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Final: Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion Slides Flashcards

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Osmolarity of a solution

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Moles of osmotically active particles per liter of solvent

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What macromolecules do nitrogenous wastes come from?

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Proteins and nucleic acids

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What are the nitrogenous wastes? (3)

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Urea, ammonia, uric acid

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What are ureotelic, ammonotelic, and uricotelic animals?

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  • Ureotelic: mostly produce urea (humans, mammals)
  • Ammonotelic: mostly produce ammonia (fish)
  • Uricotelic: mostly produce uric acid (reptiles)
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Functions of the renal system (6)

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  • Regulates water concentration
  • Regulates ion concentration
  • Excretes metabolic wastes: urea, uric acid, creatinine
  • Removes foreign molecules
  • Gluconeogenesis
  • Releases hormones
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Composition of blood dictates and reflects composition of _____ ____

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interstitial fluid (want to maintain isosmolarity)

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Parts of the renal system (4)

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Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

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Main function of kidneys

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Maintain homeostasis in blood by getting rid of waste products or anything in excess

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Function of bladder

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Storage of urine for later excretion

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Function of ureters

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Long, muscular tubes connecting kidney and bladder

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Structure of kidneys

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Tiny microscopic tubes called nephrons, the functional unit of the kidney

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Classifications of nephrons

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Cortical or juxtamedullary

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Parts of nephrons (6)

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  • Glomerular capsule
  • Proximal convoluted tube
  • Descending loop of Henle
  • Ascending loop of Henle
  • Distal convoluted tubule
  • Collecting duct
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What happens at the collecting duct of nephrons?

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Nephrons empty their contents

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When does the fluid in nephrons become urine, and what is it before then?

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Becomes urine when it reaches collecting duct, called filtrate until then

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What are nephrons surrounded by?

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Many capillaries, as their job is to maintain homeostasis

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Characteristics of glomerular capsule

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Highly permeability so lots of substances can move into nephron (beginning of nephron)

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What is in the glomerulus?

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Capillaries

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What is the renal corpuscle?

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Initial blood-filtering component of nephron (many openings to increase permeability)

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What are the openings in the renal corpuscle called?

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Filtration slits in glomerular capsule, fenestration in glomerulus/capillaries

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Path of filtrate in renal corpuscle (3)

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  1. When blood is in glomerulus, filtrate passes through pores in between endothelial cells
  2. Filtrate goes through basement membrane leading to glomerular capsule
  3. Passes through filtration slits in between podocytes
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Interactions between capillaries and nephron (4)

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Filtration, reabsorption, secretion, excretion

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What is reabsorption in the kidneys?

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Substance needs to cross multiple membranes to reach blood: gets “mistakenly” absorbed by nephrons and needs to get back to blood

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Steps in reabsorption in the kidneys

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  1. Move from nephron lumen to apical side of nephron epithelial cells
  2. Move to basal side of nephron epithelial cells
  3. Cross basement membrane to reach interstitial fluid
  4. Cross endothelial cells to reach lumen of capillaries
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What substances are filtered into the lumen of the nephron? (9)
Na+, Cl-, K+, HCO3-, H+, glucose, amino acids, urea, water
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Where does sodium reabsorption occur? (3). Give percentages.
- 67% at proximal convoluted tubule - 25% in loop of Henle - 8% in distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
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Function of sodium reabsorbed at proximal convoluted tubule
Drives reabsorption of glucose, amino acids, water, and chloride ions through secondary active transport
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Function of sodium reabsorbed at loop of Henle
Drives reabsorption of water and sodium chloride
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Function of sodium reabsorbed at distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
Subject to hormonal control to help secrete more potassium and hydrogen ions
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Substances filtered/secreted at proximal convoluted tube (2)
H+ and NH3
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Substances reabsorbed at proximal convoluted tube (6)
HCO3-, NaCl, H2O, amino acids, glucose, K+
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Substances filtered/secreted at distal convoluted tube (2)
H+, K+
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Substances reabsorbed at distal convoluted tube (3)
NaCl, H2O, HCO3-
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Characteristics of descending loop of Henle (2)
- Highly permeable to water (water reabsorbed) | - does not absorb NaCl
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Characteristics of ascending loop of Henle (2)
- Active reabsorption of NaCl | - Impermeable to water
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What is reabsorbed at the collecting duct?
NaCl, urea, H2O
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What is very highly concentrated urine?
Lots of waste, minimal water
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What two substances help maintain osmolarity in nephrons?
Na+ and water (where Na+ goes, water follows)
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In nephrons, what happens when more Na+ is absorbed?
More K+ is secreted/released
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What hormone controls sodium reabsorption?
Aldosterone
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Characteristics of aldosterone (4)
- Released from adrenal cortex - Increases blood pressure - Acts on distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct - Increases amount of sodium channels on membrane
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What controls water balance (give region of brain, gland and hormone)?
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), or vasopressin, released from posterior pituitary (controlled by hypothalamus)
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How do we obtain water? (3)
Ingested in food, ingested in liquid, derived from metabolism (cellular respiration)
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How do we lose water? (3)
Urine (major regulation), feces, evaporation (sweating)
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Mechanism of ADH action in kidney
ADH released in blood (peptide hormone), binds to extracellular receptors on collecting duct - G protein pathway to activate protein kinase A - causes increase in aquaporins - increases water reabsorption (losing less water)
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When would ADH be released in the body?
When the water level in the body is low (ADH increases plasma water level)
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What should happen to urine water volume when plasma water level is low?
Should decrease (don't want to lose more water)
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What should happen (regarding kidneys/urine) when you want to retain more water?
Low urine water level, which increases plasma water level
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What happens to plasma water level when urine water volume increases?
Plasma water level decreases

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