Why is ADH also called vasopressin?

Q: Individuals with a rare condition called diabetes insipidus do not produce vasopressin. How would…

A: Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus are not related to each other. In case of diabetes mellitus…

Q: What happen to the cortical and medullary duct value in the absence  of vasopressin

A: The collecting duct system is composed of tubules and ducts that connect nephrons to the renal…

Q: What happens to excreted H+ ions from a PCT cell?

A: The urinary system through 2 methods helps to change the blood pH by excretion of hydrogen ions as…

Q: What is the major chemical difference between blood plasma and glomerular filtrate?

A: The glomerular filtrate and blood plasma are the fluids found in the body.

Q: A 29-year-old female develops sepsis and, as a consequence, she experiences profound vasodilation.…

A: Sepsis is caused due to the response of the immune system to the bacterial infection in the blood.…

Q: Name the gland whose secretion is vasopressin.

A: Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is a hormone that plays an important role in…

Q: A patient has a disorder called syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH) with increased secretion of…

A: The correct option is - 1) Increased blood pressure and decreased blood osmolarity.

Q: The basement membrane of the glomerulus is composed of glycoproteins and ___ and it restricts the…

A: Glomerulus is the capillary tuft present inside the Bowman's capsule. The process of ultrafiltration…

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: What are the main actions of the renin–angiotensin– aldosterone pathway? Compare the actions of this…

A: The RAAS pathway is the pathway which helps in the regulation of the fluid balance and blood…

Q: Which of the following is an effect of ADH interaction with the vasopressin receptor? Answers A - D…

A: Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) also called vasopressin is responsible for water reabsorption from the…

Q: Diagram control of aldosterone secretion.

A: Introduction: Aldosterone is secreted from zona glomerulosa present in the adrenal cortex of the…

Q: What causes GHRH to be released from neurosecretory nerve terminals of these actuate neurons?

A: There are various hormones that are released by the body and all the initiating hormone is…

Q: what is the role of ADH in water reabsorption?

A: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), commonly known as vasopressin, is a small peptide hormone which…

Q: Why are most plasma proteins the albumins and globulin excluded from the filtrate in a healthy…

A: Urine formation occurs in the kidneys. Nephrons are the structural units of kidneys.

Q: Describe the effect of ADH on renal collecting tubules

A: Renal collecting tubules comprises of different tubular parts of the nephrotic system or kidney that…

Q: Why does exogenous erythropoietin (EPO) effectively treat anemia due to renal failure but is…

A: Exogenous erythropoietin is human erythropoietin that is specifically synthesized through…

Q: Why do individuals with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secrete…

A: SIADH - syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone it is caused due to following.

Q: What is the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules?

A: Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone is a type of peptide hormone formed in hypothalamus.

Q: Which transporters below are most likely facilitators of the renal elimination of furosemide?

A: The below given figure is of Furosemide which is a potent loop diuretics and is eliminated by renal…

Q: Why did the addition of ADH also affect the concentration of potassium in the urine (compared with…

A: Aldosterone is a steroid drug. It regulates the balance of minerals in the body. It is produced by…

Q: Where is vasopressin released?

A: Step 1 Hormones are chemicals produced by endocrine cells which are transported by the circulatory…

Q: What two quantities make up “H1 excretion”? Why can this term beequated with “contribution of new…

A: Plasma is a clear, straw-colored liquid portion of the blood that is devoid of red blood cells,…

Q: how cAMP increase permeability to water in the epthelial cell of renal tubules? explain

A: The pair of kidneys are bean shaped red organs that are placed on abdominal region.  They play a key…

Q: Why don't red blood cells usually appear in urine?

A:

Q: List the two mechanisms by which tubule and collecting duct cells generate new HCO3−.

A: The excretory system consists of the kidneys, urinary bladder, ureters and urethra. The urine is…

Q: Elevated levels of white blood

A: Urine is the liquid metabolic by product of our body, produced in the kidneys and eliminated through…

Q: The collecting duct becomes more permeable to water when increases. colloid osmotic pressure…

A: The excretory system of the body is associated with removal of waste products from the body. Kidneys…

Q: Describe the functions of the following hormones: Aldosterone Erythropoietin Antidiuretic hormone…

A: Hormones are chemical messengers that are released directly into the bloodstream, where they are…

Q: Several hours after a meal containing a lot of protein , which vessel will contain the highest…

A: Proteins are polymers of amino acids. Excess protein in diet results in its breakdown to produce…

Q: Why is beta blocker not used for patients with renal disease

A: Renal failure is defined as the deterioration in renal function which result in accumulation of…

Q: When you are dehydrated, your body secretes ADH.  What is the effect of ADH on the collecting ducts?

A: The pituitary gland is the pea-sized endocrine gland that is enclosed by the protective structure…

Q: ADH and RAAS exert their effects on urine formation in the kidney

A: Kidneys help in eliminating waste from the body through the formation of urine.

Q: Why is albumin not normally present in the urine?

A: Answer:-Albumin is a protein found in the blood. A healthy kidney doesn't let albumin pass from the…

Q: List and describe the three filtration barriers that substances leaving the plasma must pass through…

A: Filtration is the process of movement of fluid from the blood into the lumen of the nephron.…

Q: What effect does increasing blood pressure have on GFR? Why?

A: Glomerular filtration is the process that occurs in kidneys in which water and some dissolved…

Q: What is the function of NaCl in urine formation?

A: Urinary system involves in the clearing or filtering the blood and ridding of wastes that produced…

Q: What are the structural differences between the peptide hormones oxytocin and vasopressin?

A: Introduction: Those chemical curriers that exchange data between tissue to tissue or cell to cell…

Q: Why is glucose present in pathological urine? What does the presence of glucose indicate?

A: Glucose metabolism includes glycolysis in which glucose molecules are converted to 2 molecules…

Q: true or false Aldosterone is required to restore water from loop of Henle, and reabsorption of Na+…

A: Aldosterone is a steroid hormone. It affects the body's ability to regulate blood pressure. It sends…

Q: You suspect a person is suffering from a central diabetes insipidus When untreated and reasonably…

A: An individual suffering from a central diabetes insipidus, when untreated and reasonably hydrated,…

Q: What will happen to urine production if ADH is higher or lower than normal?

A: Antidiuretic hormone is also called vasopressin.It is a hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus but…