What function does the collecting duct do? A. Filtration  B. Reasborption  C. Secretion  D. Excretion  What is substance being reabsorbed/secreted/ filtered/ and/or excreted?

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Q: How soon after drinking a large glass of water will a person start increasing their urine output? a.…

A: Urination is the process of passing urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body via…

Q: Urine formation begins at the moving "plasma" into the renal tubules is called, and the process of…

A: The correct answer is option C i.e. Glomerulus, Filtration.

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Q: Which is/are true concerning the glomerular filtration rate?   a. The body maintains a nearly…

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Q: Which transport action in the proximal tubule would take place if the body needed to increase the…

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Q: Which hormone increases Na+ and water reabsorption and K+ secretion? a. antidiuretic hormone b.…

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Q: Which of the following is true about the filtrate as it travels through the tubule? O A. as the…

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Q: It is the microscopic structural and filtering unit of the kidney. A. Renal Cortex B. Loop of Henle…

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Q: Select the letter of the choice that best completes the statement. The kidneys are responsible for…

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

Q: If blood pressure in the glomerulus increases, then a. net filtration pressure decreases. b. the…

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Q: Which of these forces opposes filtration from the glomerulus a. Plasma osmotic pressure b. Fluid…

A: A tuft of small blood veins (capillaries) found at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney is known…

Q: When the blood pressure drops, the body responds by Select one: a. decreasing ADH production to…

A: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin is an endocrine hormone synthesized by the hypothalamus.…

Q: The micturition reflex controlsa. urine formation.b. voiding of the filled bladder.c. reabsorption…

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Q: Which of the following is NOT a component of the glomerular filtration barrier? a. Endothelial cells…

A: The objective of the question is to identify the component that is not part of the glomerular…

Q: The amount of plasma that enters the Bowman capsule per minute is the a. GFR. c. renal fraction. b.…

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Q: Where is the functional unite of the kidneys? a.J b.H. c.L d.I e.K

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

Q: A relatively largediameter of the efferentarteriolescompared to the afferentarteriole.

A: b. A relatively large diameter of the efferent arterioles compared to the afferent arteriole.

Q: The return of filtered molecules from the nephron packet to the blood is called    a. Excretion…

A: The glomerulus is the filter system of the nephron and it filters the blood and reabsorbed…

Q: The primary purpose of kidney autoregulatory is to: prevent wide fluctuations in the GFR and…

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Q: Which of the following function isperformed by the kidneys in the humanbody?A. Excretion B.…

A: Kidney is a vital organ of the body that is located in peritoneum cavity of the body. In…

Q: The first step of urination involves in the bladder being triggered. A. stretch receptors B.…

A: Ans. The act of the bladder emptying its contents through the urethra and exiting the body is known…

Q: During urine formation, movement of ions against concentration gradient from glomerular iltrate back…

A: The afferent arteriole is accountable for transporting blood into the Malpighian corpuscle and…

Q: Which statement is true about the urinary bladder?a. The bladder neck is surrounded by the…

A: The excretory or the urinary system of the body is concerned with the filtration of the blood…

Q: When arterial blood pressure drops below normal, which renal function occur as a result of…

A: When the systemic blood pressure decreases, and it gets detected by the baroreceptors in the…

Q: Which area of nephron contains the organic anion and cation transporters? a. Proximal Convoluted…

A: The nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of Kidney. It is composed of bowman's…

Q: The juxtaglomerular apparatus consists of what? A. Macula densa of the distal tube B.…

A: Juxtaglomerular apparatus works through Rennin-angiotensin- aldosterone system. This system normally…

Q: What function does the descending loop of Henle? A. Filtration  B. Reasborption  C. Secretion…

A: Loop of Henle is a long U-shaped portion of the tubule which is the part of nephron that conducts…

Q: Which of the following structures is most likely to be located in the renal medulla? Select one: A.…

A: Nephron can be explained as the basic structural and functional unit of the kidneys. Each kidneys…

Q: What function does the distal tubule?

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Q: The action of aldosterone on the nephron is to increase? Select one: a. sodium excretion b. sodium…

A: Introduction :- Aldosterone is a hormone produced in the outer section or cortex of the adrenal…

Q: In the kidneys where does most of the tubular reabsorption occur a. Proximal convoluted tubule b.…

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Q: How would damage to the renal capillaries resulting in an increase in protein filtration and urinary…

A: The process of filtration and reabsorption are responsible for the bulk flow of fluids.  In the…

Q: Blood flow through the kidney includes a feature seen in only a few organs. What is it? Select one:…

A: Excretory system is responsible for releasing of excretory substances from the body.

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Q: Urinary filtration occurs at   a. Proximal convoluted tubule b. Collecting duct c. Glomerulus d.…

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Q: Which of the following can be either an active or passive process? a. Filtration b. Secretion C.…

A: The kidneys are vital organs that perform several functions to maintain the homeostasis of the…

Q: Which of the following describes why a very low GFR is not beneficial? a. Too many substances…

A: It is a test used to find the performance of kidneys by estimating how much blood passes through the…

Q: Which of following is not a function of kidneys? a. Maintain volume, pH and composition of body…

A: Kidneys are a bean shape and paired structure. The main function of kidney is to filter the blood…

Q: Select the letter of the choice that best completes the statement. The hormone ADH affects…

A: Plasma osmolarity is referred to as the measurement of the water-electrolyte balance of the body.…

Q: Shortly after giving a friend a swift punch to the lower back, he informs you that his urine appears…

A: Hematuria can be defined as a condition in which there is the presence of blood in a person's urine.…