IV: Urine-Concentrating Mechanism in the Inner Medulla Flashcards
Lack of water effects on plasma osmolarity, ADH and concentration of urine
Increased plasma osmolarity
Increase ADH
Concentrated urine = less volume
Excess water effect on plasma osmolarity, ADH, and urine concentration
Decreased plasma osmolarity
Decreased ADH
More diluted urine
ADH stimulates
Water reabsorption
Why is it dangerous to drink high V of water
Because of decreased plasma osmolarity
How do you prevent peeing overnight
There is ADH increase (increase in water reabsorption)
What occurs to ADH during dehydration, vomiting, diahrrea
Increase in plasma osmolarity
Increase in ADH
Function of Loop of Henle in concentrating/diluting urine
It generates + maintains an intersticial osmotic gradient
Osmotic gradient at renal cortex
290mOsm/Kg
Osmotic gradient at tip of medulla
1200 mOsm/kg
What does an increase in interstitial osmolarity do to the movement of H2O
It pulls the remaining H2O from descending structures
At loop of Henle 20% of H2O is reabsorbed
Descending limb is permeable/impermeable to H2O
Permeable
Ascending limb is permeable/impermeable to H2O
Impermeable
Concentration of tubular fluid as it descends limb
It becomes more concentrated as it loses H2O
Concentration of tubular fluid as it ascends the limb
It gets more diluted as it loses solutes
Where is the maximum osmotic gradient in loop of henle
At tip of medulla
Low osmotic gradient on ascending limb because
Na+ is diffusing out and due to impermeability no H2O can get in
Countercurrent multiplication used to
Generate an osmotic gradient to reabsorb H2O from descending tube and concentrate urine
Single effect in generating osmotic gradient
NaCl- are reabsorbed in descending loop = hyperosmolarized interstitium
This causes H2O in descending limb to passively diffuse into interstitium
Countercurrent multiplication, reabsorption of H2O is all
ADH DEPENDENT