Questions and Answers (2026 /
2027) (Verified Answers)
3 ways filtration happens at renal corpuscle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. fenestrated
endothelium (picky)
2. lamina densa (pickier)
3. filtration slits (pickiest)
what is Glomerulonephritis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inflammation of the glomeruli
that affects the filtration mechanism of the kidneys
,low osmolarity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔little solute lots of water
high osmolarity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lots of solute little bit of water
hydrostatic pressure push or pull? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to push
colloid osmotic pressure push or pull? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pull
what is the GFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glomerular filtration rate; the amount of
filtrate the kidneys produce each minute
what are the 3 levels of GFR control? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. auto regulation
(local level)
2. autonomic regulation (sympathetic ANS)
3. hormonal regulation (kidneys)
what can reduced blood flow trigger? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. dilation of afferent
arteriole
2. dilation of glomerular capillaries
3. constriction of efferent arterioles
what if there is a rise in renal blood pressure? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. stretches
walls of afferent arterioles
, 2. causes juxtaglomerular cells to contract
3. constricts afferent arterioles
4. decreases glomerular blood flow
hormonal regulation of GFR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔RAAS and ANP/BNP
do protons raise or lower pH? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lower, make it more acidic
does bicarbonate raise or lower the pH? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔raise, make it
more basic
in the descending limb fluid flows toward? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔renal pelvis
in the ascending limb fluid flows toward? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔renal cortex
what is the countercurrent multiplier? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Loop of Henle
4 processes of the DCT - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. acid/base balance
2. selective reabsorption of Na and Ca
3. maintenance of GFR
4. selective reabsorption of water (ADH)
3 of juxtaglomerular apparatus cell types - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. macula densa
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