the excretory system 9.5. unicellular organisms water balance is often maintained by contractile...
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Unicellular Organisms
• water balance is often maintained by contractile vacuoles
• video of Paramecium:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTXRcbjuYGU
Renal Blood Flow)
• blood is brought to the kidneys by the renal arteries
• filtered blood leaves the kidneys through the renal veins
The Urinary System
• kidneys can hold up to 25% of the body’s blood at a time
• kidneys filter the blood
• urine (with wastes and toxins) is conducted to the bladder through the ureters
Nephron
• the functional unit of the kidney is the nephron
• there are about 1 million nephrons in each kidney
Filtration
• higher blood pressure in glomerulus• water, ions, smaller dissolved molecules
(glucose, amino acids, urea) can move through the walls of the glomerulus
• your kidneys filter your entire blood plasma 65 times every day!
Reabsorption
• ion pumps reabsorb Na+, K+, Cl- (active)• active transport proteins reabsorb pretty
much all amino acids, glucose & other nutrients
• filtrate becomes hypoosmotic to interstitial fluid, so water is reabsorbed by osmosis and through aquaporins
Where?
• a lot of reabsorption occurs in the proximal convoluted tubule
• filtrate with high concentration of urea and other wastes enters loop of Henle and then distal convoluted tubule:– more water and ions (Na+& Cl-)are
reabsorbed
Where (cont’d)?
• collecting ducts are permeable to water but not salt ions, so more water is reabsorbed
• at bottom of medulla, urea is reabsorbed through passive urea transporters (increasing concentration gradient…more water reabsorbed)
Secretion
• H+ ions (active) to adjust blood pH (HCO3
- is also reabsorbed to balance)• products of detoxified poisons (passive)• water-soluble drugs (passive)• nitrogen-containing wastes (such as
small amounts of NH3)• in the proximal and distal convoluted
tubules
Animations
• I like this narrated animation; diagram is easy to follow:
• http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp51/51020.html
• Narrated animation on urine formation; good amount of detail:
• http://davisplus.fadavis.com/scanlon6e/Animations/animations.cfm?exercise=NephronFiltration&title=Nephron%20Filtration
• Slideshow with animation; shows detail on what substances are reabsorbed, secreted & where:
• http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HowTheBodyWorks/KidneysandBladderOverview/TheKidneysOverview/Pages/UrineFormation.aspx
Urinalysis
• can be used to detect many metabolic and kidney disorders as well as urinary tract infections
• urine can be assessed using a dipstick or at a laboratory
Diabetes Mellitus
• Type 1 - body cannot produce insulin
• Type 2 - cells fail to use insulin properly
• gestational - hormones of pregnancy interfere with action of insulin
• urinalysis would show high levels of glucose (and greater volumes of urine)
Kidney Stones - Treatment
• time…• lithotripsy (shock-
wave therapy)• ureteroscopy (and
placement of stent or surgical removal of stone)