Explain the role of thr kidneys in maintaining blood volume ,blood ph and osmolality and why this is important for health.

Q: Explain how sodium imbalances affect cardiac function.

A: Electrolytes are chemical substances that help to conduct electricity when dissolved in body fluids.…

Q: Explain how dialysis, osmosis, passive transport, and active transport play key roles in the…

A: Urine may be a waste byproduct produced from excess water and metabolic waste molecules within the…

Q: describe the blood supply of the nephron and how it supports the nephron’s function?

A: Nephrons are the basic functional and structural unit of the kidney. The kidney contains several…

Q: Describe how diuretics work in the kidneys and how they lower blood pressure

A: Step 1 The kidney is an organ of the human excretory system. Diuretics are the drug treatments that…

Q: Explain Reabsorption by Mediated Transport?

A: Plants contain two different types of “Transport tissue”. They are named Xylem and Phloem. The…

Q: Describe the process of Control of Na1 Reabsorption?

A: As the glomerular filtrate enters the renal tubules, it flows through the consecutive components of…

Q: Explain in your own words when Renin release is stimulated by the kidney

A: Renin It is an enzyme which plays a major role in the renin–angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) .…

Q: Explain how the kidneys function in the regulation of acid-base balance.

A: Kidney help in the osmoregulation. Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure…

Q: Explain why an individual secretes less urine on a hot and humid day even though they are consuming…

A: Introduction :- Urine is a liquid waste product of human and other animal metabolism. Urine travels…

Q: Describe the effects of aldosterone on the renal nephrons and explain how aldosterone secretion is…

A: The endocrine system commands and coordinates the complex actions of the body by secreting chemical…

Q: Explain the change in filtration if excess glucose is presentin the blood entering the kidney.

A: The excretion process describes the elimination of waste products from the organism's body. This…

Q: explain how dilute and concentrated urine are formed

A: The hormone is important to regulate urine concentration and its composition. Hypothalamus gland…

Q: explain the role of ADH in water reabsorption?

A: Hormones are chemical messengers and help in the growth and development of organisms. The different…

Q: Describe how tubular reabsorption processes nutrientand salt molecules.

A: The procedure of transportation of water and other substances from the tubules of the kidney to the…

Q: Explain how the renal tubule is adapted to secretehydrogen ions.

A: Renal tubule : A small tubule in the kidney that contain cells that filter and clean the blood .…

Q: Describe the mechanisms underlying water and solute reabsorption from the renal tubules into the…

A: Tubular reabsorption is the mechanism which involves the movement of water and solutes from the…

Q: Describe the effect of ADH on renal collecting tubules

A: Renal collecting tubules comprises of different tubular parts of the nephrotic system or kidney that…

Q: Explain how the kidneys work

A: Kidneys are the bean shaped organs positioned below the rib cage. Kidneys are the part of the…

Q: Describe the transfer of water and solutes during urine formation.

A: Urine formation in the nephron of the kidney is completed in the following three steps:…

Q: Explain how the kidneys regulate blood volume, and the hormonal regulation of this process.

A: Kidneys are the two bean-shaped organs located on either side of the abdomen. The functions to…

Q: explain how/why diuretics that block ADH secretion would work to reduce blood pressure

A: ADH also known as arginine vasopressine is secreted by hypothalamus and stored in anterior…

Q: A. Explain the role of the juxtaglomerular apparatus in intrinsic monitoring of the filtrate,…

A: The juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) is a structure located where the efferent arteriole meets the…

Q: OC C) D) Osmolality Urine Plasma quency shortly after head trauma. If ADH (vasopressin) deficiency…

A: Introduction: Head trauma : It's called as a any type of damage to the skull or brain and scalp…

Q: Give a line diagram of blood supply to the kidney

A: kidneys are bean shaped organs found in pair. they are found below the ribs and behind the belly on…

Q: Explain the relationship of the following to renal secretion and excretion of hydrogen ions: (a)…

A: Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs. They are situated just below the rib cage, one on each side of…

Q: Explain the relationship between blood uric acid levels and hypertension.

A: Hypertension is one of most common form of cardiovascular diseases. The ubiquity of hypertension…

Q: Describe the regulation of major ions by the kidney

A: Kidneys are two organs present in the excretory system of the human beings.  They acts as filters…

Q: Contrast the mechanisms of reabsorption for glucose and urea

A: Renal filtration is a process in which water and solutes are removed from the blood plasma as it…

Q: Explain what happens to urine flow rate, specific gravity and urinary excretion of chloride in each…

A: The intake is isotonic which means the osmolarity of the intake fluid is the same as the osmolarity…

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: Briefly discuss the impact of the renal system on blood pressure regulation.

A: The renal system is also called the urinary system. It is made up of the kidneys, ureters, urinary…

Q: Explain working of kidneys.

A: Human excretory system consists of two kidneys, two ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra.

Q: Describe the location of the kidneys in the body

A: In human kidney are retroperitoneal organs. Kidneys are located in the rear wall of abdominal…

Q: Chart the path of urine from the blood to the outside of the body and Why is high blood pressure…

A: Introduction The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood arteries is known as blood…

Q: Explain the effect of renin on filtration.

A: The kidney is an important organ of the excretory system, and the nephron is the basic structural…

Q: Describe how each of the following works to regulate reabsorption and secretion, so as to affect…

A: The renal function of the kidney to filter the blood of metabolic waste products involves three…

Q: If the pH of the tubular fluid went down, how would its Na+concentration change?

A: Kidneys are the pair of bean shaped red color organs that are the crucial part of the excretory…

Q: How do diuretics work to reduce excess fluid in the body?  Describe the mechanisms of action for…

A: Diuretics (water pills) are medications used to lower blood pressure in patients with hypertension.…

Q: Compare the composition of blood plasma to glomerular filtrate.

A: Blood plasma is the liquid component (yellow in color) of the blood that forms 55% of the total…

Q: Predict the short-term effects of a toxin that blocks renal tubular reabsorption but does not affect…

A: The formation of urine takes place in the nephrons in the kidney. The nephron is divided into the…

Q: explain the force allowing the kidneys to retain water under more normal conditions versus when…

A: Kidneys are the pair of organs and are bean shaped and are present on both sides of the spine. They…

Q: Describe the functions of hornones – ADH and Aldostrone – in urinary system

A: Hormones are signaling molecules that are secreted by specialized cells that are present usually…

Q: Briefly describe how differences in the selective permeability of the different nephron tubules…

A: The nephron of the kidney is responsible for tubular reabsorption that brings backwater and solutes…

Q: Contrast the mechanism of reabsorption for glucose and urea. Which one shows a Tm, and why?

A: Renal filtration is a process in which water and solutes are removed from the blood plasma as it…

Q: Explain the kidneys’ role in blood pressure regulation

A: The kidneys absorb water to increase the blood volume and thus increase the blood pressure or it can…

Q: Indicate the hormone that is NOT regulating urine production. A. Aldosterone B. Erythropoietin C.…

A: Hormones are produced from the endocrine glands. It is usually the biological enzymes that helps in…

Q: Describe the role of liver, lungs and skin in excretion.

A: Excretion is a phenomenon of removal of wastes and excess water from the body. It is a very crucial…