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1. What type of nephron lies mostly in the cortex? |
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2. What type of nephron lies mostly in the medulla? |
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3. What type of nephron is responsible for most regulatory functions? |
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4. What type of nephron is responsible for regulating the osmolarity of the blood? |
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5. What are the three processes needed to properly filter the blood and produce urine? |
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glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion |
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6. What is the fluid produced during glomerular filtration? |
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7. Will the filtrate in the glomerular capsule have RBCs, platelets, proteins and lipids in it? |
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8. What is the term for a damaged nephron where large substances that should not leak out of the glomerulus do? |
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9. What is the condition where blood cells or proteins end up in the urine? |
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10. Which process is the SELECTIVE movement of filtrate from the renal tubule into the interstitial fluid, then into the blood? |
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11. Which process is the SELECTIVE movement of substances from the blood into the interstitial fluid, then into the renal tubule? |
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12. Are tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion aided by active or passive forces? |
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13. How much of the cardiac output actually goes to the kidneys? |
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about 20% (renal fraction) |
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14. Since the average cardiac ouput is 5,000 ml/min - what would be the average renal blood flow rate? |
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about 1,000 ml/min (500 ml/min to each kidney) |
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15. If the amount of blood going to the kidneys is 1,000 ml/min - how much of that is plasma? |
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about 55% (100%-normal hematocrit) |
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16. Knowing the average renal blood flow rate and the average hematocrit - what is the average renal plasma flow rate? |
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550 ml/min (225 ml/min each kidney) |
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17. What % of the plasma going through the glomerulus is actually filtered to become filtrate? |
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20% (filtration fraction) |
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18. What would equal the renal plasma flow rate x the filtration fraction? |
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the glomerular filtration rate (amount of plasma that becomes filtrate per minute) |
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19. What is the average glomerular filtration rate? |
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110 ml/min (55 ml/min each kidney) |
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20. About what % of all the filtrate produced goes back into the body (110 ml/min would add up to a lot in 1 day)? |
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about 99% goes back into the blood |
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21. If you take all the forces that favor filtration and subtract all the forces that oppose filtration, what would you end up with? |
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the net filtration pressure |
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22. What is the glomerular filtration rate proportional to (what could change it)? |
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the net filtration pressure |
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23. What is the pressure that favors glomerular filtration? |
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glomerular hydrostatic pressure |
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24. What are the pessures that oppose glomerular filtration? |
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plasma colloid osmotic pressure, and Bowman's capsule hydrostatic pressure |
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25. What is the average net filtration pressure? |
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26. What type of pressure is due to the afferent arteriole being wider than the efferent arteriole, so the blood in the glomerulus exerts a force on the walls of the capillary? |
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glomerular hydrostatic pressure |
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27. What type of pressure is due to the high concentration of substances in the blood that wants to draw fluid toward them? |
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plasma colloid osmotic pressure |
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28. What type of pressure is due to the fluid in the glomerular capsule exerting a force on the capsule walls? |
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Bowman's capsule hydrostatic pressure |
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29. Is the glomerulus highly permeable? |
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30. What type of regulation of glomerular filtration rate involves changing the degree of constriction of the afferent arteriole? |
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39. What two things can cause the afferent arteriole to change it's radius? |
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blood pressure and filtrate flow |
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40. What will happen to the afferent arteriole if there is an increase in systemic blood pressure? |
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41. What will happen to the afferent arteriole if there is a decrease in systemic blood pressure? |
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42. What will happen to the afferent arteriole if there is an increase in the rate of filtrate flow? |
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43. What happens to renal blood flow and glomerular hydrostatic pressure when the afferent arteriole constricts? |
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decrease in renal blood flow and decrease in glomerular hydrostatic pressure |
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44. What happens to renal blood flow and glomerular hydrostatic pressure when the afferent arteriole dilates? |
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increase in renal blood flow and increase in glomerular hydrostatic pressure |
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45. Why regulate the radius of the afferent arteriole? |
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to maintain a constant glomerular filtration rate (GFR) |
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46. Does the sympathetic nervous system affect the glomerular filtration rate? |
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yes (must be strong stimulus) |
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47. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the afferent arteriole? |
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constricts afferent arteriole (decrease renal blood flow and glomerular hydrostatic pressure) |
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48. What happens to the GFR if renal blood flow and glomerular hydrostatic pressure decrease? |
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49. What happens to the GFR if renal blood flow and glomerular hydrostatic pressure increase? |
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50. What is the process where water and solutes move from the renal tubule into the peritubular capillaries? |
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51. What 3 things enhance reabsorption in the peritubular capillaries? |
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capillaries are very permeable / colloid osmotic pressure is high in capillaries / hydrostatic pressure is low in capillaries |
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52. What things are reabsorbed from the proximal tubule? |
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Na+ , Cl- , HCO3- , PO4-3 , Ca+2 , Mg+2 , amino acids, glucose, water |
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53. Is the descending limb of the Loop of Henle permeable to water? |
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54. Is the ascending limb of the Loop of Henle permeable to water? |
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55. What things are reabsorbed back into the blood in the ascending limb of the Loop of Henle? |
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Na+ , Cl- , HCO3- , Ca+2 , Mg+2 (same electrolytes as proximal tubule but no phosphate) |
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56. What things are reabsorbed back into the blood from the distal convoluted tubule? |
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Na+ , Cl- , K+ , Ca+2 , Mg+2 , and water |
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57. What things are reabsorbed back into the blood from the collecting duct? |
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Na+ , Cl- , HCO3- , K+ , Ca+2, urea, and water |
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58. What two things are usually 100% reabsorbed? |
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59. What two things are usually 99% reabsorbed? |
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60. What determines how much of substances are reabsorbed back into the body? |
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what body needs to meet setpoint levels |
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61. What is the process where substances that were not filtered at the glomerulus are secreted into the renal tubule from the peritubular capillaries? |
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62. The organic anion transport that occurs in the proximal tubule transports certain acids (uric acid, bile salts, antibiotics, creatinine, drugs) in exchange for what other substance? |
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63. What things are secreted from the blood into the proximal tubule? |
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organic acids, H+ , NH3+ (ammonia) |
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64. What things are secreted from the blood into the distal tubule? |
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65. What things are secreted from the blood into the collecting duct? |
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H+ , K+ , NH3+ , and urea |
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66. Where does the majority of ammonia (NH3+) secretion take place? |
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in distal convoluted tubule |
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67. What is the only part of the nephron that is impermeable to water? |
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ascending limb of the Loop of Henle |
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