If the urinary excretion rate of a drug such as penicillin is greater than the rate at which it is filtered at the glomerulus, how else is it getting into the urine?

Q: How would uncontrolled diabetes mellitus affect urinary SG?

A: Answer: DIABETES MELLITUS = It is the chronic disease in which pancrease secreting insulin does not…

Q: Identify the parts of the upper and lower urinary tract and their function in the urine production…

A: Urinary system of the human body is also called the Renal system.Its main function is to filter out…

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: If a patient has blood in the urine, what part of the nephron was most likely affected? Explain.

A: Introduction Blood, when present in urine is called Hematuria

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: Why is there much greater filtration through glomerular capillaries than through capillaries…

A: The excretory framework is a latent natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: what is a feature of glomerulus that contributes to its high efficiency in reabsorption?

A: A human kidney contains about one million of thin, long much convoluted tubular units called…

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 two reasons why maintaining a steady glomerular filtration rate is important

A: The glomerulus is a group of capillaries (small blood vessels) located in the nephron of the…

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: 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: Which portions of the renal tubule and collecting duct reabsorb more solutes than water to produce…

A: RENAL TUBULE:           The phrase 'Renal' refers to the kidney, in which a small tube comprises of…

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: Why do the ureters use smooth muscle contraction to actively move urine to the urinary bladder? Why…

A: The urine passing from the kidney to the ureter is drained by the action of peristalsis. It involves…

Q: How does the detrusor respond to increased firing of the parasympathetic fibers that innervate it?…

A: The urinary bladder is composed of three layers namely mucosal layer, muscular layer, and a fibrous…

Q: Explain net glomerular filtration pressure?

A: The process of urine formation takes place in the kidney. The urine formation takes place by the…

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: Why do the kidneys not overcompensate for an abnormal pH?

A: Homeostasis is the condition of consistent inward, physical, and compound conditions kept up by…

Q: What is the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules?

A: Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone is a type of peptide hormone formed in hypothalamus.

Q: What Are Some Examples of Invertebrate Urinary Systems?

A: Invertebrates generally do not have any system. Beside they have organs for performing function

Q: What are the three basic renal processes that lead to the formation of urine?

A: Kidneys are prime excretory organs. They filter blood and form about 1.5 lt of urine daily this…

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: 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: 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: 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: Of the three processes - filtration, reabsorption, secretion - which is (are) accomplished by a…

A: Dialysis is a medical procedure which involves the process of removal of wastes, salts and excess…

Q: Why is creatinine clearance a good estimate of glomerular filtration rate?

A: Creatinine is the chemical compound that is left behind after the energy producing cells in the…

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: 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: 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: 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: Which glomerular arteriole is larger, and why?

A: Answer :-  Correct answer is , the afferent because it increases hydrostatic pressure in the…

Q: Why is albumin not normally present in the urine?

A: Answer:-Albumin is a protein found in the blood. A healthy kidney doesn't let albumin pass from the…

Q: Define glomerular filtration rate.

A: The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen. They…

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: Urine is formed by the kidneys and flows through the ureters tothe bladder, where it is eliminated…

A: The urinary system is also known as the renal system or urinary tract. The main function of the…

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: Why does the cortex of the kidney show a dotted appearance?

A: Dotted appearence of kidney's cortex part is due to presence of convolutedd parts of tubule i.e. of…

Q: Which of the following correctly describes the path of fluid flow in the kidney?

A: The filtrate after filtration in the bowman's capsule present in the cortical part of a nephron of…

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…