What is unique about blood flow out of the glomerular capillaries (Hint: what vessel drains them)? How does this help to explain why the pressure in the glomerular capillaries is higher than other capillaries?

Q: What are the names of the capillaries following theefferent arteriole?a. arcuate and medullaryb.…

A: The life processes are the important processes that must be performed by living organisms in order…

Q: The vessels that exhibit the lowest level of permeability are the __________.   A continuous…

A: A capillary is a little vein from 5 to 10 micrometers (μm) in width, and having a wall one…

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: Why does the glomerulus have a high-pressure capillary network? Explain.

A: Glomerulus is defined as the network of blood capillaries present in the kidney. The network of…

Q: Most capillaries in the body have a net efflux of water out of the capillary and into the…

A: Two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a hand, make up the kidneys. One on either side of…

Q: What are the two intrinsic mechanisms that provide auto regulation of glomerular filtrate? Explain…

A: Intrinsic control is the autoregulation of the GFR (glomerular filtration rate). Urine is formed at…

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: 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: Explain medullary collecting duct?

A: Medullary collecting ducts" are partitioned into outer and inner segments, the later one venturing…

Q: Explain how plasma clearance is used to calculate renalplasma flow

A: Plasma clearance is seen in terms of Para-aminohippurate clearance. It is measured in either L/hr or…

Q: What substance is reabsorbed from the collecting duct before being re-secreted into the ascending…

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

Q: Which pressure would be affected by an obstruction in the capillary? Would this increase or decrease…

A: INTRODUCTION Capillary pressure is the pressure difference across the interface between two…

Q: What is the renin-angiotensin system?

A: this system is present in the kidney

Q: What forces favor capillary filtration? What forces favor reabsorption?

A: Capillary can be defined as the exchange or refers to the exchange of material that occurs from the…

Q: What is the maintransformation presented bythe glomerular filtrate incomparison to the blood?

A: The glomerular filtrate is the filtered product of the blood plasma. It is the fluid that passes…

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: Why are most plasma proteins the albumins and globulin excluded from the filtrate in a healthy…

A: Urine formation occurs in the kidneys. Nephrons are the structural units of kidneys.

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: what are the types of osmoregulation and describe these

A: Osmoregulation refers to the maintenance of salt and water content in the body of the animal.…

Q: What are excretory products of blood plasma?

A: Plasma is designed to carry nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the different parts of the body. It…

Q: Does the Fluid flow in sequence through the structures from the glomerulus to the bladder?

A: The human kidney is composed of many nephrons and each nephron has a cuplike structure called…

Q: What is the pathway that blood follows as it enters via the renal artery and later leaves via the…

A: The circulation of blood is an important feature of higher animals for their survival. The blood…

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: Explain the role of renin-angiotensin - aldosterone pathway in restoring blood pressure and fluid…

A: The volume and pressure of the blood are related to each other and are regulated by the renal and…

Q: When arterial blood pressure drops below normal, which renal function occur as a result of…

A: When the systemic blood pressure decreases, and it gets detected by the baroreceptors in the…

Q: When you are have sufficient water volume in your blood, you stop secreting ADH.  What is the effect…

A: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) also known as vasopressin is secreted by the neurosecretory cells of the…

Q: why does the kidney receive 1/4 of cardiac output?

A: Renal blood flow refers to the volume of blood delivered to the kidneys/unit time. The kidneys…

Q: Fred was diagnosed 6 months ago with liver cancer.  His liver is no longer able to make the…

A: Glomerulus is the small capillaries which carries blood to bowman capsule.

Q: you want the kidney to excrete more Na+ in the urine,what do you want the blood flow to do?

A: Urine formation includes glomerular filtration, selective reabsorption, and tubular secretion.…

Q: What is the function of the renal artery?

A: Renal arteries are short paired arteries that supply blood to kidneys. The renal arteries carry a…

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: Which of the following changes will occur as a result of elevated mean arterial blood pressure?…

A: Blood pressure refers to the force that is exerted when the blood is pushed against the walls of…

Q: Which of the following occurs if the afferent arteriole suddenly constricts? O a) Net filtration…

A: The collection of blood vessels supplying to the nephrons in the excretory system are called…

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: is the secondary active transport process that reabsorbs sodium, returns filtered bicarbonate and r…

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional units of kidneys. They help in the removal of wastes and…

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: Why is blood filtration important and briefly describe how this is achieved

A: Blood should be filtered to remove waste and toxin materials from the blood. The process occurs…

Q: What is the structure of the renal corpuscle ?How does its structure contribute to the filtering of…

A: Introduction The blood-filtering component of the nephron is the renal corpuscle (also known as the…

Q: Pathologically excessive secretion of anti- diuretic hormone by a pituitary adenoma would cause…

A: Introduction: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is a brain molecule that induces the kidneys to release…

Q: When you are dehydrated, your body secretes ADH.  What is the effect of ADH on the collecting ducts?

A: The pituitary gland is the pea-sized endocrine gland that is enclosed by the protective structure…

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: 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…