Why is there much greater filtration through glomerular capillaries than through capillaries elsewhere in the body?

Q: What would be the impact of dysfunctional (leaky) glomerular basal lamina?What effect would this…

A: Marcello Malpigh, an Italian scientist, identified the glomerulus.  A little ball-shaped structure…

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: Glomerular colloid osmotic pressure is greater in the afferent end than in the efferent end of the…

A: Blood colloidal osmotic pressure (BCOP) is due to colloidal nature of blood. The blood is a mixture…

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.

Q: Why does the glomerulus have a high-pressure capillary network? Explain.

A: Glomerulus is defined as the network of blood capillaries present in the kidney. The network of…

Q: Discuss the pressures that promote and oppose glomerular filtration.

A: Glomerular filtration is the first step in making the process of urine. It is the mechanism that our…

Q: Explain how urine may become concentrated as it movesthrough the collecting duct.

A: Kidneys are the pair of bean shaped red color organs that are the crucial part of the excretory…

Q: Explain two reasons why maintaining a steady glomerular filtration rate is important

A: The glomerulus is a group of capillaries (small blood vessels) located in the nephron of the…

Q: State two vital functions of kidney.

A: The kidney resembles the kidney bean in its structure and color. The kidneys are among the most…

Q: describe why blood pressure affects filtration rate in the many glomeruli in the kidneys

A: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the action that portrays the aggregate sum of filtrate formed by…

Q: Kidney stones are usually located in the renal pelvis. What affected would have this on urine flow…

A: Kidneys are involved in the removal of wastes (minerals or salts) and fluid from the blood in the…

Q: Generally, what types of molecules and in which direction (from blood to tubules or tubules to…

A: The mechanism of urine formation includes- 1. Glomeruluar filtration 2. Tubular reabsorption 3.…

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

A: Blood pressure is defined as the pressure or force exerted by the blood when they are travelling or…

Q: What is the role of glomerular capillaries?

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

Q: Arcuate Artery Arcuate Vein Collecting Tubule 10 Distal Convoluted Tubule Afferent Vessel 11…

A: * nephrons are functional unit of the kidney, the structures that produces urine  removing waste and…

Q: If the urinary excretion rate of a drug such as penicillin is greater than the rate at which it is…

A: The primary route of excretion by which a human body eliminate substances is via kidneys. The…

Q: foods or substances that can change the volume of a normal urine?

A: Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in many animals  and in humans. The path of urine flow is…

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: Discuss the differences in function of the two major capillary beds in the kidneys: the glomerular…

A: The urinary system is an important part of the human body. This system performs important functions…

Q: If the epithelial cells of the glomeruli were unusually leaky, what impact on the filtrate and urine…

A: Two kidneys, two ureters, one urinary bladder and one urethra make up the human excretory system.…

Q: Of the three processes – filtration, reabsorption, secretion – which is (are) accomplished by a…

A: The kidneys are organs of the urinary system in vertebrates. A kidney is formed of tiny units termed…

Q: Describe the pathway of blood flow through the kidney from the abdominal aorta to the inferior vena…

A: Kidney is the primary organ of the urinary system and its function is to filter the blood and to…

Q: From the previous question, In which section of the kidney tubules does this chloride movement…

A: Kidneys are the organ responsible for the formation of urine. The kidney's ability to perform many…

Q: why does the kidney receive 1/4 of cardiac output?

A: Renal blood flow refers to the volume of blood delivered to the kidneys/unit time. The kidneys…

Q: Fred was diagnosed 6 months ago with liver cancer.  His liver is no longer able to make the…

A: Glomerulus is the small capillaries which carries blood to bowman capsule.

Q: Why is creatinine clearance a good estimate of glomerular filtration rate?

A: Creatinine is the chemical compound that is left behind after the energy producing cells in the…

Q: Explain the anatomical features that create high glomerular capillary blood pressure and explain why…

A: The glomerulus consists of the grid of tiny blood vessels (capillaries) called the tuft. It is…

Q: Which of the following occurs if the afferent arteriole suddenly constricts? O a) Net filtration…

A: The collection of blood vessels supplying to the nephrons in the excretory system are called…

Q: List all the functions of kidney

A: Kidney is the bean shaped vital organ located at the rear side of abdominal cavity. It receives…

Q: What happens to urine concentration and volume when a person is dehydrated? (Please explain what…

A: Introduction :- Dehydration occurs when your body does not have enough water. The most effective way…

Q: Define the term glomerulus.

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

Q: Glomerular filtration is affected by forces that oppose and promote filtration. What are these…

A: To explain: To explain glomerular filtration forces and net filtration pressure

Q: A patient is experiencing increased blood pressure. How would this effect the entering the…

A: The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs and it is the main organs of the urinary system as it…

Q: Even though mutations of aquaporin-3 and aquaporin-4 in the collecting duct have not been described…

A: The kidney is the primary organ of the excretory system that removes waste products from the body…

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: Which glomerular arteriole is larger, and why?

A: Answer :-  Correct answer is , the afferent because it increases hydrostatic pressure in the…

Q: Urine is formed by the kidneys and flows through the ureters tothe bladder, where it is eliminated…

A: The urinary system is also known as the renal system or urinary tract. The main function of the…

Q: What is unique about blood flow out of the glomerular capillaries (Hint: what vessel drains them)?…

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

Q: In healthy adult ,the initial filtrate in kidney is about what?

A: Kidney is the excretory organ that removes waste products and excessive water from the body through…

Q: Is this following statement correct? In the kidney, vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole…

A: Afferent arteriole and efferent arterioles are the parts of nephron which is the structural and…

Q: The lumen of glomerular capillaries is lined by: Select one: juxtaglomerular cells. a. b.…

A: Glomerulus It is a tuft of blood capillaries nestled inside a cup like sac located at the end of…

Q: Why does the cortex of the kidney show a dotted appearance?

A: Dotted appearence of kidney's cortex part is due to presence of convolutedd parts of tubule i.e. of…

Q: Which of the following correctly describes the path of fluid flow in the kidney?

A: The filtrate after filtration in the bowman's capsule present in the cortical part of a nephron of…

Q: Which of them contain less nitrogenous waste – renal vein or the renal artery?

A: The urinary system or renal system is made up of kidneys, ureters, bladder and the urethra. All…

Q: describe function of the kidney

A: The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on either side of your spine, behind your ribs and…