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Osmoregulation and
Excretion
PowerPoint® Lecture
Presentations for
Biology
Eighth Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero, updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp
Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings
Overview: A Balancing Act
Selectively permeable
membrane
Solutes
Net water flow
Water
Water Water
balance in a balance in
kangaroo rat a human
(2 mL/day) (2,500 mL/day)
Ingested Ingested
in food (0.2) in food (750)
Ingested
in liquid
Water (1,500)
gain
(mL)
Derived from Derived from
metabolism (1.8) metabolism (250)
Amino Nitrogenous
acids bases
Ammonia Urea
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Urea
Amino Nitrogenous
acids bases
loss
• Uric acid is more
energetically expensive
to produce than urea
Uric acid
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Concept 44.3: Diverse excretory systems are
variations on a tubular theme
Excretory systems regulate solute movement
between internal fluids and the external
environment
Filtration
Capillary
Filtrate
Excretory
tubule
Reabsorption
Secretion
Urine
Excretion
Structure of the Mammalian Excretory System
Posterior
vena cava
Renal artery Kidney
and vein
Aorta
Ureter
Renal
medulla
Renal
cortex
Renal
pelvis
Ureter
Section of kidney
(b) Kidney structure from a rat 4 mm
Nephron
Efferent
arteriole from
glomerulus Distal
tubule
Branch of
renal vein Collecting
Descending duct
limb
Loop of
Henle Ascending
limb Vasa
recta
H+ NH3 K+ H+
Filtrate
CORTEX
Loop of
Henle
NaCl
H2O
OUTER NaCl
MEDULLA
Collecting
duct
Key Urea
Active NaCl H2O
transport
Passive INNER
transport MEDULLA
Solute Gradients and Water Conservation
Osmolarity of
interstitial
fluid
300 (mOsm/L)
300 100
300
100 300 300
ADH
Drinking reduces cAMP receptor
blood osmolarity ADH
to set point.
Second messenger
Pituitary signaling molecule
Increased gland
permeability
Storage
Distal
vesicle
tubule
Exocytosis
Aquaporin
water
H2O channels
H2O reab-
STIMULUS: H2O
sorption helps
prevent further Increase in blood
osmolarity osmolarity
increase.
Homeostasis:
Blood osmolarity
(300 mOsm/L)
(a)
Antidiuretic Hormone
Angiotensin II
• Raises blood pressure and decreases blood
flow to the kidneys
• Stimulates the release of the hormone
aldosterone, which increases blood volume
and pressure
Distal
Angiotensinogen
tubule
Renin
Angiotensin I
Juxtaglomerular
ACE apparatus (JGA)
Angiotensin II
STIMULUS:
Adrenal gland Low blood volume
or blood pressure
Aldosterone
Salt out
Urine is
slightly less
concentrated
than body
fluids
Urine is
more
concentrated
than body
H2O and fluids
salt out
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