Differentiate between renal cortex and renal medulla on the basis of parts of the nephrons present.

Q: Discuss the pressures that promote and oppose glomerular filtration.

A: Glomerular filtration is the first step in making the process of urine. It is the mechanism that our…

Q: Explain how urine may become concentrated as it movesthrough the collecting duct.

A: Kidneys are the pair of bean shaped red color organs that are the crucial part of the excretory…

Q: Distinguish between glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion.

A: The movement of the water and the solutes across a cell membrane is called filtration. The movement…

Q: Explain how nephrosclerosis affects: (a) the kidney, and(b) systemic blood pressure.

A: Nephrosclerosis is a condition that results from hypertension, where the arteries that transport…

Q: State two vital functions of kidney.

A: The kidney resembles the kidney bean in its structure and color. The kidneys are among the most…

Q: Number the following structures to indicate their respective positions in the blood pathway within…

A: Step 1 Kidneys are the pair of dark brown or reddish-brown, bean-shaped metanephric structures. They…

Q: explain how the collecting duct and antidiuretic hormoneregulate the volume and concentration of…

A: Kidneys are the pair of bean shaped red color organs that are the crucial part of the excretory…

Q: Compare and contrast the characteristics of normal and abnormal urine

A: Urine is a liquid by-product obtained as a result of metabolism in humans. The volume and the…

Q: Trace the course of blood flow through the kidney from the renal artery to the renal vein.

A: The flow diagram of blood flow through the kidney. Renal artery          ↓Segmental artery…

Q: List the structures found at the hilumand in the renal sinus of a kidney

A: The kidneys are a pair of bean shaped organs that are located on either side of the spine and are…

Q: List and briefly describe the functions of the specific components of the urinary system.

A: The urinary system consists of 1-ureters,2-kidneys,3-urinary bladder and 4- the urethra.

Q: Identify the parts of a nephron that are found in the renalcortex and the renal medulla.

A: Ans: Nephron: The microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney is known as the nephron.…

Q: reabsorption of water by the proximal convoluted tubule, distal convoluted tubule and collecting…

A: Tubular reabsorption: Most of that fluid and its contents that passes through the nephrons of the…

Q: A. Explain the role of the juxtaglomerular apparatus in intrinsic monitoring of the filtrate,…

A: The juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) is a structure located where the efferent arteriole meets the…

Q: Differentiate between the functions of principal cells and the intercalated cells within the kidney.

A: The human body consists of different systems for proper functioning the urinary/renal system is one…

Q: Describe how the renal tubule and collecting ducts produce dilute and concentrated urine.

A: Ans: The renal tubule and collecting ducts are functional parts of the kidney which are involved in…

Q: Anatomy of the urinary system Label the parts of the kidney using these terms: capsule, cortex,…

A: Kidney

Q: Outline how blood is filtered in the kidney nephron

A: Kidneys are the pair of bean shaped red color organs that are the crucial part of the excretory…

Q: Explain where in the nephron, and by what process, glucose is normally returned from the glomerular…

A: The kidney is a bean-shaped excretory organ that responsible for the excretion of nitrogenous waste…

Q: describe how the renal tubules reabsorb useful solutesfrom the glomerular filtrate and return them…

A: The renal tubule is a small tube in the kidney and it consists of cells that clean and filter the…

Q: State the function of the following structures: 1. juxtaglomerular apparatus: 2. detrusor muscle: 3.…

A: Function of the juxtaglomerular apparatus, detrusor muscle, and urinary bladder is described below:

Q: Describe the locations and structures of the kidneys, trace the path of blood flow to, within, and…

A: Human body is composed of the basic fundamental units called the cells and the extracellular…

Q: Explain working of kidneys.

A: Human excretory system consists of two kidneys, two ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra.

Q: Label the simple columnar epithelium of kidney tubule under HPO with the following: interlobular…

A: Interlobular ducts are conduits found within the lobules of kidney which function in carrying fluids…

Q: Explain how the blood vessels associated with the renal corpuscle help to maintain relatively high…

A: The kidney is a bean-shaped organ that plays an important role in the maintenance of homeostasis and…

Q: Compare acute and chronic renal failure with respect tocause, reversibility, and urinary output at…

A: The kidneys are a vital organ in the human body. There are two kidneys in every human that resemble…

Q: Compare and contrast the juxtamedullary nephron andcortical nephron.

A: The nephron is the basic functional and structural unit of the kidney. It consists of the renal…

Q: Prepare a sketch of a representative section of renal medulla. Label a longitudinal section and a…

A: Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of excretory system in man. Kidneys are the main…

Q: Differentiate between renal papilla and renal pelvis.

A: The kidneys play a crucial role to filter human blood.

Q: Why is protein in the urine a sign of kidney damage? What structures in the kidney are probably…

A: The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that primarily function in glomerular filtration. The nephrons…

Q: Explain how peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis substitutesfor a nonfunctioning kidney, including…

A: Introduction:-There are two kinds of dialysis. In hemodialysis, blood is pumped out of your body to…

Q: Indicate the possible location of glomeruli and Bowman’s capsules and how this relates to their…

A: Kidneys are bean shaped paired organs of excretory system. Though it performs many functions; main…

Q: Explain the process of urinary filtration

A: Urinary filtration The first step in the production of urine is glomerular filtration. It's the…

Q: Explain how nephrosclerosis affects: (a) the kidney, and (b) systemic blood pressure.

A: Nephrosclerosis It is the process of the thickening of the walls of the blood vessels. The blood…

Q: Give the pathway of urine flow from the kidney to the outside of the body .

A: Urine is formed in kidneys through the filtration of blood.Upto 800-2,000 ml of urine are normally…

Q: Define the term Tubular Reabsorption?

A: tubular reabsorption is the process by which the nephron removes water and solutes from the tubular…

Q: State how autoregulation, atrial and brain natriuretic hormone, and renin control the functions of…

A: Autoregulation is a process present within the biological system that results from an internal…

Q: State the functions of kidneys.

A: Kidneys are the bean-shaped structures present on the either side of the spine below the ribs.

Q: Which of them contain less nitrogenous waste – renal vein or the renal artery?

A: The urinary system or renal system is made up of kidneys, ureters, bladder and the urethra. All…

Q: describe function of the kidney

A: The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on either side of your spine, behind your ribs and…

Q: Which vessels and what part of the nephron areinvolved in countercurrent multiplication?

A: Step 1 A counter-current system is a system of the flowing of fluids in two types of antiparallel…