BIOL 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ascending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Osmotic Concentration, Countercurrent Multiplication

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Ascending and descending tubules that are parallel to each other but fluid runs anti parallel inside. Imp for establishing osmotic gradient in the medula. Excess water hyposmotic urine dilute. Highly permeable to water: due to aquaporins water moves out from the lumen of the tubule to the cells. Not permeable to ions: no active or passive channels. Regions close to the cortex, the osmolarity is similar to that of the body around. As we move down through loop of henle, osmolarity is 1200 mosmol so: 2) thin ascending limb: water would move out. Passive permeability of ions na and cl- from the lumen to the cells. Slide 4: 3) thick ascending limb: Salt transportation due to the active pump moves na out of the cells into the. Nkcc2 pump: moves 1 na, 1 k, and 2 cl- from the tubule into the cells. All of these would lead to forming a diluted urine due to the reabsorption of the ions.

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