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What is osmotic pressure directly proportional to?

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No of solute particles, not size

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What is osmolarity?

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Concentration x no of disassociated particles
=osm/l or mOsm/L

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What is the total fluid volume ?

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60% of body weight

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How is the body fluid split between extracellular and intracellular

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1/3 - extra cellular

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How is extra cellular fluid split?

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What are the two ways in which water can be lost ?

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Unregulated and regulated

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What are the ways water can be loss - unregulated

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Sweat
Feces
Vomit
Water evaporation from respiratory lining and skin

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What are the ways water be loss - regulated ?

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Renal regulation – urine production

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What are 2 types of renal regulation

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Positive water balance and negative water balance

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What is positive water balance ?

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What is negative water balance?

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Where is the water reabsorbed

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2/3 in PCT, 15% in descending limb

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What is countercurrent multiplication?

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Step 1 - active salt reabsorption in thick ascending loop of Henle
Step 2 -passive water reabsorption in descending loop of Henle

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What is the purpose of urea recycling*

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To have urea concentration in the medulla interstitium
To get rid of urea with as little water as possible

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Which side is UTA1?

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Apical

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Which side is UTA3?

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Basolateral

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What is vasa recta

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Capillary network surrounding the nephron in the medullary region

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What happens when urea enters the nephron via the thin descending limb?

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Enters through UTA2 receptor

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What is ADH and what is its main function

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Protein of 9 amino acids
Promote water reabsorption from collecting duct
Other functions: helps with urea recycling an sodium reabsorption

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Where is ADH produced

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Hypothalamus (neutrons in supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei)

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Where is ADH stored

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Posterior pituitary

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How is a fluctuation of plasma osmolarity detected

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By osmoreceptors

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What factors stimulate ADH production and release?

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Increase in plasma osmolarity
Hypovolemia - decrease in blood pressure
Nausea
Angiotensin II
Nicotine

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How is change in blood pressure detected and where are signals sent

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By baroreceptors and sent to hypothalamus

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What state does the medullary interstitium need to be in for water reabsorption to occur from the Loop of Henle and Collecting Duct?
Hyperosmotic
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What state does the medullary interstitium need to be in for water reabsorption to occur from the Loop of Henle and Collecting Duct?
Hyperosmotic
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What state does the medullary interstitium need to be in for water reabsorption to occur from the Loop of Henle and Collecting Duct?
Hyperosmotic
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What is the purpose of urea recycling
To have urea concentration in the medulla interstitium to increase osmolality and support passive water reabsorption To get rid of urea with as little water as possible
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Where can urea go?
Through UT-A1 and UT-A3 tranporters Then either to the vasa recta via UT-B1 transporters (into blood circulation) Or back to the nephron through the descending limb via UT-A2 transporters
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What happens when urine concentration hapens?
Urea excretion requires less water
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How does vasopressin help urea recycling?
By boosting UT-A1 and UT-A3 numbers in colllecting duct
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What factors inhibit ADH production and release?
Decrease in plasma osmolarity Hypervolemia - increase in blood pressure Ethanol Atrial natriuretic peptide
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How does NaCl reabsorption happen in the thick ascending limb?
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What is the mechanism of ADH?
ADH reaches the principal cells, which are lining the collecting duct lumen, and the later part of the DCT - through the blood circulation Attaches itself to the V2 receptor on the basolateral membrane of the principal cell Binding reaction activates the G Protein coupled mediated signalling cascade Activates Protein Kinase A Secretion of AQP2 channels These are transported the apical side membrane Water can then enter the principal cells and then leave via either AQP3 or AQP4 to get into the blood
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What is diuresis?
Increased Dilute Urine Excretion
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What happens during diuresis?
ADH amount is small or zero Isosmotic fluid enters Loop of Henle and leaves as hypoosmotic as salt is being reabsorbed Salt is still being reabsorbed in the DCT and water isn't due to absent AQP2. Salt is still reabsorbed in collecting duct via sodium channels and NaKATPase Pump Towards inner side of collecting duct water can be reabsorbed through paracellular pathways Results in hypoosmotic urine
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What happens during atudiuresis?
High number of ADH Salt and water reabsorbed in the DCT since there are AQP2 and same in collecting duct Therefore concentrated urine
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What does ADH support Na+ reabsorption in?
Thick ascending limb via NaK 2Cl Symporter DCT via NaCl symporter Collecting duct via Na+ channel
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What causes Central Diabetes Insipidus? What are the clinical features? What is the treatment?
Decreased/negligent production of ADH - could be due to genetics or acquired (e.g. trauma/infection) Polyuria, polydipsia External ADH
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What causes Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion? What are the clinical features? What is the treatment?
Increased production and release of ADH Hyperosmolar urine Hypervolemia Hyponatremia Non-peptide inhibitor of ADH receptor (conivaptan & tolvaptan)
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What causes Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus? What are the clinical features? What is the treatment?
Less/mutant AQP2 Mutant receptor Polyuria, polydipsia Thiazide diuretics (slowing filtration at Bowmans Capsule) , NSAIDs
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Where do acid and base get added from?
Diet and Metabolism
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How do we lose base and what does it result in?
Through feces Net addition of Metabolic Acid
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How is metabolic acid neutralised?
Through different buffer systems such as bicarbonate
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What is the role of the kidneys in acid base balance?
Secretion and excretion of H+ Reabsorption of HCO3- Production of new HCO3-
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What does Henderson-Hasselbalch equation show?
How H+ and HCO3- affects pH
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What causes a respiratory acid base disorder?
Change in pCo2
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What cases a metabolic acid base disorder?
Change in HCO3-
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Where is the majority of HCO3- reabsorbed?
In the PCT
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How is bicarbonate ions reabsorbed in the PCT?
CO2 enters cells through diffusion H+ and HCO3- produced H+ enters tubular fluid via Na+H+ antiporter or via H+ATPase pump HCO3- reabsorbed into blood via Na+HCO3- symporter
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Where do you find a-intercalated cells and b -intercalated cells?
DCT and Collecting Duct
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What does b-intercalated cells do? How does this happen?
HCO3- reabsorption and H+ secretion H+ATPase Pump and H+K+ATPase Cl-HCO3- Antiporter- blood
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What does b-intercalated cells do? How does this happen?
HCO3- secretion and H+ reabsorption Cl-HCO3- Antiporter H+ATPase Pump-blood
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How are new bicarbonate ions produced in the PCT?
Glutamine is converted to 2 NH4+ and A2- A2- turns into 2 HCO3- and reabsorbed 2 NH4+ goes into tubular fluid by Na+H+ antiporter (replaces H+) or becomes NH3 and then binds with H+ to become NH4+
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How are new bicarbonate ions produced in the DCT and collecting duct?
In the tubular fluid, the H+ is neutralised by the phosphate buffer system and a new bicarbonate ion is gained
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What are the characteristics of metabolic acidosis? What is the compensatory response?
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What are the characteristics of metabolic acidosis? What is the compensatory response?
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What are the characteristics of metabolic alkalosis? What is the compensatory response?
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What are the characteristics of respiratory acidosis? What is the compensatory response?
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What are the characteristics of respiratory alkalosis? What is the compensatory response?

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