Explain why not reabsorbing bicarbonate (HCO3-) and Glucose lead to acidosis and polyuria (respectively).

Q: Which of the following is 100% reabsorbed in healthy people?

A: Process of glucose reabsorption in the kidneys and why it's essential for maintaining glucose…

Q: What is meant by hypo and hypercalciuria ?

A: Calcium is a mineral found in the human body. It is involved in the formation of bones and teeth,…

Q: Explain why kidney failure could result in the accumulation of nitrogen-containing waste products in…

A: Kidney  Bean shaped organs located near the waist are known as kidney. The main function of kidney…

Q: Explain why is hyperchloremic acidosis considered as a normal anion gap rather than high anion gap…

A: Anion gap: It is the measure of acid-base balance in the body. Our body will maintain balance by…

Q: Suggest why diarrhea may cause a fluid deficit morerapidly than coughing and sneezing with a cold.

A: Nursing is the profession of healthcare that delivers care to the patient in order to cure them and…

Q: Explain how the destruction of acid-producing cells in thestomach can lead to iron deficiency…

A: Food we ingest contains many nutrients that are needed for everyday functioning of the body. These…

Q: After about 6 weeks of fasting, the production of urea isdecreased. Explain.

A: When the person is fasting for few days, his body will be in a starved state. The muscle decreases…

Q: Explain anti-diuretic hormone.

A: A chemical substance that is secreted in an organ and carried by the blood to various tissues of the…

Q: Indicate in these situations the effect of plasma osmolarit, clinical outcome and how it can be…

A: Plasma osmolarity is an estimation of concentration of plasma which correlates to the number of…

Q: Explain how urine has a pH ~6, and contains little to no bicarbonate?

A: Urine is a fluid result of metabolism in higher organisms. Urine is majorly made of water, salt,…

Q: Explain why food affects the ph of the urine but not the ph of the blood

A: Introduction The level of acids and bases in the body at which the body performs at its best is…

Q: Glucose is normally 100% reabsorbed, such that no glucose is excreted in the urine. Explain why a…

A: Ans. Urine is a fluid or semisolid mixture of metabolic wastes and other, frequently hazardous,…

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: An investigator is studying renal physiology in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. When a…

A: Pt. Is receiving glucose reaborption inhibitors drugs.  These drugs inhibit reaborption of glucose…

Q: Describe the role of aldosterone in regulating sodium and potassium balance.

A: Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid hormone that is secreted by the zona glomerulosa cells of the…

Q: Briefly explain three alterations in body function that occur with chronic renal failure. Why do so…

A: Introducion Kidney is one of the important organ of our excretory system. Kidney remove waste…

Q: What is the normal pH range for the blood and urine? Whatserum and urine pH would indicate that…

A: Blood is a fluid connective tissue. The components of the blood include red blood cells or…

Q: What illnesses are linked to the presence of bile acids and ketone bodies in the urine?

A: Bile acids are steroid acids found mostly in mammals and other animals' bile. They're produced in…

Q: Describe how acidosis affects the central nervous systemand give two physiologic signs of this…

A: Acidosis is an impaired condition in which the excess of hydrogen ions drastically reduces the pH.…

Q: Please explain in detail why does hyperkalemia always cause acidosis? Why does hypokalemia always…

A: Potassium is one of the important minerals present in the body. The normal level of potassium in the…

Q: A patient exhibits the following symptoms: elevated urine ammonia and increased rate of respiration.…

A: Metabolic acidosis is the decrease in bicarbonate ions along with decrease in partial pressure of…

Q: Explain the difference between Respiratory and Metabolic Acidosis.

A: Acidosis is an abnormal condition resulting from the accumulation of acid or from the depletion of…

Q: The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is a disorder of impaired…

A: Primary polydipsia maybe because of harm to the thirst-regulating mechanism within the hypothalamus.…

Q: Describe possible causes and consequences of dehydration and of hypotonic hydration.

A: In humans, dehydration is when the body has lost more fluids than that which is taken in. Lack of…

Q: Explain how hypochloremia affects acid-basebalance.

A: Acid base imbalance Regulation of hydrogen ion is called acid base balance. Blood pH measures the…

Q: Metabolic acidosis results is low blood pH levels and high bicarbonate ion concentration.   True…

A: Introduction: Hemoglobin is the respiratory pigment and a metalloprotein responsible for the…

Q: What would you expect the value of renal clearance of glucose to be in a healthy individual?  Why?

A: The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that primarily function in glomerular filtration. The nephrons…

Q: What disorders are linked to the presence of bile acids and ketone bodies in urine?

A: Bile acids are steroid acids known mainly in the bile of mammals and other animals. They are…

Q: Why does the ingestion ofalcohol increase diuresis?

A: Alcohol consumption can lead to many problems in human body.