On what side of the renal tubule cell does active transporttake place during reabsorption of materials?

Q: State the function of each segment of a renal tubule?

A: Renal tubules are a series of tubules of excretory system that connects the Bowman capsule with the…

Q: How do symporters in the ascending limb of the nephron loop and principal cells in the collecting…

A: Excretion is a natural cycle, which assumes an indispensable part by killing poisons and other…

Q: subject kidneys What is renal plasma threshold?

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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: Which portions of the renal tubule and collecting duct reabsorb more solutes than water to produce…

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Q: Is the collecting tubule and collecting duct part of the renal tubule? Is the collecting tubule and…

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Q: The renal blood flows into the kidney is 1200 L min-1 with a concentration of total solutes of 296…

A: In an adult human usually, 1 to 1.8 liter of urination occurs in 24 hours. The urine volume depends…

Q: Fatty tissue holds the kidneys in place. Extremely rapid weight loss may cause this tissue to shrink…

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Q: What would happen to plasma and urine osmolarity and urinevolume in a patient with a lung tumor that…

A: Osmolarity of body fluid is it measure of  its  solute/water ratio. The osmolality of serum, urine,…

Q: Decreased osmolarity in the renal interstitium and vasa recta results in - (Mark Two) decreased…

A: The regulation of water concentration in the body is mediated by a hormone called vasoppresin or ADH…

Q: With respect to the renal system, what is reabsorption? Why is it important? Please mention…

A: Kidneys are the organ of the urinary system that are principally accountable for helping in the…

Q: How do Na-H exchangers on the luminal surface of tubular cells promote bicarbonate reabsorption in…

A: The Na+/H+ exchange aids NaCl reabsorption and luminal surface of the tubular cells. The NHE3 (in…

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: What is the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules, and what arethe sites affected?

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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: Why is this statement false? Without the renal medullar osmotic gradient, you would not be able to…

A: The main function of the nephrons of the Kidneys to form urine which is primarily made up of urea.…

Q: What is autoregulation in the kidney? What other regulatory mechanisms are at work in renal…

A: Kidneys are the primary organs of the excretory system.

Q: What is the mechanism of Na1 reabsorption, and how is thereabsorption of other solutes coupled to…

A: To define: To define the mechanism of Na1 reabsorption and the reabsorption of other solutes coupled…

Q: Trace the flow of fluid through the renal tubules?

A: Each of those very little bodies consists of 2 parts: a central capillary of vessels, and a…

Q: Which mechanisms reabsorb solutes from glomerular filtrate?

A: In the human excretory system, glomerular filtration is defined as the process of regulating and…

Q: Explain why fluid in the descending limb of the nephronloop is hypertonic.

A: Ans: Hypertonic: The presence excess salts is referred to as hypertonic fluid or solution.

Q: Why is this process considered secondary active transport? Does water reabsorption accompany ion…

A: Reabsorption: Some substances are reabsorbed in the body, already they are absorbed once in the…

Q: In what portion of the renal tubule is K+ secreted?

A: Tubular system of kidneys consists of: Proximal convulated tubule  Distal convulated tubule…

Q: Identify the location, and describe the structure, of the three components of a renal tubule

A: Renal tubule: It is also called nephritic tubule . It filters the blood and produces urine. It has…

Q: describe how the renal tubules reabsorb useful solutesfrom the glomerular filtrate and return them…

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Q: Describe the relationship between vasopressin, aquaporins, and the renal reabsorption of water.

A: Kidneys are the organs mainly involved in filtration and excretion of the metabolic wastes from the…

Q: How can  you determine renal handling of a substance by comparing its clearance rate to the…

A: Renal Handling of urea is a part of the renal system that deals with the reabsorption and secretion…

Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this chloride movement…

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Q: Why is creatinine clearance a good estimate of glomerular filtration rate?

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Q: only a very small amount of urea were present in the interstitial fluid of the kidney instead of its…

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Q: Describe how symport works in the renal tubule.

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Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this potassium movement…

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Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this phosphorus movement…

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Q: What tissue composes the fibrous capsule that directly adheres to the kidney, and what are its…

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