Describe the significant differences among blood plasma, filtrate, and urine.

Q: There is a medical condition called Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH)…

A: Syndrome of excessive antidiuretic hormone secretion causes your body to retain water instead of…

Q: drugs known as potassium-sparing diuretics work by blocking the effects of aldosterone on the…

A: Potassium sparing drugs act as antagonists of aldosterone on the kidney.

Q: Define diffusion, filtration and reabsorption and the effects on fluid movement.

A: Fluid movement happens via various process such as diffusion, Filteration, reabsorption, absorbtion,…

Q: Compare and contrast the relative concentrations of major electrolytes in intracellular and…

A: Electrolytes are the substances that dissociate in solution and are able to conduct the electrical…

Q: Describe the differences in nephron activity based on the structural differences within the tubule…

A: Nephrons are the basic functional unit of kidney which are involved in the process of waste removal…

Q: Reabsorption involves what two methods of transport? Describe each. What determines which route a…

A: The process of movement of solutes and water out of the filtrate and back into your bloodstream is…

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: Consider the homeostatic imbalance of fluid such as decrease in blood volume caused by excessive…

A: A steady physical, biological, and chemical state is known as homeostasis. In the living system…

Q: What regulates water and electrolyte movement between plasma and interstitial fluids? Across cell…

A: The body comprises several fluids that circulate in the body. The interstitial fluids are the fluids…

Q: describe what a buffer system does to control blood pH levels.

A: Buffer is basically the substance that resist the change in pH of the blood. The three major buffer…

Q: Explain the role of each buffer system in regulation of blood, interstitial fluid, and intracellular…

A: A chemical buffer system helps in restoring the pH levels by the help of bicarbonate proteins and…

Q: Describe the characteristics of a normal urine sample, including a normal range of pH, osmolarity,…

A: Both the nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous wastes are excreted through the union. It is a transparent,…

Q: Describe the distribution of sodium and water between intracellular and exracellular fluid

A: The body fluid can be classified as either extracellular or intracellular fluids. Extracellular…

Q: If the Tm for a particular amino acid is 220 mg/100 ml and the concentration of that amino acid in…

A: Kidney is the main organ of the excretory system for eliminating  waste products such as urea, uric…