Health Science

A professor gave the following analogy of kidney function to his freshman biology class: "Imagine ...

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Ruby is 77 years old and can no longer control her urination. What changed in the reflex pathway ...

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List and describe the three filtration barriers that substances leaving the plasma must pass through ...

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In a normal kidney, which condition would increase glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?

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The basic pattern for many molecules absorbed by Na+-dependent transport involves this: an apical ...

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Damage to the renal medulla would interfere first with the functioning of the

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Place the following blood vessels that carry blood to and within the kidney in the order in which ...

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When fluid flow through the distal tubule increases as a result of increased GFR, the macula densa ...

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The amount of filtrate entering Bowman's capsule each minute is the ________.

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Which statement about autoregulation is TRUE?

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Contents in the peritubular capillaries are actively transported into proximal and distal convoluted ...

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In normal kidneys, blood cells and plasma proteins are

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Cysts on the kidney can press upon nephrons, increasing the pressure inside the nephrons. How will ...

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The portion of the nephron closest to the renal corpuscle is the

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The Bowman's capsule and glomerulus make up the

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Blood flow through the kidney includes a feature seen in only a few organs. What is it?

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Which ion is NOT directly regulated by the kidney?

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Refer to the graph below.A. At a PO2 of 80 mm Hg, which type of hemoglobin binds more oxygen?B. At a ...

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Oxygen consumption increases with exercise due to the fact that the contracting muscles are doing ...

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Hemoglobin binds to and has a much higher affinity for carbon monoxide (CO) than for oxygen. CO is ...

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In the science fiction movie The Abyss, a diver is able to breathe while his head is in a specially ...

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What are the two possible causes of lower alveolar PO2? Give examples of each.

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Blocking afferent action potentials from the chemoreceptors in the carotid and aortic bodies would ...

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A student in your lab volunteers to enter a hypoxic breathing chamber for 10 minutes, and his ...

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Carbon dioxide is more soluble in water than oxygen. To get the same amount of oxygen to dissolve in ...

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