Explain how the blood vessels associated with the renal corpuscle help to maintain relatively high blood pressure  within the glomerulus.

Q: The afferent arteriole delivers blood to the (a) renal artery (b) efferent arteriole (c) renal vein…

A: BASIC INFORMATION  KIDNEY  It is a paired organ present in our body which is bean - shaped. It is…

Q: Identify the changes in the osmotic concentration of theglomerular filtrate as it passes through the…

A: As filtrate goes through the nephron, its osmolarity (ion concentration) changes as particles and…

Q: Urine formation begins at the moving "plasma" into the renal tubules is called, and the process of…

A: The correct answer is option C i.e. Glomerulus, Filtration.

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: describe how the glomular capillary pressure affects the glomular filtration rate in the renal…

A: Kidneys are the organs belong to excretory system in our body and play a major role in several other…

Q: Describe the system of vessels that supplies blood to the kidney

A: Blood circulation happens throughout the human body because it is the carrier of O2 and other basic…

Q: Briefly describe the formation of glomerular filtrate.

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

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: Describe the composition and properties of normal urine

A: Urine is a metabolic waste product produced by the kidneys and released naturally through urination…

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: describe why blood pressure affects filtration rate in the many glomeruli in the kidneys

A: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the action that portrays the aggregate sum of filtrate formed by…

Q: Explain the change in filtration if excess glucose is presentin the blood entering the kidney.

A: The excretion process describes the elimination of waste products from the organism's body. This…

Q: explain how dilute and concentrated urine are formed

A: The hormone is important to regulate urine concentration and its composition. Hypothalamus gland…

Q: describe what is going on during the urinary formation absorption step. include how the process…

A: Answer: Reabsorption of urination is the process through which nephrons (structural unit of kidney)…

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: Describe the mechanisms underlying water and solute reabsorption from the renal tubules into the…

A: Tubular reabsorption is the mechanism which involves the movement of water and solutes from the…

Q: Asap correct option?

A: Kidney is made up of many numerous structural units called nephrons. A nephron is the basic…

Q: Elaborate the types of molecules and in which direction (from blood to tubules or tubules to blood)…

A: Nitrogenous wastes are formed inside all the body cells. These wastes are transported into the…

Q: Describe the structure of the afferent and efferentarterioles and the juxtaglomerular apparatus.…

A: Branches of the renal artery supply each nephron with blood and carry filtered blood back to the…

Q: Explain why glucose test that is normally reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule may appear in…

A: Glucose is used by the body to generate energy in form of ATP in aerobic respiration by a process…

Q: Describe the regulation of major ions by the kidney

A: Kidneys are two organs present in the excretory system of the human beings.  They acts as filters…

Q: If the epithelial cells of the glomeruli were unusually leaky, what impact on the filtrate and urine…

A: Two kidneys, two ureters, one urinary bladder and one urethra make up the human excretory system.…

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: Many medications make the epithelium of the collectingduct less permeable to water. How would taking…

A: The urinary system in human is composed of paired kidneys and ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.…

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

A: Glomeruli are network of small blood vessels called as a tuft. This tuft is supported by the…

Q: Discuss the process of glomerular filtration and name the substances that are able to pass throught…

A: GF (glomerular filtration) is the primary step of urine production. It is the name given to the…

Q: Explain working of kidneys.

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

Q: Describe the location of the kidneys in the body

A: In human kidney are retroperitoneal organs. Kidneys are located in the rear wall of abdominal…

Q: Name and define the process that occurs in glomerulus.

A: Step 1 The glomerulus is a bunch of anastomosing fine blood vessels that lie in the hollow of…

Q: Explain the anatomical features that create high glomerular capillary blood pressure and explain why…

A: The glomerulus consists of the grid of tiny blood vessels (capillaries) called the tuft. It is…

Q: Describe how symport works in the renal tubule.

A: In the renal system, these are small blood vessels that are supplied by the efferent arteriole.…

Q: List all the functions of kidney

A: Kidney is the bean shaped vital organ located at the rear side of abdominal cavity. It receives…

Q: Name the three layers of the wall of the glomerular capillaries.  Indicate how those layers…

A: The glomerulus is present in the bowman's capsule. They both together form a malpighian body. The…

Q: Define the term glomerulus.

A: The process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body is called excretion. The organs…

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: Predict the short-term effects of a toxin that blocks renal tubular reabsorption but does not affect…

A: The formation of urine takes place in the nephrons in the kidney. The nephron is divided into the…

Q: The lumen of glomerular capillaries is lined by: Select one: juxtaglomerular cells. a. b.…

A: Glomerulus It is a tuft of blood capillaries nestled inside a cup like sac located at the end of…

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: describe the mechanisms underlying water and solute reabsorption from the renal tubules into the…

A: Peritubular capillaries: In the renal system, these are small blood vessels that are supplied by the…

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: Explain how can the kidneys minimize the excretion until ingestion replaces the losses?

A: The organ kidney helps to remove waste and extra fluid from our bodies. It helps in the formation of…