BIOL10002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Countercurrent Multiplication, Ascending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
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But only revise material on water & salt balance & nitrogenous waste excretion: understand the principle of osmosis, osmotic problems faced by marine fish, and how they overcome these problems. Include excretion of nitrogenous waste: osmotic problems for terrestrial animals and how they overcome these problems (focus on prevention of water loss). Five main functions of kidney: maintain osmotic concentrations, maintain body fluid volume, maintain proper concentrations of ions, remove metabolic end products, remove foreign substances. The solute concentration of the extracellular fluid determines the water balance of the cells of the body. The specific ionic composition of the extracellular fluid influences many functions of various types of cells. The health of cells requires the elimination of nitrogenous wastes. Osmolarity the number of moles of osmotically active solutes per liter of solvent. One molar of glucose in water is also a 1 osmolar. One molar of nacl in water is 2 osmolar (because dissociation)