reabsorption

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useful substances such as glucose, amino acids and salts are reabsorbed back into the blood plasma.

20
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The cells lining in the proximal convoluted tubule made of

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highly specialised cuboidal
epithelial cells

21
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adaptions in the specialised cuboidal epithelium cell

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  • microvilli- surface area
  • many mitochondria - ATP for active transport
  • Tight junctions between cells - prevent molecules diffusing between adjacent cells
    *Basal channels-surface area
22
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how is salt reabsorbed

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Mainly active transport, but some by facilitated diffusion

23
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how are Glucose & amino acids reabsorbed

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Cotransport with sodium ions into the cell

24
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how’s water reabsorbed

A

osmosis

25
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how are Urea and small proteins reabsorbed

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facilitated defusion

26
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Cotransport

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transport of molecules or ions together through the same transport protein

27
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Secondary active transport

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coupling of diffusion, down an electrochemical gradient, providing energy for active transport

28
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is the descending loop[ of henle permeable to water

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yes

29
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is the ascending loop[ of henle permeable to water

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no

30
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what is the loop of Henle called

A

a counter current multiplier

31
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counter current multiplier

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filtrate flows in opposite directions, and the concentration of solutes in the filtrate increases towards the apex

32
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where do Animals with long loops of Henle live

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dry environments

33
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Osmoregulation

A

control of body fluid water potential by negative feedback

34
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control of body fluid water potential by negative feedback

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Osmoregulation

35
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filtrate flows in opposite directions, and the concentration of solutes in the filtrate increases towards the apex

A

counter current multiplier

36
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coupling of diffusion, down an electrochemical gradient, providing energy for active transport

A

Secondary active transport

37
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where are the highly specialised cuboidal
epithelial cells

A

lining in the proximal convoluted tubule

38
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-the capillary walls
-the basement membrane
- Squamous epithelial cell layer (Podocytes)

are layers from where?

A

layers separate the glomerulus form the bowman space

39
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removal of wastes produced by the body due to metabolism. The mammalian body

A

Excretion

40
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filtration under high pressure in the Glomerulus from High hydrostatic pressure

A

ultrafiltration

41
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  • microvilli- surface area
  • many mitochondria - ATP for active transport
  • Tight junctions between cells - prevent molecules diffusing between adjacent cells
    *Basal channels-surface area

are adaption of what in the nephon?

A

specialised cuboidal epithelium cell

42
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where are Osmoreceptors

A

in the hypothalamus

43
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what do Osmoreceptors (detectors) in the hypothalamus do?

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*detect a decrease in blood plasma water potential
*signal is sent to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
*which releases the hormone ADH into the bloodstream

44
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what is produced in the hypothalamus, secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland

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Antidiuretic hormone

45
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what does ADH do

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increases the permeability of cells of the collecting duct and distal convoluted tubule to water, allowing more water to be reabsorbed by osmosis.

46
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ransport water across the phospholipid bilayer during osmosis.

A

Aquaporins

47
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