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Lecture 33: BODY WATER - DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION Flashcards

1
Q

What is TBW?

A

55-60% of body weight

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2
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What is ECF?

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1/3 of TBW

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What is ICF?

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2/3 of TBW

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4
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What is plasma?

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1/5 of ECF

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5
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What is interstitial fluid?

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4/5 of ECF

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6
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What is osmolarity based on?

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The number of osmotically active ions or solutes (which attract water)

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7
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What is the concentration of NaCl?

A

145mM = 145mM Na+ + 145mM Cl- = 290mosmol/L

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8
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What can osmolarity be measure by?

A

Specific gravity

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9
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What does iso-osmotic mean?

A

The same osmolarity

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10
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What does hypo-osmotic mean?

A

Lower osmolarity

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What does hyper-osmotic mean?

A

Higher osmolarity

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12
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What is tonicity based on?

A

The effect of a solution on cells

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13
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What does an isotonic solution do?

A

Not change the water homeostasis between cells

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14
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What is the concentration of sodium in the ECF?

A

145 mmol/L

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15
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What is the concentration of sodium in the ICF?

A

15 mmol/L

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16
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What is the concentration of potassium in the ECF?

A

4-5 mmol/L

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17
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What is the concentration of potassium in the ICF?

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150 mmol/L

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18
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What is the osmolarity of the ECF?

A

275-295 mosmol/L

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19
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What is the osmolarity of the ICF?

A

275-295 mosmol/L

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20
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What remains relatively constant?

A

Total body water

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21
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What must balance?

A

Intake and loss of water

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22
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What is adjusted to maintain water balance?

A

Urine output (so the kidneys are the most important in water balance)

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23
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Where does reabsorption of sodium occur?

A

PCT, thick ascending limb, DCT and collecting duct

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24
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What amount of sodium is absorbed in the PCT?

A

67%

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25
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What amount of sodium is absorbed in the thick ascending limb?

A

25%

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26
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What amount of sodium is absorbed in the DCT?

A

5%

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27
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What amount of sodium is absorbed in the collecting duct?

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3%

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28
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Where does reabsorption of water occur?

A

In the PCT, thin descending limb and collecting duct

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29
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What is reabsorption of water in the PCT driven by?

A

Sodium reabsorption in order to make isosmotic solution

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30
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What do transporters such as the sodium glucose transporter use?

A

The sodium gradient to reabsorb glucose

31
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What does SGLT do?

A

Sodium/glucose - cotransporter from the filtrate to the cell

32
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What are aquaporins?

A

Channels for water to get from filtrate into the cell and then into the blood

33
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What does a glucose transporter do?

A

Transport glucose from the cell to the blood

34
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What does Na+/K+ ATPase do?

A

Transport sodium into the blood from the cell

35
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What does the thick ascending limb do?

A

Reabsorbs sodium into the interstitial generating a high osmotic medullary gradient (HOMG)

36
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What is the thin descending limb like?

A

Leaky epithelium, facilitating water reabsorption via aquaporins (transcellular) and the paracellular pathway

37
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What is the thin descending limb permeable to?

A

Water and impermeable to solutes so it causes the solute concentration to increase (in urine)

38
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What is the thick ascending limb permeable to?

A

Impermeable to water and selectively permeable to na+ and cl- so solute concentration decreases (in urine)

39
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Where does obligatory reabsorption occur?

A

In the PCT and thin descending limb

40
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Is obligatory reabsorption regulated?

41
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What portion of water reabsorption does obligatory reabsorption account for?

42
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Where does facultative reabsorption occur?

A

In the collecting duct

43
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What is the epithelia at facultative reabsorption?

A

Tight (so only transcellular)

44
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What is facultative reabsorption regulated by?

45
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What portion of water reabsorption does facultative reabsorption account for?

46
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What does changing water content do?

A

Change osmolarity

47
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What happens to equalise?

A

Fluid shifts between ECF and ICF

48
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What also changes when water content changes?

A

Volume of compartments

49
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What happens when volume of compartments change?

A

Cell size changes, cell structure altered and cell functions become impaired

50
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What are red blood cells dependent on?

A

An isotonic environment

51
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What changes the function of red blood cells?

A

Hypertonic environment (shrivel) or hypotonic environment (burst)

52
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What do total body water changes alter?

A

Plasma (ECF) osmolarity

53
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What is change in plasma osmolarity detected by?

A

Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus (brain)

54
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What do osmoreceptors stimulate?

A

Pituitary gland to secrete more/less ADH

55
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What does ADH do?

A

Alters the permeability of the renal collecting duct so that water is retained/excreted to balance the initial change in TBW

56
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What does the effect of ADH mean?

A

Plasma osmolarity and cell volume become stable

57
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What happens when dehydration (increased sodium levels) occurs?

A

Increased ADH secretion, thirst and water reabsorption, water into the ECF to decrease Na+ levels

58
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What happens when hyper hydration (decreased sodium levels) occurs?

A

Decreased ADH secretion, thirst suppressed and water loss, water decreases in ECF to increase sodium levels

59
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What happens without ADH (diuresis)?

A

Small amount of water reabsorption and a large volume of dilute urine is produced

60
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What happens with ADH (antidiuresis)?

A

Large amount of water reabsorption and a small volume of concentrated urine is produced

61
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What does ADH in the bloodstream do?

A

Finds its receptor in the basolateral side of collecting duct cells

62
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What does ADH do once bound to the receptor?

A

Via intracellular signalling cascades increases the number of aquaporins in the apical membrane increasing water permeability of the apical membrane of the collecting duct

63
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What can the macula densa cells do?

A

Sense changes in sodium reaching the distal tubule and therefore perfusion of the nephron; if it is too low this leads to a release of renin from juxtaglomerular cells

64
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what regulates changes in ECF volume?

A

ANP or aldosterone (renin-All-Aldosterone-System)

65
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What is the receptor when increased ECF volume by fluid gain (or fluid and Na+ gain)?

A

cardiac muscle cells

66
Q

What does the receptor stimulate when increased ECF volume by fluid gain (or fluid and Na+ gain)?

A

release of ANP

67
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What are the effectors when increased ECF volume by fluid gain (or fluid and Na+ gain)?

A

hypothalamus, kidney and blood vessels

68
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What is the response when increased ECF volume by fluid gain (or fluid and Na+ gain)?

A

Increased sodium lossed in urine and increased water lost inurine

69
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What is the result when increased ECF volume by fluid gain (or fluid and Na+ gain)?

A

Decreased ECF volume

70
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What are the receptors when decreased ECF volume by fluid loss (or fluid and Na+ loss)?

A

baroreceptors and kidneys

71
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What do kidneys stimulate when decreased ECF volume by fluid loss (or fluid and Na+ loss)?

A

RAAS - renin release leads to angiotensin ll activation and increased aldosterone release

72
Q

What do baroreceptors stimulate when decreased ECF volume by fluid loss (or fluid and Na+ loss)?

A

sympathetic activation
effectors - hypothalamus, heart and blood vessels
response - increased ADH release

73
Q

What is the response when decreased ECF volume by fluid loss (or fluid and Na+ loss)?

A

Decreased sodium lost in urine and decreased water lost in urine

74
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What is the result when decreased ECF volume by fluid loss (or fluid and Na+ loss)?

A

Increased ECF volume

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