Exam 14: A--The Urinary System

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If a kidney stone blocked the renal pelvis and consequently caused a build-up of fluid pressure in the tubules and Bowman's capsule, the net filtration pressure across the glomerular capillary membrane would increase.

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The plasma clearance of a substance can be used to calculate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) if that substance is freely filtered at the glomerulus and

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Complete each of the following statments. Tubular ____________________ and tubular ____________________ are selective processes that occur in the nephron.

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What mechanisms are responsible for producing concentrated urine?

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The clearance rate for inulin is greater than the GFR.

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Which statement regarding sodium reabsorption is not accurate?

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Which of the following does not play a role in Na+ reabsorption?

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Na+ reabsorption

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The ascending limb of the loop of Henle of a juxtamedullary nephron

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Complete each of the following statments. ____________________ is an actively reabsorbed substance that does not have a tubular maximum for reabsorption.

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Water reabsorption

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Potassium

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Tubular secretion

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Tubular secretion of foreign substances, such as drugs, generally occurs in the

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If a substance is filtered and secreted but not reabsorbed its plasma clearance rate is always less than the GFR.

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Sodium reabsorption in the distal portions of the nephron is stimulated by

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The Tm represents the maximum amount of a particular substance that can be excreted in the urine per unit of time.

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When the bladder wall is distended as a result of urine accumulation, the stretch receptors are stimulated and send afferent impulses to the spinal cord that

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The Bowman's capsule hydrostatic pressure opposes filtration.

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Which of the following plasma constituents is not regulated by the kidneys?

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