Where does urea recycle back into the tubules from the collecting duct?

Q: List the three types of transport processes that involve carrier proteins in the renal tubule and…

A: The transport processes are used to transport one substance from one place to another. Some of the…

Q: Explain Basic Renal Processes for Sodium and Water?

A: The kidney filters the blood and then removes the impurities from the blood. The urine formation is…

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: How does ADH regulate facultative water reabsorption?

A: The resorption of water within the earlier elements of the nephron (regardless of an individual's…

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: 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 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: Describe the structure of the filtration membrane?

A: The kidney is the small, paired, bean-shaped excretory organ in humans. It is present in the…

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: What are the benefits of excreting nitrogenous wastes in the form of uric acid? in the form of urea?

A: Uric acid can be defined as a waste byproduct. It is formed when our body breaks down the purines,…

Q: What role does urea have in tubular reabsorption?

A: Tubular reabsorption is the movement of substances from filtrate into the blood. Substances are…

Q: what is the role of ADH in water reabsorption?

A: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), commonly known as vasopressin, is a small peptide hormone which…

Q: What is the net result of the renal response to alkalosis?

A: Response to alkalosis: Low H+ concentration. There is inadequate secretion of H+ to reabsorb all the…

Q: How do Na-H exchangers on the luminal surface of tubular cells promote bicarbonate reabsorption in…

A: The Na+/H+ exchange aids NaCl reabsorption and luminal surface of the tubular cells. The NHE3 (in…

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 obligatory water reabsorption?

A: Answer: Introduction: Reabsorption of water occur in the DCT- distal convoluted tubule and…

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 controls micturition (urination)?

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

Q: Which transporters below are most likely facilitators of the renal elimination of furosemide?

A: The below given figure is of Furosemide which is a potent loop diuretics and is eliminated by renal…

Q: Suppose a tumor is pressing on and obstructing the right ureter. What effect might this have on CHP…

A: Different body organs work in a coordinated manner to maintain optimum body functioning. The…

Q: What are examples of wastes that may be present in urine?

A: Answer- Our body eliminates the nitrogenous waste in the form of urine by our kindneys.

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: Explain Renal Water Regulation?

A: Introduction: Sodium quantities in humans are partially maintained by a hormone known as…

Q: How are new bicarbonate ions formed in the cells of the nephron?

A: Acidic molecules get dissociate into H+ and lower the pH value whereas basic molecules dissociate…

Q: What are the chemical processes involved and chemical substances involved in the Biuret Test and…

A: A urinalysis is a test for urine.It is used to detect and manage a wide range of disorders, such as…

Q: Define renal fraction

A: Kidney is the two bean shaped organs which are present on the back portion of abdomen.It is the main…

Q: . What kinds of disorders cause damage to the filtration membrane?

A: Kidney contain about 1 million filtering units. The glomeruli is made up of many microscopic…

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: Why does the urinaryvolume increase whenalcoholic beverages areingested?

A: The metabolism of biomolecules synthesizes excretory products. Urination is the removal of the…

Q: Why is glucose normally absent from the urine?

A: Urine is a fluid result of digestion in people and in numerous different creatures. Urine streams…

Q: What is the relationship between plasma creatinine concentration and glomerular filtration rate?

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

Q: What are the tissues found in URINALYSIS?

A: Urine analysis is a group of physical, chemical, and microscopic studies. Tests detect and/or…

Q: What interacting controls stabilize the glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?

A: Glomerular Filtration Rate:                   Glomerular filtration rate describes the flow rate of…

Q: How is the presence of renal compensation verified?

A: Renal compensation The process through which kidney regulates plasma pH is called renal compensation…

Q: Why is there an increased risk of drug toxicity in the laterstages of renal failure?

A: Renal failure There are many etiological factors responsible for renal failure such as, systemic…

Q: Why does the ingestion ofalcohol increase diuresis?

A: Alcohol consumption can lead to many problems in human body.

Q: What is the difference in [H+] between urine and lemon juice?

A: Normal range of pH of urine is the Highest in any of the body fluids.It is 4.5 to 8.pH of less than…

Q: How is uric acid formed?

A: Uric acid    It is a heterocyclic compound. Its chemical formula is C5H4N4O3 In normal conditions,…

Q: Where is urea produced?

A: Urea is a waste product, called carbamide. It is one of the major organic components of human urine.

Q: Why are the loop of Henle and vasa recta important for the formation of concentrated urine?

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

Q: What are the physiological implications of excreting waste nitrogen in the form of urate, urea, or…

A: Nitrogenous waste is excreted in different forms with the help of different species. This will…

Q: What does the glomerulus consist of?

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

Q: What will happen to urine production if ADH is higher or lower than normal?

A: Antidiuretic hormone is also called vasopressin.It is a hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus but…