Name and define the process that occurs in glomerulus.

Q: Define the concept of tubular secretion ?

A: The organ systems of the body like excretory system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system and…

Q: What would be the impact of dysfunctional (leaky) glomerular basal lamina?What effect would this…

A: Marcello Malpigh, an Italian scientist, identified the glomerulus.  A little ball-shaped structure…

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: 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: Describe the micturition reflex

A: Answer- Micturation is the process of emptying of the urinary bladder or to urinate.

Q: Define Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR).

A: The kidney is the bean shaped organ of about four to five inches present on the either side of the…

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: Name the small rod like structure present in urethral orifice.

A: Our urinary system consists of- 2 kidneys- that filter the blood and produce urine 2 Ureters- They…

Q: Define urinalysis and describe its importance.

A: Answer: Introduction: A urinalysis is a method of urine analysis in which concentration and contents…

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: 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: Pressures affecting the glomerular filtration rate is Efferent Afferent A Glomerular capsule C B/ D

A: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the rate of the blood flow through the kidney .  Total GFR for…

Q: What are the three distinct inputs to the juxtaglomerular cells?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  KIDNEY It is a paired organ present in our body. It helps the body to get rid of…

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: Make a schematic diagram showing the process of urine formation

A: The kidney is the site where urine production takes place. The kidneys are an organ present in pair…

Q: Describe and explain the manner of arrangement of the smooth muscle tissue in the specimen of the…

A: The urinary system is one of the system of the human body that consists of various organs in order…

Q: Explain how various factors affect the rate of glomerularfiltration and identify ways this rate is…

A: GLOMERULAR FILTRATION - glomerular filtration is the first step in urine formation that is…

Q: Describe the transfer of water and solutes during urine formation.

A: Urine formation in the nephron of the kidney is completed in the following three steps:…

Q: Pressures affecting the glomerular filtration rate is

A: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test that is used to determine the functionality of the…

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: Compare and contrast the male and female urinary tracts?

A: Urine is a liquid waste eliminated from the body by the urinary system. The urine is formed by the…

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: 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: Define Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss about the Glomerular Filtration Rate

Q: Explain what glomeruli do

A: The glomerulus is a network of small blood vessels known as tuft of capillaries located at the…

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: Explain the process of tubular secretion. Where does it take places and what substances are…

A: Tubular secretion is the last step that encompasses the formation of urine.

Q: What is glomerulonephritis? List two types.

A: Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a type of kidney disease that results from damage to the glomeruli.…

Q: Enumerate the steps involved in pathway of blood through glomerulus.

A: Urine formation is the process performed by kidney through its various parts. Urine is the…

Q: Define the term glomerulus.

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

Q: Outline the process of glomerular filtration.

A: The fundamental structural and operational unit of the kidney is the nephron. They are tiny…

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: Describe the blood vessels called vasa rectae found in relation to uriniferous tubules. What is…

A: Excretion is the process through which all the metabolic waste products are extreted out of the body…

Q: State the function of the following structures:  glomerulus:  Bowman’s capsule:  collecting duct:

A: Function of glomerulus, Bowman’s capsule, and collecting duct is described below:

Q: Define and explain juxtaglomerular apparatus.

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

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: Define the term Tubular secretion?

A: The structure that really makes urine in the process of eliminating waste and excess substances from…

Q: Give some examples of Tubular Reabpsorption?

A: Renin, an enzyme produced by the kidney, regulates water recovery and blood pressure. Renin…

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: Describe the functions of the kidney.

A: The urinary system consists of two kidneys, two ureters, the urinary bladder and the urethra. Each…