Regulation of Plasma Osmolarity Flashcards
what is the normal range of plasma osmolarity? what are the major solute determinants?
280-300 mOsm/L
Na and Cl
what type of water transportation does not occur?
active
what are the major sources of water? what are the major methods of excretion?
fluids, food and metabolism (less)
urine, feces, skin, sweat and exhaled air
what parts of water loss are regulated? why does this occur?
only urine output
very small osmolarity differences can compromise CNS function
what does the ratio of urine to plasma osmolarity do?
normalizes the concentrating/diluting ability of the kidney to changes of plasma osmolarity
when U/P osmolarity equals 1, what does that mean? when it is greater than one? when it is less than one?
1- urine is isotonic to ECF
>1- urine is concentrated (retaining water in excess of solute)
<1- urine is dilute (excreting water in excess of solute)
what does “free water” refer to?
water in excess of solute that is either taken from or left in the tubular fluid (not obligated to remain with solutes in tubular fluid)
what hormone reflects the status of ECF and plasma osmolarity? what does it do?
ADH
increase in osmolarity increases ADH- retention of water in the kidney
what is the equation for osmolar excretion? how does it change with high and restricted water intake?
U osmolarity x volume
does not change although osmolarity and volume will
what is the average osmolar excretion per day? what is the typical osmolarity of urine?
600 mOsm/day
400 mOsm/L
how much can the kidney reduce Uosm to? what is the maximum urine volume?
30 mOsm/L
20L/day
how high can the kidney increase Uosm? what is the minimum urine volume?
1200 mOsm/L
.5 L/day
what is the equation for free water clearance?
C H20= V- Cosm (osmotic clearance)
Cosm= (Uosm V)/Posm
what is C osm if U/P osm equals 1? C H2O?
C osm=V
C H2O=0
kidney does not add or remove free water from plasma
what is C osm if U/P osm is greater than 1? C H2O?
C osm>V
C H2O<0
kidney retains free water to add to plasma
what is C osm if U/P osm is less than 1? C H2O?
C osm0
kidney eliminates free water taken from the plasma
what does ADH signal in respect to free water clearance?
tells kidney to decrease free water clearance to make hypertonic urine
what limits the magnitude of free water clearance?
the limits of the concentrating and diluting ability of the kidney as well as magnitude of solute consumed