describe how the nervous system, hormones, and thenephron itself regulate filtration.

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Q: Using  concept of flow-down gradients, explain the movement of glucose in and out of the nephron.

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Q: Write the equation for the calculation of net filtration pressure (NFP), and explain the meaning of…

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Q: Describe the distribution of water and Na1 between theintracellular and extracellular fluids?

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Q: What forces promote net filtration?

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Q: Define Tubulin

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Q: Define diffusion, filtration and reabsorption and the effects on fluid movement.

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A: Excretion is the process by which metabolic wastes and excess substances are eliminated from the…

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Q: Why is excretion important in order to achieve osmotic balance?

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Q: Describe the filtration membrane, and explain the structures that do not normally pass through it.

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Q: Describe the role of the urinary system in homeostasis

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Q: Define filtrate

A: The three main kinds of filtration are mechanical, biological and chemical filtration.

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Q: Define about sodium-potassium pump ? Why it is used ?

A: sodium-potassium pump it is used to maintain ionic balance.

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Q: Compare and contrast tubular reabsorption and secretion, with respect to direction of solute…

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Q: Understand how the interstitial concentration gradient in the medulla of the kidney is established…

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Q: What are the three components of the filtration membrane?

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Q: Differentiate transport maxima and gradient-time limited transport in proximal tubule

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Q: Compare the myogenic response in a nephron and tubuloglomerular feedback.

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