How Did The Addition Of Aldosterone Affect Urine Volume(compared with baseline)? Can the reabsorption of solutes influence of water reabsorption in the nephron? Briefly explain.

Q: Individuals with a rare condition called diabetes insipidus do not produce vasopressin. How would…

A: Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus are not related to each other. In case of diabetes mellitus…

Q: Describe the countercurrent multiplier mechanism in terms of the permeabilities of the different…

A: The countercurrent multiplier system is the process in which water is reabsorbed from the fluid in…

Q: How does the composition of the glomerular filtrate compare with that of plasma?

A: Blood plasma contains red and white blood cells, blood proteins, glucose, water, nitrogenous wastes,…

Q: How do symporters in the ascending limb of the nephron loop and principal cells in the collecting…

A: Excretion is a natural cycle, which assumes an indispensable part by killing poisons and other…

Q: Why the urine excreted during the months of summer season is Hypotonic?

A: Urine is sterile by-product containing nitrogenous wastes that is produced by the kidneys. The…

Q: Describe two mechanisms in the PCT, one in the nephron loop, one in the DCT, and one in the…

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

Q: subject kidneys What is renal plasma threshold?

A: The kidneys remove waste products from the blood and produce urine. As blood flows through the…

Q: What chemical substances normally are present in urine?

A: Normal human urine is formed of water (nearly 96%), organic wastes (2.5%), inorganic salts (1.5%),…

Q: What effect would furosemide, an inhibitor of Na+ reabsorption by the thick ascending limb of Loop…

A: Furosemide also known as lasix

Q: Describe the effects of aldosterone on the renal nephrons and explain how aldosterone secretion is…

A: The endocrine system commands and coordinates the complex actions of the body by secreting chemical…

Q: If blood pressure drops in a patient in shock as a resultof a severe injury, how would you expect…

A: The blood pressure in the human body is considered the force exerted by the blood on the wall of the…

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: Generally, what types of molecules and in which direction (from blood to tubules or tubules to…

A: The mechanism of urine formation includes- 1. Glomeruluar filtration 2. Tubular reabsorption 3.…

Q: Explain how epithelial cells of the proximal tubule areadapted for tubular reabsorption.

A: The excretory framework is a uninvolved natural framework that eliminates abundance, pointless…

Q: Explain why the total renal blood flow can be measured by the renal plasma clearance of PAH.

A: Total renal blood flow can be defined as the total amount of blood received by kidneys per unit of…

Q: If the urinary excretion rate of a drug such as penicillin is greater than the rate at which it is…

A: The primary route of excretion by which a human body eliminate substances is via kidneys. The…

Q: foods or substances that can change the volume of a normal urine?

A: Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in many animals  and in humans. The path of urine flow is…

Q: If blood pressure in the afferent arteriole leading to a glomerulus decreased, how would the rate of…

A: Answer- GFR or glomerular filteration rate is dependent upon many factors like blood pressure in…

Q: Why is this statement false? Without the renal medullar osmotic gradient, you would not be able to…

A: The main function of the nephrons of the Kidneys to form urine which is primarily made up of urea.…

Q: What is autoregulation in the kidney? What other regulatory mechanisms are at work in renal…

A: Kidneys are the primary organs of the excretory system.

Q: Describe the role of vasopressin in the generation of concentrated or dilute urine?

A: Vasopressin is also called Antidiuretic hormone, and hypothalamus part of the brain synthesises this…

Q: Explain why fluid in the descending limb of the nephronloop is hypertonic.

A: Ans: Hypertonic: The presence excess salts is referred to as hypertonic fluid or solution.

Q: Which substances in glomerular filtrate are not normally presentin urine?

A: Ans: Glomerular filtrate: It is the fluids that has been filtered from the capillaries of the…

Q: Why is this process considered secondary active transport? Does water reabsorption accompany ion…

A: Reabsorption: Some substances are reabsorbed in the body, already they are absorbed once in the…

Q: How do the collecting ducts of the kidney determine the final concentration of urine that is…

A: Step 1 The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. It consists of two parts,…

Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this chloride movement…

A: Kidneys are the organ responsible for the formation of urine. The kidney's ability to perform many…

Q: Why do marine fish and terrestrial vertebrates produce relatively small urine volumes?

A: Marine fishes and terrestrial vertebrates produce relatively small urine volumes because nitrogenous…

Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this potassium movement…

A: The main function of the kidney involves the filtration of blood. It contains millions of nephrons…

Q: What are the main functions of the excretory system, elaborate?

A: All vertebrates have a pair of kidneys for excretion. They help to regulate the level of body fluids…

Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this phosphorus movement…

A: In the body phosphate is present in three ionic forms: H2PO4-, HPO42- and PO43-. Phosphate together…

Q: What happens to urine concentration and volume when a person is dehydrated? (Please explain what…

A: Introduction :- Dehydration occurs when your body does not have enough water. The most effective way…

Q: Give the factors affecting the volume of urine in normal physiological condition. How does each…

A: There are 3 major steps in urine formation; filtration, reabsorption, and secretion. During…

Q: Glomerular filtration is affected by forces that oppose and promote filtration. What are these…

A: To explain: To explain glomerular filtration forces and net filtration pressure

Q: define renal clearance and explain how this value summarizes the way a substance is handled by the…

A: The organ system in a body that functions to excrete the waste out of the body is termed as the…

Q: Discuss the pressures of filtration indicating the hydrostatic and colloidal osmotic pressures…

A: The forces of filtration in glomerulus are hydrostatic pressure P(H) and oncoid forces (aka…

Q: What are the two components of the Juxtaglomerular apparatus and how do they contribute to renal…

A: The juxtaglomerular apparatus is present in the kidney. The juxtaglomerular apparatus maintains…

Q: Even though mutations of aquaporin-3 and aquaporin-4 in the collecting duct have not been described…

A: The kidney is the primary organ of the excretory system that removes waste products from the body…

Q: ADH and RAAS exert their effects on urine formation in the kidney

A: Kidneys help in eliminating waste from the body through the formation of urine.

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: 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: Is an increase in albumin excretion observed only in pathological urine? Why or why not?

A: Introduction : Serum albumin is a type of protein that may be found in blood plasma. It plays an…

Q: Using knowledge of nephron function, how would blocking Na+ transport help to reduce blood pressure…

A: The nephron is the minute or microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is…

Q: Can you explain what happens to Na+ concentration in the nephron when GFR increases?

A: GFR ( glomerular filtration  rate) is the  volume of the glomerular filtrate formed each minute in…

Q: Describe the functions of hornones – ADH and Aldostrone – in urinary system

A: Hormones are signaling molecules that are secreted by specialized cells that are present usually…

Q: Define the term Tubular Reabsorption?

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

Q: diagram that explains the core concept of flow down gradients in the urinary system/kidneys?

A: Urinary system The urinary system comprises the kidneys, urinary bladder, ureters and urethra. Its…

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: 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…