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Osmoregulation and Renal Physiology - 1 and 2 Flashcards

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What is osmosis?

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The flow of water across a partially permeable membrane .

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What determines osmosis?

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The osmolarity of the solution

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What happens if osmosis is not controlled?

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It can lead to problems e.g. oedema or swelling

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How does osmosis affect cell volume?

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Cells swell or shrink depending on the osmolarity (tonicity) of the bathing solution

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What happens in a hypotonic bathing solution?

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There is a net water movement in => cell swells
Increased cell volume - cell may burst

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What happens in a hypertonic bathing solution?

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Net water movement out the cell => cell shrinks
Reduced cell volume

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What happens in a isotonic bathing solution?

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An equal amount of water moves in and out of the cell
There is no change in cell volume

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How is extracellular (ECF) and intracellular fluid (ICF) separated?

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Separated by a semi-permeable cell membrane.

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How is the osmolarity of the extracellular fluid (ECF) maintained?

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By homeostatic mechanisms

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What is intracellular fluid (ICF) osmolarity dependent on?

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the extracellular fluid (ECF) osmolarity

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What is homeostasis?

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The maintenance of a constant internal environment.

  • a dynamic equilibrium
  • variables change but are continually
    corrected and kept within very narrow limits
  • occurs by negative feedback
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What is one of the key principles in physiology?

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Maintaining the balance of solutes and removal of waste products.

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What is a key organ in homeostasis?

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= the kidney

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How is body fluid osmolarity maintained?

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Body fluid osmolarity is a controlled variable. The kidney is a key organ in the regulation of body fluid osmolarity.
Anytime there is a stress correcting mechanisms come into play and it is returned to the optimum environment.

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What factors can affect water balance?

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Normal body fluid ~ 60% of total body weight
affected by :
- dry vs humid environment
- physiological factors
- dry vs wet food

Water in = water out

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What are sources of water intake for the body?

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Ingestion of water in drinks and within food

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What are sources of water output for the body? (Excretory organs)

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  • Skin - Sweat (water, salts, urea)
  • Lungs - CO2, water
  • Gastrointestinal tract - Water, Bile
  • Kidneys - Urine (metabolites, (including urea), water, salts, drugs)
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Which sources of water secretion are controlled and which are not?

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Water loss in urine is tightly controlled by the kidney.
Excretion via skin, lungs, GI tract is not controlled.

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What are the 2 main mechanisms in controlling body water osmolarity?

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Urine concentration and thirst

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What is the main organ in regulating body fluid osmolarity?

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Kidney

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What are the functions of the kidney? (renal functions)

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  • Regulation of water balance
  • Regulation of salt balance - Na+, K+
    -Removal of metabolic waste products -
    Urea/uric acid
  • Removal of foreign substances - drugs or
    metabolites
  • Regulation of pH
  • Hormone production
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What makes up the urinary tract?

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Kidney (cortex, medulla, capsule, renal artery,
renal vein)
Ureter
Urethra

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What is the ureter?

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The tube that carries urine and waste products out of the kidney to the bladder.

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What is the nephron?

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The key functional unit of the kidney - filtration

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What % of cardiac output does renal blood supply make up?
Approx 20% of cardiac output
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How does water remain in the capillaries even with a concentration gradient?
Oncotic pressure opposes osmosis to keep water in the capillaries
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What are the 4 main processes in the formation of urine?
1. Filtration of plasma 2. Reabsorption of water 3. Reabsorption of solutes 4. Secretion of solutes
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What is glomerular filtration?
The filtration of plasma - fluid is filtered from capillary to Bowmans capsule across filtration barrier
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How is the rate of glomerular filtration controled?
Rate is due to the balance of hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure in the glomerular capillaries and Bowmans space
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What is oncotic pressure in the nephron produced by?
The oncotic pressure is the osmotic pressure produced by large molecules that are not filtered
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What is the equation for glomerular filtration rate?
Glomerular filtration rate = Pcap - ([pi-3.14]cap+ Pbc) glomerular filtration = capillary pressure – (oncotic pressure + bowmans capsule pressure) Pcap = hydrostatic pressure in capillary Pbc = hydrostatic pressure in Bowman’s capsule 3.14 cap = oncotic pressure in capillary
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What is the composition of the filtrate from glomerular filtration?
- Filtration produces ultrafiltrate - Small molecules and ions in almost exactly same concentration as plasma - No proteins or red blood cells
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What is the average Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ?
In a 70 kg man GFR = 180 litres / day
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Is a high or low filtration rate needed for normal kidney function?
a high rate of filtration is essential to normal functioning of the kidney
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Where is the proximal tubule located?
Located after the glomerulus
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What are the 4 roles of the proximal tubule?
- Filtration of plasma - Reabsorption of water - Reabsorption of solutes - Secretion of solutes --> approx 70% of filtrate is reabsorbed --> some substances are secreted into tubule
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What type of transport does most reabsorption happen by?
Most reabsorption is via secondary active transport
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How does most reabsorption happen via secondary active transport?
- Driven by ATPase (Na+ K+ ATPase) in basal and baso-lateral membranes - Ionic gradient drives movement of ions across apical membrane - of two types - Symport (co-transport) and antiport (counter transport)
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What is a symport?
Co-transport
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What is an antiport?
Counter transport
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How does the reabsorption of glucose take place?
Reabsorption occurs against the concentration gradient - dependent on Na+ gradient
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Where does the reabsorption of glucose take place?
In the proximal tubule --> Co-transport of Na+ and glucose
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Where is the filtered water reabsorbed?
In the proximal tubule (60-70% of filtered water reabsorbed)
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How is water reabsorbed?
- Reabsorption is passive - Water follows movement of solutes out of tubule - osmotic effect - Osmotic effect is aided by build up of solutes in clefts (basolateral spaces) between tubule cells
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What are 3 types of secretory mechanisms?
Organic anions (acids) - e.g. bile salts, penicilin => Out of capillary lumen-->into tubular lumen Organic cations (bases) e.g. adrenaline, morphine => Out of capillary lumen-->into tubular lumen Na+ = out of tubular lumen --> into capillary lumen
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What are the mechanisms that allow urine to be concentrated to a higher osmolarity than the plasma osmolarity?
- The loop of Henle is essential for formation of concentrated urine - Maximum urine concentration is related to length of loop of Henle
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What effect does a longer loop of Henle have on urine concentration?
A longer loop of Henle increases urine concentration
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What does a counter current multiplier within the loop of Henle lead to?
Counter current multiplier - leads to a hypertonic medulla
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What is the osmolarity of the proximal tubule?
Isotonic
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What is the osmolarity of the distal tubule?
Hypotonic
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Where is the collecting duct located?
Runs parallel to the ascending limb of the loop of Henle, with the flow in the opposite direction
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What is the function of the collecting duct?
Collects urine from nephrons. Collecting duct is impermeable to water Permeability of collecting duct to water increases in presence of Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) Water exits the collecting duct due to high osmolarity in medulla - urine becomes more concentrated - water retained in the body
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How is ADH (antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin)) release controlled?
- Release stimulated by changes in plasma osmolarity - Plasma osmolarity detected by osmoreceptors - ADH released
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Where is ADH released?
from posterior pituitary gland
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At normal plasma osmolarity is ADH present in the blood?
Yes - at normal plasma osmolarity there is ADH present in the blood
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What happens to ADH release when the body is in water deprivation?
- Water deprivation increases body fluid osmolarity - ADH release is increased => Decrease in water excretion
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What happens to ADH release when the body has an excess water intake?
- Excess water intake lowers body fluid osmolarity - ADH release is decreased => Increase in water excretion
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What hormones influence the regulation of body fluid?
- Aldosterone - Renin-Angiotensin system - Atrial Natriuretic peptide
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Where is aldosterone produced?
In the Adrenal Cortex
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Why is aldosterone produced?
Produced in response to high plasma K+
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What is the function of aldosterone?
In the kidney aldosterone stimulates: - Na+ reabsorption - K+ secretion
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What is micturition?
The process of emptying urine from the urinary bladder
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How is urine transported to the bldder?
Transported along ureters - by peristaltic contractions of smooth muscle
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How does the body allow urine to leave the body?
When the bladder is full the detrusor muscle contracts to expel urine via the urethra. The internal and external sphincters open allowing urine to flow into the urethra.

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