Lektion 6 - excreation and somosis Flashcards
What are the components in blood?
Plasma (91% water, 7% protein, 2% ions nutreins gases and wastes)
Formed elements (cellular elements made up of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets)
Does carbohydrates, protein and fat create different wates?
Yes
What type of waste does carbohydrates and fat create?
They are combusted into carbon diaoxide and water (leaves through lungs and kidneys)
What type of waste does protein, amino acids amd nucleic acids?
Their breakdown create nitrogen waste
What is the function of the kidney?
It forms urine (secretes waste products and controls blood volume)
What does urine contain?
- Water
- Lacks protein and glucose
- Sterile: no microbes present
- pH = 6
- Nitrogen waste
- Heme waste (binds to hemoglobin and oxygen)
What are the three different types of nitrogenous waste products?
- Ammonia
- Urea
- Uric acid
Properties of ammonia?
- NH3 is a toxic gas
- NH4+ is a toxic ion: blocks production of ATP
- Soluble in water
Properties of Urea?
- Toxic: denatures proteins
- Soluble in water
Properties of Uric acid?
- Not soluble in water
- Not toxic
What does urine and fecal color come from?
It comes from heme degradation products
What is the function of the liver?
It transforms fat-soluble toxins into water soluble products
how are non water soluble toxins secreted?
They are modified in the liver to be secreted in the kidneys
What does the color of urine mean?
- The color indicates how concentrated the urine is
- beetroot can tour in red
turbidity and foming is caused by bacteria or proteinuria
What is homostasis?
It is the process of keeping things the same and in balance.
What are some examples of homostasis?
- contain constant temperature
- steady levels of water, ions, nutriens and blood sugars
how is the pH in the blood controlled?
with carbonic acid.
It turns into carbondioxide and water in the lungs
It turns into hydrogen ion and bicarbonateion in the kidneys
What are some ways that the body gains water?
By food and drinks and by the metabolism.
What are some ways the body loses water?
Through skin, lungs. urine and feces
What is diffusion and osmosis?
When water moves from high conc to low conc of water or when water moves towards the area of more dissolved solute
What is osmotic pressure?
Pressure exerted by differential flow of water through a semipermeable membrane
What are osmoconformers?
They are typically male animals that match their internal osmolarity to external environment.
What are osmoregulators?
They have the same internal osmolarity always by actively regulating ion (salt) concentrations. Example are humans.
What is the difference in osmoregulation in freshwater and marine fish?
Freshwater:
- gain water continously
- Avoids drinking water
large urine volume
Marine:
- Drink lots of water
Small urine volume