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Define osmolarity

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  • concentration of osmotically active particles present in a solution
  • mosmol/l
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Calculate the osmolarity of 150mM of NaCl

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  • molar conc = 150
  • 2 active particles
    2x150 = 300
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What is the rough body fluid osmolarity?

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  • 300mosmol/l
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Unit for osmolality?

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  • osmol/kg water
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Unit of osmolarity?

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  • mosmol/l
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Define tonicity

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  • the effect a solution has on a cell volume
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Describe isotonic

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  • no change in cell volume
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Describe hypotonic

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  • cells swell

- number of particles is less in the plasma

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Describe hypertonic

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  • cells shrink

- number of particles in plasma is more

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Effect of RBC in urea solution?

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  • urea moves into RBC due to receptors
  • water follows
  • cells swell
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Effect of RBC in sucrose solution?

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  • no affect - isotonic

- no direct receptors

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What is the intracellular percentage of total body water?

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  • 2/3rds
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What is the extracellular percentage of total body water?

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  • 1/3rd
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What is extracellular compartment composed of?

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  • plasma

- interstitial fluid

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What tracer can be used for ECF?

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  • inulin
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What tracer can be used for plasma volume

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  • labelled albumin
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What ions are in higher concentration in the extracellular compartment?

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  • Na
  • Cl
  • HCO3
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What ions are in higher concentration in the intracellular compartment?

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  • k+
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What separates the intracellular and extracellular components?

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  • plasma membrane

- cell membrane

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What separates the plasma and interstitial fluid

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  • capillary wall
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How can plasma osmolarity be estimated?

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  • doubling Na concentration
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Increase in NaCl in ECF causes what to water concentrations in ECF and ICF

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  • ECF = Increase water

- ICF = decrease water

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General rule for Na and water

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  • water follows sodium
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Why is it important to regulate electrolytes?

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  • directly affects water balance

- affects cell function

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What are the most important electrolytes to balance?
- Na | - K
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Where is the majority of sodium found?
- ECF
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Where is the majority of K+ found
- ICF
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Loss of potassium balance can lead to?
- muscle weakness | - cardiac irregularities
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Name some functions of the kidneys?
- water and salt balance - maintenance of plasma volume - acid base balance - endocrine gland - vitamin d activation
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What is the functional unit of the kidney
- the nephron
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What are the 3 functional mechanisms of the nephron?
- filtration - reabsorption - section
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Explain the blood supply to cortical nephron
- artery - afferent arteriole - glomerulus - efferent arterole - peritubular capillaries - vein
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What is the blood supply to the juxtamedullary nephron?
- vasa recta
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Differences between juxtamedullary nephron and the cortical nephron?
- Loop of henle much longer in juxtamedullary nephron - vasa recta - concentrated
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What lines the inner aspect of Bowman's capsule?
- podocytes
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Explain the juxtaglomerular apparatus
- distal tubule passes between afferent and efferent arterioles
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What cell releases renin
- granular cells
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What is responsible for sensing sodium concentrations
- macula densa cells | - sense sodium and signal smooth muscle in afferent arteriole to control blood flow into glomerular capillaries
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The __efferent/afferent___ arteriole goes into the glomerulus?
- afferent
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What percentage of the plasma that goes through the kidneys is not filtered?
- 80%
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Define rate of filtration
= Xplasma conc x GFR | - Mass of X filtered into bowman's capsule per unit time
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Normal GFR for healthy adult
125ml/min
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Rate of excretion calculation?
= X urine conc x urinary flow | - mass of x excreted per unit time
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Rate of absorption calculation
= rate of filtration of X - rate of excretion of X
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Which has a larger diameter the afferent or efferent arteriole?
- the afferent arteriole has a larger diameter
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What are the 3 barriers to filtration in the glomerulus?
- glomerular capillary endothelium - basement membrane - slit processes of podocytes
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What does the glomerular capillary endothelium barrier against?
- RBC
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What does the basement membrane and slit processes of podocytes barrier against?
- plasma proteins
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Glomerular filtration is a ___ process?
- passive
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What are the 4 glomerular pressures in glomerular filtration?
- Glomerular capillary blood pressure - bowman's capsule hydrostatic pressure - capillary oncotic pressure - bowman's capsule oncotic pressure
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What is the net filtration?
10 mmHg favouring filtration
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Define the glomerular filtration rate
- the rate at which protein free plasma is filtered from the glomeruli into the bowman's capsule per unit time
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Normal GFR
125
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What is the major determinant of GFR?
- Glomerular capillary fluid pressure
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What are some extrinsic regulations of GFR?
- Vasocontriction of afferent arterioles | - vasodilation of afferent arterioles
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What are the 2 processes of autoregulation of GFR?
- Myogenic | - Tubuloglomerular
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Increase in BP causes and increase in ____
- GFR
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Describe myogenic autoregulation of GFR?
- Smooth muscle of afferent arteriole - - if vascular smooth muscle stretched - contracts to reduce flow
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Explain tubuloglomerular feedback?
- increase in GFR - more salt present - picked up by macula densa cells - constriction of afferent arterioles - reducing GFR
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Where does tubuloglomerular feedback occur?
- juxtaglomerular apparatus
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Describe plasma clearance
- measure of how effectively the kidneys can clean the blood of a substance - the volume of plasma cleared per minute
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What is the gold standard for GFR?
- Inulin | - Inulin clearance = GFR
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What can be used as a close approximation of GFR?-
- Creatinine clearance
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What is the usual glucose clearance?
- 0ml/min
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Urea clearance is what compared to GFR?
Clearance < GFR | - Reabsorbed
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H+ clearance is what compared to GFR?
- Clearance > GFR | - Secreted
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What can be used as a marker of renal plasma flow?
- para-amino hippuric acid
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para-amino hippuric acid is __endogenous/exogenous__
- exogenous
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Calculation of filtration fraction
- the fraction of the plasma flowing through the glomeruli that is filtered into the tubule
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What percentage of plasma that enters the glomeruli is filtered?
- 20%
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What is the equation for plasma clearance?
clearance of substance x = x conc in urine x urinary flow / x conc in plasma
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What is the normal renal plasma flow rate?
650ml/min
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If clearance > GFR that shows the substance was ___reabsorbed/secreted___
- secreted
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How is filtration fraction calculated?
GFR/Renal plasma flow
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Describe glomerular filtrate compared to blood?
- modified version - contains ions and solutes at plasma concentrations - lacks RBCs and large plasma proteins
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Describe transcellular reabsorption
- directly across the wall of the nephron
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Describe paracellular reabsorption
- dependant on how leaky or tight the cell junctions are
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Describe primary active transport
- energy dependant | - move substances against their concentration gradient
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Describe secondary active transport
- carrier molecule transported coupled to an ion gradient | - e.g. Na+
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Describe facilitated diffusion
- passive carrier mediated transport | - down concentration gradient
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Glucose crosses the nephron wall by what type of transport?
- facilitated diffusion
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Where is the majority of sodium reabsorbed?
- proximal convoluted tubule
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Where is sodium not reabsorbed?
- in the descending limb of the loop of henle
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What are some examples of the apical membrane transporters for sodium
- na+/glucose - na+/amino acid - na+/h+
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What is the net movement of sodium in the primary convoluted tubule?
- from the filtrate into the interstitial fluid
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Sodium net movement creates an electrical chemical gradient for what substance?
- chloride
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Sodium net movement creates an osmotic gradient for what substance?
- water
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Where is the majority of glucose reabsorbed in the nephron?
- proximal convoluted tubule
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What is the transporter for glucose from the filtrate into the cells of the nephron?
- Na+/glucose transporter
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Describe the renal threshold for glucose?
- saturation of glucose transporters - usually around 10-12mmol/l - excess glucose will be excreted
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What is the function of the loop of Henle?
- creation of a portico-medullary solute concentration gradient
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What is the aim of the loop of henle?
- to greater a hypertonic urine formation
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What is the name process that occurs to produce a hypertonic urine solution?
- countercurrent multiplication
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The flow through the loop of henle is described as?
- countercurrent flow
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The descending limb of the loop of henle is responsible for what?
- water reabsorption - no NaCl- reabsorption - causes tubular fluid to become hyperosmotic
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The ascending limb of the loop of henle is responsible for what?
- NaCl- reabsorption | - no water reabsorption
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The triple co transporter is found where and what is its function?
- ascending limb of the loop of henle - Na+ - K+ - Cl-
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Loop diuretics block what process?
- triple co transporter
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Function of the triple co transporter
- to allow solute reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of henle - subsequent creation of a hyperosmotic interstitial fluid - passive movement of water in the descending limb
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What forms the countercurrent system?
- loop of henle and the vasa recta
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What hormones are involved in water and solute balance in the renal system?
- ADH - Aldosterone - atrial naturitic hormone - parathyroid hormone
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ADH aim?
- increasing water reabsorption - concentrated urine - increase blood volume and pressure
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Where is ADH made and by what?
- hypothalamus | - supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei
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Where is ADH stored and what releases it?
- stored in posterior pituitary | - calcium dependant exocytosis
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What acts as a stimulus to release ADH?-
- Dehydration | - increase osmolarity
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What detects an increase in plasma osmolarity?
- hypothalamic osmoreceptors
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What is the effect of ADH?
- Binds to vasopressin 2 receptor - increase in cAMP - Increase in aquaporins - water absorption
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Where does ADH target?
- distal convoluted tubule | - collecting duct
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Low ADH creates a what urine?
- hypotonic | - dilute
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High ADH creates a what urine?
- hypertonic | - concentrates
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Other than on aquaporin formation what does ADH also do?
- arterial vasoconstriction
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Describe central diabetes insipidus?
- failure to produce ADH
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Describe nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?
- failure to respond to ADH
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Symptoms of diabetes insipidus?
- large volume dilute urine | - thirst
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What are other factors that may cause ADH release?
- high osmolarity of plasma - atrial stretch receptors - stretch receptors in GI tract - alcohol inhibits - nicotine stimulates
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Aldosterone is what type of hormone?
- steroid
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Where is aldosterone secreted from?
- adrenal cortex
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When is aldosterone secreted?
- low Na+ - low ECF volume - High k+
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Renin is released from what cells?
- granular cells
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Aldosterone effect?
- Na+ reabsorption
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3 factors that stimulate renin release?
- reduced afferent arteriole pressure - Less NaCl in macula densa - increased sympathetic activity
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Treatment of an abnormal RAAS system?
- ACEi | - Loop diuretic
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Where is ANP stored?
- atrial muscle cells
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When is ANP released?
- mechanical stretching of the atria
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ANP effect
- excretion of Na+ | - diuresis
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What are the 2 controls of bladder excretion?
- micturition reflex (involuntary) | - voluntary
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Describe water diuresis?
- increased urine flow but no increased solute excretion
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Describe osmotic diuresis?
- increased urine flow because of a primary increase in salt excretion
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What is the pH of arterial blood
- 7.45
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What is the pH of venous blood
- 7.35
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Acidosis is described a pH of what?
- less than 7.35
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Alkalosis is defined as a pH of what?
- more than 7.45
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Define a strong acid
- completely dissociates in solution
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Define a weak acid
- partially dissociates in solution
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The dissociation constant is equal to what?
- the pH at which equilibrium is achieved
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What catalyses H2CO3 --> HCO3- + H+
- Carbonic anhydrase
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Role of the kidney in control of HCO3-
- Variable reabsorption of filtered HCO3- - Kidneys can add new HCO3- to blood - dependant on H+ secretion
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Explain bicarbonate reabsorption in the kidney?
- cannot be transported directly - combines with H+ - Broken down to CO2 + H20 - Transported into cell - reformed into HCO3-
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What are the 2 buffering systems important in H+ concentraion
- phosphate | - ammonia
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If HCO3- is low in tubular fluid what does the H+ bind to?
- ammonia - phosphate - for excretion
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Define compensation
- restoration of pH | - irrespective of pCO2 and HCO3-
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Define correction
- restoration of pH | - restoration of pCO2 and HCO3-
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What diagram shows the distribution of acid base balance
- Davenport
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Causes of respiratory acidosis
- retention of CO2 - Chronic bronchitis - hypoventilation
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Compensatory affect of respiratory acidosis?
- further increase in HCO3-
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Causes of respiratory alkalosis
- hyperventerlation | - hypoxia
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Compensation affect of respiratory acidosis?
- further lowering of HCO3-
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Causes of metabolic acidosis
- ingestion of acids | - excessive loss of base e.g. diarrhoea
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Causes of metabolic acidosis
- loss of HCl through vomit
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Compensation affect for metabolic alkalosis
- further HCO3- increase

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