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1
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what does intracellular environment effect

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organic molecule formation

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what is protein function (e.g enzymes) affected by

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ion concentration

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when is protein function optimal

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within a narrow range of inorganic ion concentration

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what are the three compartments water flows between

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intracellular, interstitial fluid, blood plasma (inter and blood=extracellular)

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what is the make up composition of humans

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60% water and 40% bone, protein, lipids

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what does osmoregulatory systems regulate

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water/solutes in blood, secondarily in intentional fluids

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how can cells react to there environment out side

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they have some ability to alter their cell volume

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how do most cells regulate their intracellular ion compsition

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using ATP

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most animal cells are…

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water permeable

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because animal cells are water permeable what does this mean for what they can control

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they can control there ionic differences across the cell membrane but not osmotic differences

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what are the two main routes of transport epithelial cells use

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-transcellular transport
-paracellular transport

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what is transcellular transport

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movement through the cell across membranes

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what is paracellular transport

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movement between cells
leaky vs tight epithelia

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what is epithelium

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layer of cells

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what are some types of transporters

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-Na+K+ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase
-ion channels (Cl-, K+,Na+,Ca2+)
-electroneutral cotransporters (-paired with+)
-electroneutral exchangers

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how does water move

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from low solute concentration (high water potential) to high solute concentration (low water potential)–>osmotic graident

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what s osmolarity

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the measure of solute concentration (number of osmoles per liter)
-1 mol glucose=1 osmole
-1 mol of NaCl=2 osmole

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18
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how do most cells respond to swelling or shrinkage

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by activating specific membrane transport and/or metabolic processes that serve to return cell volume to its normal resting state

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how sensitive are volume sensing mechanisms

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can sense and respond to volume changes of 3%

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20
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whats RVI

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-regulatory volume increase when the cell gains solute if the cell gets too small

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what is RVD

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regulatory volume decrease when the cell looses solute if cell gets to big

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22
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what are the transporters involved with RVI

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-Cl-HCO3 exchanger
-Na-H exchanger
-Na-K-Cl cotransporter

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23
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what are the transporters involves with RVD

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-K-Cl cotransporters
-K+ or Cl- channels

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what are the three homestatic processes

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-ionic regulation
-volume regulation
-osmotic regulation

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what is ionic regulation

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concentrations of specific ions

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26
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what is volume regulation

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total amount of water in a body fluid

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what is osmotic regulation

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osmotic pressure of body fluids

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28
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what is osmoconformers

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-strategy animals evolved to deal with osmotic stress
-it means body fluids and cells are equal in osmotic pressure to the environment
-mainly found in ocean where osmolarity averages 1000 mOsm

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29
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what are osmoregulators

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-strategy animals evolved to deal with osmotic stress
-osmotic pressure of body fluids is homeostatically regulated and usually differrent from the external environment

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30
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what are the different stratigies animals have evolved to maintain homeostasis

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osmoconformation and osmoregulation

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how does osmoregulation in fresh water fish work, what are some consequences of being fresh water and how are they dealt with

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-fresh water has a mOsm of <5
-fish has a 300 mOsm
-FW wish lose salt and gain water
-water is absorbed through skin and gills
-salt is lost via facies
-water and some salts are lost via urine
-they obtain salts via chloride cells in gills and with food (using ATP to pump in)
-fish dont need to drink

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32
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how does osmoregulation in marine water fish work, what are some consequences of being fresh water and how are they dealt with

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-sea water has mOsm of 1000
-fish body has mOsm of 400
-they loose water through gills and skin
-salt loss via facies, salt and little water loss via scant urine
-gain water and salts by swallowing seawater and food
-removes salts via chloride cells in gills
-they drink sea water to obtain water but it also takes up more salt
-retaining water and getting rid of salts in the goal

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33
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what is osmoconformers a common strategy in

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by marine invertabrates

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34
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what takes more energy osmoconforming or osmoregulation

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osmoconforming is energetically less expensive then osmoreg

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35
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can osmoregulators cope with changes in extracellular osmolarity and ion concentration

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no

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36
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what maintains a strict extracellular osmotic homeostatasis

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osmoregulators

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37
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what has a high degree of cellular osmostic tolerance

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osmoconformers

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38
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in osmoconfromers how can cells cope with extracellular osmolarities

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by increasing intracellular osmolarities with compatible osmolytes—>maintaining cell volume

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39
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what is the molarity of extra cellular fluid in osmoconformers and what solute is most present

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simular to sea water (1000mOsm), dominated by NaCl

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in osmo conformers what is the the difference of pressure in ICF and ECF

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they have the same osmotic pressure with universal solutes and organic osmolytes

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41
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what are some common organic osmolytes

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carbohydrates, free amino acids, methylamines, urea, and methylsulfonium solutes

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42
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how do organic osmolytes effect macromolecules

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they dont disturb then some even stabilize then against denaturing force of others

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43
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what are solutes classified based off of

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by their effects on macrmolecules

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44
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what are perturbing solutes

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-they disrupt macromolecular functions
-Na+, K+, Cl-, SO4+, charges amino acids

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what are compatible solutes

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-little effect on macromolecular function
-polyols (glycerol, glucose, and uncharged amino acids

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what are counteracting solutes

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-disrupt macromolecular finctions on their own
-counteract disruptive effects of other solutes when employed in combination

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47
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what do cartilaginous fish do to increase their tissue osmolarity

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-they use urea as an osmolyte
-helps prevent water loss in marine environment
-ureas perturbing effects counteracted by methylamines (e.g TMAO)

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48
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what are the two types of osmoconformers

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-stenohaline
-euryhaline

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49
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what are stenohaline osmoconformers

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-they are restricted to a narrow range of salinity
-they cant regulate their osmolytes to compensate
-cant tolerate changes
-stay in the ocean

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what are euryhaline osmoconformers

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-they are tolerant of changes in salinity
-sucessful in intertdal zones
-regulate organic osmolytes in their cell

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in stenohaline bull sharks what happened when they went from salt water to fresh water

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-20% reduced Na, Cl
-50% reduced urea
-body fluids still had double osmolarity than fresh water fish
-massive influx of water
-massive urine production (20x more then in salt water)

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52
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what else are osmoregulatory organs involves with

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nitrogen waste excretion

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53
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what is the problem with N waste

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-metabolism of proteins and nucleic acids
-produces ammonia (toxic)
-accumulation of NH3 would lead to death (must be excreted)
-NH3 is very soluble–> excretion would require large amounts of water
-animals have developed different strategies depending on water avalibility

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54
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what are some N waste strategies and what are they seen in

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NH3- seen in teleosts, larval amphibians, aquatic invertebrates

urea- seen in mammals, sharks, rays, turtles, adult amphibians

uric acid- seen in lizards, snakes, birds, insects

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55
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what is the most toxic to least toxic and least energy to produce to most energy to produce for N waste in animals

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ammonia, urea, uric acid

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what are some characteristics of ammonia

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-very soluble in water but toxic at low concentrations
-easily permeates membranes

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57
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what are ammoniotelic animals

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animals that excrete ammonia

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58
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how to invertabrates release ammonia

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they diffuse it out of the body surface into surrounding water

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59
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how do fish release ammonia

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excreted out of gills and (to a minor degree) out of kidneys

60
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do all aquatic animals excrete ammonia

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no

61
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what is a ureotelic animal

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animal that turns NH3 into urea

62
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what are some features of urea

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-less toxic than ammonia
-tolerated in more concentrated form
-sacrifice less water
-uses energy to create

63
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what are uricotelic animals

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animals that turn NH3 into uric acid

64
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what are some feature of uric acid

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-1000x less soluble then NH3
-ppts
-non toxic but requires lots of energy to produce
-storage excretion

65
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what are some features of uricotelic animals

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-adapted to limited availability of water
-used for shelled eggs in vertebrates
-excreted by land snails, insects, birds, and many reptiles

66
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what are external osmoregulators

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-gills
-skin (e.g amphibians)

67
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what are internal osmoregulators

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-gut
salt glands
-specialized internal organs called kidneys

68
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what are the diffrent kinds of specialized internal organs for osmoregulation

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-kidney
-protonephrones
-metanephrones
-melpighian tubules

69
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what kind of animals have salt glands

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shark, fish, birds and reptiles that live in seawater or desert

70
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what the role of nasal salt glands (what is the nature of it)

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-it secretes hyper osmotic NaCl solution
-active transport of NaCl (ATP driven pumps keep the salt in)
-gets rid of salt
-retains water

71
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in a salt gland what happens as you move down the secretory tubule

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the concentration becomes higher

72
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what things make up the salt gland

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-vein
-artery
-secritory tubule
-which goes to central duct
-capillary
-transory epithelium
-secretory cell

73
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what is the kidney

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-internal organ most concerned with osmoregulation
-common architechural and physiological principles

74
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what is the change concentration like in the collecting area

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very level

75
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what is the concentration change like in the proximal tubule

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-may be reabsorption/secretion of some solutes
-minor changes in osmotic conc
-major ionic chances

76
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what is the concentration change like in the distal tubule

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-distal tubule, overall nonisomotic reabsorbtion or secretion
-major changes in osmotic concentration or urine

77
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what are the concentrations changes like in the storage bladder

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there is no chane

78
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what is the osmoregulatory and excretory functions of kidney

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-regulates water and inorganic solute levels
-removes nitrogenous waste, and other metabolic “waste”
-extensive interaction between blood and tubules
-membrane exchange mechanism are also key

79
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what makes up the kidney

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-renal cortex
-renal medulla
-renal pelvis
-renal pyramid

80
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what part of the kidney is the renal cortex and the renal medulla

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cortex-outside
medulla-inside

81
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what makes up the kidney system as a whole

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-renal vein
-renal artery
-inferior vena cava
-kidney
-aorta
-ureter
-urinary bladder
-urethra

82
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what us the renal medulla divided into

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renal pyramids in larger mammals

83
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what is the renal pelvis

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drainage area in center of kidney

84
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what is a nephron

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the smallest functional unit of the kidney
-1 million in human kidney

85
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what does a nephron consist of

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a tubule and associated vascular component

86
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where does the first interaction with blood occur

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in the renal corpuscle

87
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what is the nephron

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the functional unit of the kidney

88
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what is the nephron responsible for

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the formation of urine

89
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what are the three basic nephron processes

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-glomerular filtration
-tubular reabsorption
-tubular secrection
resulting fluid is urine

90
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what is glamorous filtration

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filtering blood into tubule forming the primary urine

91
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what is tubular reabsorbtion

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absorption of substances needed by body form tubule to blood

92
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what is tubular secretion

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secretion of substances to be eliminated form the body into the tubule form the blood

93
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how does blood travel through the nephron

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-afferent arteriole
-glomerular capillaries
-efferent arterole
-peritubular capillaries and/or vasa recta renis
-renal vein

94
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what occurs in the bowmans capsule

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-ultra filtration form the glomerular capillary
-reabsorption into the peritubular capillaries
-secretion back into the bowmans
-urinary excretion

95
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what is excretion

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filtration - reabsorption + secretion

96
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what is glamorous filtration

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-first step in urine formation
-separation of plasma fraction of the blood
-driven by blood hydrostatic pressure
-when ultrafiltration happens

97
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what is in ultra filtration

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-contains small plasma solutes and water
-waste products
-useful molecules (glucose, ions)
no cells enter ultrafiltrate
-very low protein content

98
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how do glomerular capillaries different form other capillaries

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they are much more leaky
-400 times more permeable then other capillaries

99
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what forms a filtration structure

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podocytes with a foot process

100
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what makes the glomerous filtration good at filtration

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-renal corpuscle (glamerulus, glomerular capsule(bowmans capsule)
-glomerulus have large pores fenestrae which is the space between cells
-high permeability (400x greater then other capillaries)

101
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what are the forces involves in matabolism what is the result

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-glomerular capillary blood pressure (favours filtration 55mm Hg)
-plasma colloid osmotic pressure (opposes filtration 30mm Hg)
-bowmans capsule hydrostatic pressure (opposes filtration 15mm Hg)

result: net filtration pressure (difference between force favouring and opposing)=favours 55-(30+15)=10mm Hg from capillary to bowmans

102
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what is the glamorous filtration rate

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125ml per min
7.5 L per hour
180 L per day

-entire plasma volume filtered every 45 mins

103
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how much of the filtrate is re absorbed by the nephron tubules

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approximately 99%

104
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what is the proximal convoluted tubule

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-where reabsorption occurs
-and secretion

105
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what happens during the reabsorption of proximal convoluted tubule

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-65% of filtered water
-67% of filtered sodium and chloride
-glucose and amino acids

106
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what happens in the secretion of proximal convoluted tubules

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-variable proton secretion for acid/base regulation
-organic molecules (organic cat/anions, water soluble toxins)

107
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how is tubular exchange done in the renal system

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either transcellular (through cell) or paracellular (between the cells)

108
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what does Na+ do with the electrochemical graidednt

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-Na+ goes in the cell from tubular fluid with its electrochemical graident and brings glucose in through cotransport(against its graident)

-forn the tubular fluid Na+ also does counter transport with H+ (Na with the graident, H against)

-to the interstitial fluid 3 Na is transported out and 2K+ in using ATPase

-to the interstitial fluid Na is pumped out agains traident using cotransport and HCO3-

109
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what does glucose do with tubular fluid and interstital fluid

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-its transported out of the tubular fluid into the cell using Na+ co trasport against K+ graident
-transported out of cell into interstitial fluid with electrochemical graident

110
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what is interstitial fluid

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it interfaces with blood plasma

111
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what does K+ do with tubular fluid and interstital fluid

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-K+ is diffused both in and out of the cell with its electrochemical graident

112
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what does Cl- do with tubular fluid and interstital fluid

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it diffuses paracellular (between cells)
to the interstitial fluid

113
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what does H+ do with tubular fluid and interstital fluid

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it diffuses out of the cell from H2CO3 to the tubular fluid against electrochemical gradient

114
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what does HCO3 do with tubular fluid and interstital fluid

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it diffuses out of the cell with its electrochemical graident to the interstitial fluid using cotransport and with Na+

115
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what does the loop of henle do

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-it establishes a osmotic graident in the medulla
-reduces the osmotic pressure of the filtrate to ~100mOsm
-reabsorbs 20% of filtered water and sodium

116
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what does the loop of henle crating a osmotic gradient allow for

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it allows water reabsorption by collecting duct (produces hypertonic urine)

117
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after the loop of henle how much filtered water and sodium is reabsorbed

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-20% from loop of henle
-65% in proximal tubule
-=85% if the ultrafilterate has been reabsorbes by the time it reaches the distal convoluted tubule

118
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in the renal tubule when is the osmotic gradient isotonic

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-in the proximal tubule
-the descending limb

119
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in the renal tubule when is the osmotic gradient hyposmotic in the tubule

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-in the ascending limb to the distal tubule

120
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in the renal tubule when is the osmotic gradient hypertonic

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in the collecting duct

121
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in the loop of henle what is the descending limb permeable and not permeable to

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water but not to NaCl

122
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in the loop of henle descending limb where does the filtrate concentrate in

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the medulla

123
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in the loop of henle what is the asending limb permeable and not permeable to

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-active Na+ and Cl- reabsorption
-impermeable to water
-it dilutes the ultrafiltratre

124
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in the loop of henle ascending limb where does the filtrate concentrate in

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the medulla

125
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what is the role of urea

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it contributes to the osmotic graident

126
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where does urea accumulate

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in the medulla

127
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once fluid reaches the distal convoluted tubule how much of it is the original filtered volume

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20% of the original filtered volume

128
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what is the tonicity of the fluid in the distal convoluted tubule relative to the plasma

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it is hypotonic relative to plasma

129
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how much of the filtered Na+ is reabsorbed in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and collecting duct

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7.5%

130
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is the DCT permeable to water

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not usually but later nephron segments are

131
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what does the collecting duct do

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-concentrates the urine by exploiting the osmotic gradient in the medulla generated by the loop of henle

132
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what is collecting duct permeability regulated by

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antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

133
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what kind fo feed back is the antidiuretic hormone regulatory system

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negative feedback

134
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how does the ADH regulatory system work

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-osmoreceptors in hypothalamus detect an increase in solute concentration in ECF due to water loss
-send signal to hypothalamus
-posterior pituitary gland releases ADH
-which then makes the collecting duct permeable to water

135
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what is the goal of releasing ADH

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causes the body to try and retain water

136
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what is nephridia

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-the primitive version of osmoregualtion
-the primative kidney
-protonephridia
-metanephridia

137
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what things are protonephridia found in

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flat worms, rotifers

138
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what are metanephridia found in

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annelids, molluscs, arthropods

139
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what is the structure of protonephridia

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-network of closed tubules throughout the body

140
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how does the interstitial fluid filter into the protonephridia

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-it filters through membrane where cells interdigitate
-it filters into the lumen at the flame bulb

141
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how do freshwater flat worms work

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-they have protonephridia
-mainly osmoregulation
-most waste diffuses out of body or into gastrovascular cavity
-why they are flat: they have high SA:vol

142
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how do parasitic flatworms work

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-they have protonephridia
-they are in isotonic environments
-mainly excretion of nitrogenous waste

143
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how does metanephridia work

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-filter coelomic fluid
-take small solutes and waste
-tubules reabsorb NaCl and other solutes through active transport
-deals with osmoregulation and nitrogenous waste

144
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what things interact in the metanephridia

A

-the capillary and the tubule interact
-different form kidney that it doesn’t come into contact wth the circulatory system till later

145
Q

where are excretory tubules seen

A

in insects

146
Q

what are Malpighian tubules

A

-seen in insects
-acts as a dumping ground
-junction tubules empty out and waste goes into midgut
-all comes out as solid because of uric acid

147
Q

how do malpighian tubules work

A

-K+ is secreted into the tubule lumen
-accumulation of K+ draws Cl- ions
-water enters by osmosis
-nitrogenous wastes are secreted in
K+ and Cl- are reabsorbed followed by water
-uric acid ppts as crystals

Bio 224.3 (12 decks)

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