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

Q: Where does direct motor control of the bladder occur?

A: Neural circuits in the brain and spinal cord organize and control the activity of the smooth muscle…

Q: The surgical fixation of a floating kidney is called

A: The kidney, the bean-shaped organ of the human body is known as the master chemist of our body, as…

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: How is water transported in the kidney

A: The transport of water in kidney.

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: 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: What are the major homeostaticfunctions of the urinary system?

A: Homeostasis is one of the self-regulating system of the body. While adjusting and adapting to the…

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: 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: 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: Urinary casts formin which location(s)of the urinary system?

A: Urinary casts: These are tiny tube shaped particles produced by the kidney and present in the urine…

Q: What medications will produce the following urine colors? Mention three for each.…

A: The color of normal urine ranges from pale yellow to the deep amber. The medication and the pigment…

Q: How does the position of the kidneys differ from that of most other organs in the abdominal region?

A: Each person has two kidneys. The kidneys are located right below the 12th rib. The left kidney is…

Q: Under what condition do the kidneys produce dilute urine?

A: The concentrated urine means there are more solutes present and less water in the sample. The…

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: List the structures found at the hilumand in the renal sinus of a kidney

A: The kidneys are a pair of bean shaped organs that are located on either side of the spine and 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 the Forces involved in glomerular filtration?

A: the factors which affect glomerular filtration: Both glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure and…

Q: Why is this statement false? Without the renal medullar osmotic gradient, you would not be able to…

A: The main function of the nephrons of the Kidneys to form urine which is primarily made up of urea.…

Q: Explain why the differential permeability of specific sections of the renal tubule is necessary to…

A: The Kidney is one of the major organs of excretion present in the body. The basic unit of the…

Q: Why did the differential renal vein renin test show an increase in the blocked renal artery side…

A: Renal vein renin test compare the renin release from two kidneys. It is the ratio of the measurement…

Q: Give the digrammatic representation showing Kidney shown relation of Bladder's canal?

A: Excretory System is employed to get rid of the surplus waste from the body like  nitrogeneous base,…

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: 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: 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: How does hypertension affect urinary function?

A: Hypertension simply means elevation in blood pressure. It can be caused by various factors…

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: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this phosphorus movement…

A: In the body phosphate is present in three ionic forms: H2PO4-, HPO42- and PO43-. Phosphate together…

Q: Name the smallest functional unit of the kidney?

A: The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs present in vertebrates. The major function of kidneys is to…

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: How are wastes carried to the kidney for removal?

A: The urinary system is an important organ system in the body in that it plays a vital role in the…

Q: Why would the differential renal vein renin test show an increase in the blocked renal artery side…

A: Renal vein renin test measures the ratio between the ischemic kidney and that of contralateral…

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: CHANGES IN THE URINARY SYSTEM:  give a 2-3 sentence description of the NORMAL function of the…

A: Urinary system mainly consists of  Kidneys that consists of nephrona which is the smallest unit of…

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: Why is protein in the urine a sign of kidney damage? What structures in the kidney are probably…

A: The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that primarily function in glomerular filtration. The nephrons…

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: What is the PH of urine.

A: pH is really a measure of the relative amount of free hydrogen and hydroxyl ions in the water. The…

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: Why does increase in urination results in a decrease in the blood pressure?

A: Blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. Blood…

Q: Why does bladder exstrophy occur?

A: Urinary bladder is a part of excretory system that tends to store urine till it is passed out…

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…