week 11 Flashcards
Body Water Content in humans (amounts)
- Infants: 70% or more
water (high body fat,
low bone mass) - Adult males: ~60%
water - Adult females: ~55%
water (less skeletal
muscle mass) - Water content declines
to ~45% in old age
what is the total body water percentage?
- Total body water = 60% of body weight (42 L ~ 70kg)
what are the fluid compartments?
Two main fluid compartments:
– Intracellular fluid (ICF)
compartment: ~26L in cells
– Extracellular fluid (ECF)
compartment: ~16L outside
cells
* Plasma: ~3 L
* Interstitial fluid (IF):
~13 L in spaces between cells
– Usually considered part of IF:
lymph, CSF, humors of the
eye, synovial fluid, serous
fluid, and gastrointestinal
secretions
what is the universal solvent?
water
what are solutes?
- Solutes: what is dissolved in water
– Classified as non-electrolytes and electrolytes
what are non-electrolytes?
Non-electrolytes
– Do not dissociate in water: e.g., glucose, lipids, creatinine, and urea
» No charged particles created
what are electrolytes?
- Electrolytes (~charged particles, e.g. Na+, Cl-
)
– Electrolytes are the most abundant solutes in body fluids;
determine most chemical and physical reactions
– Dissociate into ions in water; e.g., inorganic salts, all acids and
bases, some proteins
» Ions conduct electrical current
– Greater osmotic power than non-electrolytes
» Greatest ability to cause fluid shifts
Fluid Movement Among
Compartments
- Osmotic and blood hydrostatic pressures regulate
continuous exchange and mixing of fluids:
– Water moves freely along osmotic gradients
– All body fluid osmolality (measure of solute concentration)
almost always equal (equilibrium)
– Change in solute concentration of any compartment leads to
net water flow - ^ ECF osmolality (measure of solute concentration) –> water leaves cell
- v ECF osmolality (measure of solute concentration) –> water enters cell
fluid movement Between plasma and IF across capillary walls
Fluid leaks from arteriolar
end of capillary,
reabsorbed at venule
end; lymphatics pick up
remaining and return to
blood
fluid movement Between IF and ICF
across cell membrane
– Two-way osmotic flow of
water
– Ions move selectively;
nutrients, wastes, gases
unidirectional
- Water intake must =
Water intake must = water output = ~ 2500 ml/day
what is water intake?
Water intake:
beverages, food,
and metabolic water
what is Water output?
urine
(60%), insensible
water loss (lost
through skin and
lungs), perspiration,
and faeces
what is osmolality?
Osmolality is a measure of the osmoles (Osm) of solute per
kilogram of solvent, Osmolarity is defined as the number of
osmoles of solute per litre of solvent
what is Measure of solute concentration?
~ how much solute in the fluid
what is Osmolality maintained within a small range
~ 280 – 300 mOsm
Rise in osmolality (↑solute concentration) –>
– Stimulates thirst
– Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH) released by pituitary gland
Decrease in osmolality (↓solute concentration) –>
– Thirst inhibition
– ADH inhibition
what is the Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone
System?
The RAAS is a hormone system for regulating the
body’s blood volume and therefore blood pressure
– Granular cells of juxtaglomerular complex release renin (enzyme)
in response to:
* Sympathetic nervous system stimulation
* v filtrate NaCl concentration (detected by macula densa cells -
chemoreceptors)
* v stretch (due to ^ blood pressure) of granular cells (mechanoreceptors)
– Renin catalyses angiotensinogen (a protein made in the liver) into
Angiotensin I
– Angiotensin I is converted in Angiotensin II by another enzyme
– Angiotensin II:
* is a potent vasoconstrictor (which increases BP)
* stimulates the release of aldosterone (hormone) from the adrenal/suprarenal
gland –> leads to an ^ Na+ reabsorption by kidney tubules –> water follows
what is a driving force for water
intake?
thirst mechanism
what is the Regulation of Water
Intake governed by?
Governed by hypothalamic thirst centre
– Hypothalamic osmoreceptors detect ECF
osmolality; activated by:
* Plasma osmolality of 1 – 2%
– Dry mouth detected from reduced saliva
– Decreased blood volume or pressure
– Angiotensin II or granular cell input
* Sensation of thirst
* Drinking of water inhibits the thirst centre
* Inhibitory feedback signals include:
– Relief of dry mouth
– Activation of stomach and intestinal stretch
receptors
what is Regulation of Water Output
- Obligatory water losses
– Insensible water loss from lungs and skin
– Sensible water loss from faeces and urine - Minimum daily sensible water loss of 500 ml in
urine to excrete wastes
what is Regulation of Water Output:
Influence of ADH?
- Hormone from pituitary gland
- Water reabsorption in collecting ducts
proportional to ADH release
– v ADH –> dilute urine (light in colour) and
v volume of body fluids
– ^ ADH –> concentrated urine (darker in
colour); reabsorption of water –> ^
volume of body fluids - Hypothalamic osmoreceptors sense
ECF solute concentration and
regulate ADH accordingly