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Session 5 - Blood Osmolarity Flashcards

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What happens in terms of plasma osmolality when water intake is less than water excretion?

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• Plasma osmolarity increases

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In what situation does plasma osmolarity decrease?

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• When water intake is greater than water excretion

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What is the typical osmolarity of urine?

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• 50-1200 Osm/l

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Do changes in water balance affect volume?

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  • No, they effect osmolarity

* Problems with Na+ balance affect

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What is the osmolarity of body fluids?

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275 - 295 mOsm/kg

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What do problems with Na+ balance cause?

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• Changes in ECF volume

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Where is plasma osmolality sensed?

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• By hypothalamic osmoreceptors in the organum vasculoum of the laminae terminals (OVLT) of the hypothalamus

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Where is the OVLT found?

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• Anterior and ventral to the third ventricle

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What is special about the OVLT?

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• Fenestrated leaky endothelium which exposes it directly to systemic circulation

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What are the two efferent pathways which regulate osmolarity?

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  • Thirst

* ADH

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Which method of regulation is the first line of defence in modulating osmolarity?

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ADH

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What two changes trigger release of ADH?

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  • Increase in osmolarity of the blood

* Baroceptors detecting decreased stretch (low blood volume)

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What are the effectors of thirst, and what is affected?

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• Brain - Drinking behaviour

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What is the effector of ADH, and what is the consequence?

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  • Kidney

* Renal water excretion

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When is ADH released?

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• When water is lost and osmolarity increases by 1%, osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus initiates release of ADH from posterior pituitary

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How is ADH secretion inhibited?

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Decreased osmolarity

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What is thirst stimulated by?

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  • Large increase in fluid osmolarity

* <10% changes in osmolarity or decrease in volume

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What is drinking induced by?

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  • Increase in plasma osmolarity

* Decrease in ECF volume

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When is ADH released stimulated?

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• When there is a 1% increase in plasma osmolarity due to loss of water

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Describe ADH

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  • Small peptide hormone

* 9 AA long

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What initiates the release of ADH?

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• Osmoreceptors in the OVLT of the hypothalamus initiate the release of ADH from the posterior pituitaruy

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What does ADH act on to regulate volume and osmolarity of urine?

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• The kidney

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What happens if ADH is low?

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• Water diuresis will occur due to decreases reabsorption

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What happens if ADH is high?

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• Small volume of urine excreted

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What are the three main effects of ADH?
* Increases the permeability of the collecting duct to water via the addition of aquaporin * Increases permeability of collecting duct to urea * Increases activity of Na/K/Cl- co-transporter in the TAL of the loop of henle (Assists in generation of hypertonic medullary intersticium)
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Where is ADH secreted from?
• The posterior pituitary
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Where is ADH synthesised?
* As a preprohormone in the * Supraoptic nuclei of hypothalamus * Paraoptic nuclei of hypothalamus * Is then sent to posterior pituitary and stored
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Outline the effects of ADH on the nephron
* Vasoconstriction at glomerulus * Increased Na/K+/2Cl- cotransport absorption at ascending limb of loop of henle * Increased water reabsorption in late DT and Cortical collecting duct via addition of aquaporin 2 to the apical membrane * Increased K+ secretion of and Urea reabsorption in cortical collecting duct * Insert aquaporin 2 in the apical membrane of cells in collecting duct
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What exactly does ADH in relation to Urea?
* Increases permeability of medullary region of collecting duct, causing its reabsorption * Rise in urea concentration in the tissues allows it to passively move down its conc gradient into the ascending limb
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What is the apical membrane of the collecting duct like the absence of ADH?
Does not contain aquaporin 2, so no water reabsorption
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What is Urea recycling?
* ADH increases permeability of medullary part of collecting duct to urea, causing its reabsorption * This causes water to follow (THE POINT OF ADH! :D) * Rise in urea conc in the tissues causes Urea to passively move down its conc gradient into TAL, which is permeable to Urea but not to H20 (NO WATER REABSORPTION!) * Urea then passes into collecting duct, where it is reabsorbed
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What does the basolateral membrane of a cell always contain?
* Aquaporin 3 and 4 * Constantly permeable to water * Allows water that enters across the apical membrane to pass into peritubular blood
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How is hypo-osmotic urine generated?
* Reabsorb solute from nephron * No ADH stimulation means no aquaporin in the DCT and collecting ducts * Limited water reuptake in latter DCT and limited in collecting duct * Tubular fluid rich in water passes through the hyperosmotic ranal pyramid with no change in water
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What is required if body needs hyperosmotic urine?
* Kidney must reabsorb as much water as possible * Requires a hypertonic interstitium * ADH secreted and assists
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What is the corticopapillary osmotic gradient?
* Osmotic potential of medulla increases as you go down * Isosmotic at cortico-medullary border Medullary intersticium hyperosmotic at papilla
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What is the max osmolarity of the medullary interstitcium?
100 mOsmol/kg
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What are the three key mechanisms involved in establishing the cortiocopapillary osmotic gradient?
* Active NaCl transport out of TAL * Recycling of urea * Unusual arrangement of blood vessels in medulla descending components act in close opposition to ascending components
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How does the action of the thick ascending limb of the loop of henle generate the medullary gradient?
* Diluting action on filtrate | * Removes solute without water , increasing osmolarity of the intersticium
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What do loop diuretics do?
* Block NaK2Cl transporters | * Medullary intersticium becomes isosmotic and copious dilute urine is produced
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How is movement of urea significant?
* Permeable to most membranes * Moves out of collecting duct, water follows * Water is taken into peritubular capillaries
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Outline the process of countercurrent multiplication
* Tubule filled with isotonic fluid * Na+ ions pumped out at ascending loop into intersticium, raising osmotic pressure outside tubule and lowering it inside * Fresh fluid enters descending limb which is permeable to water. Water leaves and enters medullary intersticium * More fluid enters from glomerulus, pushing concentrated fluid into TAL * Na+ pump in ascending limb pumps out more into intersticium
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What is the final gradient of countercurrent multiplication limited by?
• The diffusional process
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What is the max conc difference between inside and outside of the tubule?
• 200 mOsmol
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What is counter current multiplication maintained by?
• Counter current exchange at the vasa recta
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What is counter current exchange?
• Flow of blood in organised vasa recta opposite to flow of fluid in tubules maintains concentration gradient
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What is the dilemma surrounding blood flow to the medulla?
* Must maintain concentration gradient (medullary hyper-tonicity) * Need to deliver nutrients
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What are the two ways in which vasa recta preserve the hypertonicity of the medullary intersticium?
* Low blood flow to prevent wash out | * Travel in counter current direction
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What is the configuration for the vasa recta known as?
• Hair pin configuration
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What is the exchange which occurs in vasa recta as it moves along the loop of henle?
* Isosmotic blood in descending limb of vasa recta enter hyperosmotic milieu of medulle * Ions diffuse into vasa recta and water diffuses out * Osmolarity of vasarecta increases until in reaches tip of hairpin loop, where it is isosmotic with medullary intersticium * Blood ascending has higher solute concentration than medulla, so solute moves out and water moves in Little net dilution
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Where is the vasa recta most concentrated?
• At the bottom of the hair pin bend
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What happens as the vasa recta moves up the ascending portion of the loop of henle?
* Solutes conc outside becomes less concentrated | * Water moves into vasa recta and solutes move out
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What is SIADH?
• Syndrome of inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone secretion
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Give a mechanism by which SIADH can come about
• Secretion of ADH is not inhibited by the lowering of blood osmolarity
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What are the consequences of SIADH?
• Excessive amounts of water retained, causing blood osmolarity to drop and causing hyponatraemia
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Give four causes of SIADH
* Malignant tumours secreting ADH analogues * Head trauma causing ADH release * Non-malignant pulmonary disorders Drugs
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Give five symptoms of hyponatremia
* Nausea * Vomiting * Headache * Confusion Lethargy
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What can NIADH be treated with?
* ADH receptor antagonists * Treating underlying cause Hypertonic saline infusion
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Other than NIADH, give another condition which comes about as a result of abnormal ADH secretion
Diabetes insipidus
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What are two causes of Diabetes insipidus?
* Failure of ADH secretion - Causes Central Diabetes Insipidus * Inadequate response of kidneys to ADH - Causes Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

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