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| In normal, healthy individuals, about how much blood flows through the kidney each minute? |
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| What are the main metabolic waste products excreted by kidneys? |
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| urea, creatinine, uric acid |
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| most abundant organic waste, general about 21g each day through breakdown of amino acids |
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| generated in skeletal muscle tissues through breakdown of _______ phosphate for muscle contraction --1.8g per day |
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| formed during recycling of nitrogen bases from RNA, about 480mg per day |
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| What are the basic process of urine formation? |
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| flitration, reabsorption, secretion |
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| blood pressure forces water and solutes across the wall of glomerular capillaries and into capsular space |
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| removal of water and solutes from filtrate and moves them across the tubular epithelium into peritubular fluid |
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| transport of solutes from the peritubular fluid into tubular fluid (back up for filtration, lowers concentration of undesirable) |
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| drugs that promote the loss of water in urine (given to those with high blood pressure or congestive heart failure) |
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| Where do two ureters carry aqueous waste solutions to be stored? |
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| What does the mucosa lining of the bladder contain that disappear when bladder fills? |
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| contractions of this muscle compresses the urinary bladder and expels its contents into urethra |
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| detrusor muscle of urinary bladder |
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| What is a circular band of skeletal muscle that acts as a band and is controlled voluntarily and remains contracted to prevent urination (micturition)? |
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| external urethral sphincter |
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| inability to control urination voluntarily |
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| presence of blood in urine |
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| inability of kidneys to excrete wastes in sufficient quantities to maintain homeostasis |
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| 80% of lymphocytes (thymus dependent) |
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| When stimulated, B cells can differentiate into what that are responsible for production and secretion of antibodies (immunoglobulins)? |
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| When stimulated, B cells can differentiate into what that are responsible for production and secretion of antibodies (immunoglobulins)? |
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