The lymph nodes and spleen both function as filters. How do they differ in this filtration role?

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Q: A student pours some distilled water into a sample of blood. Later, she looks at the blood under a…

A: Red blood corpuscles (RBC) are the cells that carry oxygen throughout the body. They are small,…

Q: In what way can both the lymphatic system and urinary system have anatomical structures in common?

A: Renal lymphatics are abundant in the cortex of the normal kidney but have been largely neglected in…

Q: How is dialysis tubing used for people that have renal (kidney) failure that have to undergo…

A: The objective of this question is to understand the role and function of dialysis tubing in the…

Q: what is Hemodialysis, and how does it work?

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Q: Which kidney is preferred for live donor transplantation, and why

A: Kidney transplant is considered as superior form of renal substitution therapy where operation or…

Q: Which part of the filtration membrane prevents red blood cells from entering the capsular space?

A: Filtration membrane:             A glomerular capillary that comprises of leaky barrier and the…

Q: you have a patient that just completed hemodialysis and now has profound hypotension.  Why would…

A: Hemodialysis is the procedure in which the patient's blood is artificially purified when the kidney…

Q: What are the three general procedures in subcellular fractionation?

A: In order to study the structure, function and chemical composition of cells, the cell constituents…

Q: Certain diseases, kidney trauma, heavy metals, and some bacterial toxins can damage the filtration…

A: Filtration of blood is the primary step in urine formation in the nephron. It is carried out by a…

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

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Q: if you have a dialysis tube filled with 10 mL of 20% sucrose solution in a beaker with 100 mL of…

A: Osmosis is the movement of water across the semipermeable membrane driven by the difference in…

Q: What does clathrin do?

A: Cells need to do endo and exo-cytosis to transfer chemical from one cell to others in form of…

Q: The liver works to synthesize plasma proteins. Unfortunately, your  patient is suffering from liver…

A: The liver is a significant organ that conducts a number of crucial biological tasks, including the…

Q: ANP is a hormone that causes a.) constriction of the afferent arterioles and release of renin. b.)…

A: The RAAS (renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system) is operated by JGA (juxtaglomerular apparatus). The…

Q: A) Consider membrane filtration. What is concentration polarization and why does it occur? B) What…

A: A) Consider membrane filtration. What is concentration polarization and why does it occur? B) What…

Q: A serum is diluted 1:20 then 2 parts of the resulting dilution is added to 40 parts saline. Then 3…

A: Serial dilution is a laboratory technique used to dilute a solution step by step to create a series…

Q: A) When a person had hyperextension does their bhp inscrease or decrease? B) What effect does this…

A: A) Hypertension is a condition in which the blood pressure is too high that it produces force…

Q: How are osmosis and dialysis similar? How do they differ?

A: Transport refers to the act or the means by which a molecule or ion is moved across the cell…

Q: For part A, explain why the solution inside the dialysis tubing turned blue, but the solution in the…

A: Osmosis is the process of movement of solvent molecules from a region of high concentration to a…