Explain the process of tubular secretion. Where does it take places and what substances are secreted?   subject - kidneys

Q: How does the kidney maintain the body's internal environment?  Explain in 1-3 sentences

A: The pair of bean-shaped organs located in the abdominal cavity, that are responsible for production…

Q: Define the concept of tubular secretion ?

A: The organ systems of the body like excretory system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system and…

Q: following:    Cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons

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Q: Explain Basic Renal Processes?

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Q: If the loop of Henle were somehow removed—that is, if the proximal tubule were connected directly to…

A: The kidney is a bean-shaped organ with three distinct regions; the renal medulla, the renal pelvis,…

Q: Describe two mechanisms in the PCT, one in the nephron loop, one in the DCT, and one in the…

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

Q: Explain how glomerular filtrate is produced, and describe its composition.

A: The kidney is a bean-shaped organ of about four to five inches present on either side of the spine.…

Q: Distinguish between glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion.

A: The movement of the water and the solutes across a cell membrane is called filtration. The movement…

Q: explain the development of  kidneys

A: The kidneys are located in the abdomen toward the back, normally one on each side of the spine. Each…

Q: Which of the following is a physiologic response of the kidneys to decreased plasma volume?…

A: Blood volume is the amount of water present in the blood that depends upon the salt concentration in…

Q: Describe the structure of kidney?

A: Step 1 The human excretory system is made up of organs concerned with separation (from the…

Q: Describe the role of the various regions of the kidneytubule in the process of reabsorption.

A: Kidneys are bean-shaped organs found in pair on the either side of the spine, behind the belly and…

Q: Contrast the rates of renal blood flow, renal plasmaflow, and glomerular filtration. How do they…

A: The kidneys filter the unwanted material from the blood, and urine is produced during excretion.…

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

A: Urine production is the process through which waste is expelled from the body. It is a sort of…

Q: Describe the composition of urine and its characteristics.

A: The urine is a metabolic by-product in animals that is liquid in nature. The process by which this…

Q: A kidney stone blocking a ureter would interfere with urine flow to which organ? Why would the pain…

A: The kidneys present in the vertebrates are important for the removal of wastes, toxins, and drugs…

Q: patient who loses the function of both kidneys can be placed on an artificial dialysis regimen to…

A: Dialysis is a technique which helps to remove the extra solute material and toxic material (urea,…

Q: Aldosterone affects sodium balance by impacting sodium reabsorption in the distal nephron. If MAP…

A: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is an intricate physiological system in the body…

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: Differentiate between excretion and egestion.

A: Every organisms needs food for their growth and energy. The left over material of the food or the…

Q: Describe the importance of tubular secretion and list several substances that are secreted.

A: Tubular secretion is referred to as a phenomenon in which transfer of material occurs from tubular…

Q: How are functions of the urinary system related to those of the cardiovascular system? Explain why…

A: The urinary system is also referred to as the renal system. It comprises of kidneys, ureters,…

Q: List several substances that are secreted into the kidney tubules

A: The urinary system is composed of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. The kidneys present in…

Q: The renal handling of a novel drug is being studied. When the drug is present in the blood, it is…

A: GivenDrug reabsorption is negligible.

Q: what point does the filtrate then become urine in the part of the kidney is it after it passes the…

A: The process of eliminating waste products from the body is called excretion. The metabolic waste…

Q: Explain how the kidneys function to maintain pH homeostasis.

A: The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and…

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

A: The renal tubule is a small epithelial structure and it is a part of the nephron thathelps to…

Q: Why can’t the kidneys just excrete the filtered plasma without adjusting it’s content?

A: Kidneys are the paired structures found in the lower abdominal cavity. The main function of kidney…

Q: Differentiate between the functions of principal cells and the intercalated cells within the kidney.

A: The human body consists of different systems for proper functioning the urinary/renal system is one…