What is micturition and describe the micturition reflex?

Q: What are the effects of ANP on the GFR?

A: ANP stands for Atrial natriuretic peptide. This is a hormones which is released from atrial walls of…

Q: Define the term Micturition?

A: Step 1 Excretion is the elimination of metabolic wastes and excess materials from the interior of a…

Q: How is water transported in the kidney

A: The transport of water in kidney.

Q: Where does most of thewater resorbed afterglomerular filtration go? Whatare the other…

A: The urinary system in mammals is composed of paired kidneys and ureters, a urinary bladder, and a…

Q: What is the net filtration pressure?

A: The urinary system consists of kidneys, urinary bladder, and urethra. The kidneys are present in a…

Q: What adaptations do tubule cells have for reabsorption?

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

Q: State the function of each segment of a renal tubule?

A: Renal tubules are a series of tubules of excretory system that connects the Bowman capsule with the…

Q: Most selective reabsorption occurs in the Proximal convoulted tubule.  Where else does selective…

A: The glomerulus filters the blood and the waste product accompanied with water into renal tubules.…

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: What constituent of urine precipitate under alkaline condition? Acidic condition?

A: Normal urine is found to be pale yellow in color and has an aromatic odor. The chemical composition…

Q: Describe the micturition reflex

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

Q: What are some of the metabolic and wastes the kidney excretes?

A: The function of blood filtration is performed by kidneys which consist of millions of nephrons. The…

Q: What is the basic flow of urine from the kidneys to being excreted?

A: The excretory framework is an uninvolved natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: What is the normal composition of urine?

A: Step 1 Urine is transparent, pale yellow (due to urochrome, a breakdown product of hemoglobin) but…

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 does the kidney release?

A: The kidneys are a bean-shaped organ present in pair, located just below the rib cage. They are part…

Q: Sodium is actively extruded from which part of the nephron?

A: Nephron:               The microscopic structural and functional unit of kidney is designated as…

Q: With what the each capillary cluster in kidney is associated?

A: The kidneys are placed high in abdominal cavity one on the either side of spine and with slightly…

Q: What is the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules, and what arethe sites affected?

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Q: What are the major structures comprising the filtration membrane?

A: Answer: Introduction: The filtration membrane means a piece of permeable substance among the…

Q: Explain the Reabsorption of Salt ?

A: Salt reabsorption can be defined as the process in which sodium ions and chloride ions are…

Q: What is the renal capsule and why is it important?

A: Renal capsule:                 The thin membranous sheath that covers the outer surface of each…

Q: Explain micturition.

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss micturition.

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 is glomerular filtration?

A: The formation of urine involves three main processes namely, a) Glomerular filtration b) Tubular…

Q: What controls micturition (urination)?

A: Accumulating urine stretches bladder and activates sensory stretch receptors sends signal via girdle…

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 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: What is a normal value of GFR?

A: To answer this question we should have knowledge of physiology and biochemistry.

Q: What is the physiology of the kidneys? Give as much information and details as possible.

A: Kidneys are made up of nephrons which consists of glomeruli and tubules which work together to form…

Q: Define reabsorption.

A: The kidney is the central organ of the "excretory system". A nephron is the structural and…

Q: why micturition is more in winters than in summer season?

A: Urination is the process of releasing urine outside our body from the urinary bladder through the…

Q: What is the relationship between increased pressure and filtration?

A: Filtration is the movement of substances through a filter or filtering membrane.

Q: Why is high blood pressure damaging to the kidneys?

A: High blood pressure also known as hypertension referes to the pressure of blood against the artery…

Q: Is it accurate to describe the mucosa of the ureter as star shaped?

A: The ureter is a tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. There are two…

Q: What are the forces responsible for Net Filtration Pressure?

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Q: Proximal convoluted tubule has reaobsorption of what and secretes what?

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional unit of the kidneys. The proximal convoluted tubule of a…

Q: The collecting duct reabsorption of Na+ causes?

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional units of kidney and are responsible for the formation of…

Q: How is the permeability of the distal convoluted tubule and the collecting tubule controlled for…

A: The nephrons of the kidney includes proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted…

Q: What type of gradient is being established in the medulla of the kidney?

A: Kidneys are made up of a large number of smaller units called nephrons. The nephron is the…

Q: Where doe Tubular Reabsorption occur?

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: What is the function of NaCl in urine formation?

A: Urinary system involves in the clearing or filtering the blood and ridding of wastes that produced…

Q: how is glucose reabsorbed in the proximal tubule?

A: The kidneys filter unwanted substances from the blood and produce urine to excrete them. There are…

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…