What happens to glomeruli as a person ages?

Q: What are the basic differences between cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons?

A: Nephron can be defined as the basic unit of structure in the kidney. nephron plays the role in the…

Q: What is the major function of Distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?

A: Distal tubule: It is a part of excretory system, which is located in nephron segment on downstream.…

Q: Where are glomerulus present?

A: The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs present in the vertebrates. They are located on the left and…

Q: How does the composition of the glomerular filtrate compare with that of plasma?

A: Blood plasma contains red and white blood cells, blood proteins, glucose, water, nitrogenous wastes,…

Q: What is the proximal tubule?

A: The pair of kidneys are the main excretory organs in humans. They are dark red in color and…

Q: What is excretion?

A: The organ system is the group of organs that functions together to maintain the biological system of…

Q: How many nephrons are present in each kidney?

A: The nephron is a microscopic basic functional and structural unit of a kidney.  It is consisting of…

Q: What is the basic flow of urine from the kidneys to being excreted?

A: The excretory framework is an uninvolved natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: How is reabsorption different from secretion?

A: Re-absorption and secretion are two essential process that occur in the nephron during urine…

Q: Why is there much greater filtration through glomerular capillaries than through capillaries…

A: The excretory framework is a latent natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

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: What are the three tissue layers of the organs of the urinary tract?

A: The three tissue layers of the organs of the urinary tract are : Mucosa Sub mucosa Muscularis

Q: What happens is glomerulonephritis?

A: Glomerulus, filtering unit of kidney is a network of capillaries (small blood vessel) called as tuft…

Q: What does each nephron consist of?

A: The unit that really makes urine in the mechanism of eliminating toxins and unwanted compounds from…

Q: What are the two main parts of a nephron?

A: Humans contain various types of systems that work together to make the body doing its normal…

Q: Which characteristic of inflammation results in the abnormal findings seen in glomerulonephritis?

A: Introduction: The immune system's natural response to damage and illness is inflammation.…

Q: What is the role of glomerular capillaries?

A: The internal lining of glomerular capillaries is made of endothelial cells. Glomerular capillaries…

Q: Which are the Major Organs or Tissues of the Urinary system?

A: The urinary system comprises all the organs involved in the formation and release of urine.

Q: How is urine produced?

A: Nitrogen waste are formed inside all body cell. These waste are transported to kidney by blood and…

Q: How is glomerular filtration rate regulated?

A: Glomerular filtration rate is the effective pressure by which wastes, water and ions are filtered…

Q: Where nephrons discharge their urine?

A: The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is composed of a renal corpuscle…

Q: Explain the Forces involved in glomerular filtration?

A: the factors which affect glomerular filtration: Both glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure and…

Q: What is a lack of voluntary control over micturition called?

A: Micturition can be described as the process that includes simultaneous contraction of the urinary…

Q: What is glomerular filtration?

A: The formation of urine involves three main processes namely, a) Glomerular filtration b) Tubular…

Q: Describe the structure of the afferent and efferentarterioles and the juxtaglomerular apparatus.…

A: Branches of the renal artery supply each nephron with blood and carry filtered blood back to the…

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: In which of the steps of urine formation substances move from the filtrate of the tubule into the…

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Q: Which substances in glomerular filtrate are not normally presentin urine?

A: Ans: Glomerular filtrate: It is the fluids that has been filtered from the capillaries of the…

Q: What is the functionalunity of the kidneys?

A: A pair of kidneys present in the human body. Its main function is to filter the blood. It helps to…

Q: What are the functions of the ureters?

A: The organ system in a body that functions to excrete the waste out of the body is termed as the…

Q: What is the purpose of measuring the glomerular filtration rate?

A: The glomerular filtration rate is the rate of flow of filtered fluid from the glomerulus into the…

Q: Chart the path of urine from the blood to the outside of the body and Why is high blood pressure…

A: Introduction The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood arteries is known as blood…

Q: what is the nephron and where do filtration, reabsorption, and secretion occur within it?

A: Animal physiology is the systematic study of the supporting features, roles, and processes of…

Q: Explain what glomeruli do

A: The glomerulus is a network of small blood vessels known as tuft of capillaries located at the…

Q: What is the structure of the nephron where nutrients and wastes are taken out of the blood and put…

A: Nephron is the functional unit of the kidney. It is a microscopic structure composed of a renal…

Q: What are the tissues found in URINALYSIS?

A: Urine analysis is a group of physical, chemical, and microscopic studies. Tests detect and/or…

Q: Define the term glomerulus.

A: The process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body is called excretion. The organs…

Q: Define and explain juxtaglomerular apparatus.

A: The urinary system in human is composed of paired kidneys and ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.…

Q: Which structure carries urine from kidney to urinary bladder?

A: KIDNEY It is bean shaped structures.  The length is 10-12cm. The breadth is 5-7cm. It has a notch…

Q: How does urine form in the nephron?

A: Kidneys are the primary functional organ of the excretory system. Kidneys play a major role in…

Q: What is the purpose of making urine?

A: Kidneys are the bean shaped organs of about 4 to 5 inches long. They are located in the abdomen…

Q: What are the characteristics of the Juxtamedullary nephrons?

A: The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidneys. It is made up of a renal tube and…

Q: Which process in the nephron is least selective?

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional unit of nephrons. Nephrons consist of proximal convoluted…

Q: Why are proteins not filtered at the glomerulus?

A: There are three main processes that go into producing urine: glomerular filtration, selective…

Q: From where does the glomerular filtrate pass?

A: Kidneys play an important role in blood filtration, thereby removing waste or toxic products as well…