Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Selected
Answer: C
Correct
Answer: C
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A 58-year-old uninephrectomized man has a glomerular filtration rate of 80 ml/min, a urine
flow rate of 3.0 ml/min, and plasma glucose concentration of 200 mg/100 ml. If he has a
kidney transport maximum for glucose of 180 mg/min, what would be his approximate rate of
glucose excretion?
Selected
Answer:
0 mg/min
Correct
Answer:
0 mg/min
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Which one of the following substances is LEAST dependent on the kidney for regulation of
Which of the diagrams would represent the changes (after osmotic equilibrium) in
its plasma concentration?
extracellular and intracellular fluid volumes and osmolarities after infusion of 3.0% sodium
Selected
chloride (molecular weight of NaCl = 58.5 g/mol)?
Answer:
glucose
Correct
, Answer: glucose
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following changes would you expect to find after administration of a
vasodilator that selectively reduced afferent arteriolar resistance?
Selected
Answer: increase in glomerular capillary hydrostatic
pressure
Correct
Answer: increase in glomerular capillary hydrostatic
pressure
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
In the condition diabetes mellitus, why does glucose appear in the urine?
Selected
Answer:
The filtered load of glucose becomes greater than the tubular maximum for
its reabsorption.
Correct
Answer:
The filtered load of glucose becomes greater than the tubular maximum for
its reabsorption.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A healthy 24-year-old woman runs a 10k race on a hot day and becomes very dehydrated.
Assuming that her antidiuretic hormone levels are very high, in which part of the renal tubule
is the most water reabsorbed?
Selected
Answer:
the proximal tubule
Correct
Answer:
the proximal tubule
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following changes would you expect to find after administration of a
vasodilator that selectively reduced afferent arteriolar resistance?
Selected
Answer: Increase in renal blood
flow
Correct
Answer: Increase in renal blood
flow
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT true about the countercurrent multiplier system of the kidney?
1 out of 1 points
Selected
Answer: C
Correct
Answer: C
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A 58-year-old uninephrectomized man has a glomerular filtration rate of 80 ml/min, a urine
flow rate of 3.0 ml/min, and plasma glucose concentration of 200 mg/100 ml. If he has a
kidney transport maximum for glucose of 180 mg/min, what would be his approximate rate of
glucose excretion?
Selected
Answer:
0 mg/min
Correct
Answer:
0 mg/min
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Which one of the following substances is LEAST dependent on the kidney for regulation of
Which of the diagrams would represent the changes (after osmotic equilibrium) in
its plasma concentration?
extracellular and intracellular fluid volumes and osmolarities after infusion of 3.0% sodium
Selected
chloride (molecular weight of NaCl = 58.5 g/mol)?
Answer:
glucose
Correct
, Answer: glucose
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following changes would you expect to find after administration of a
vasodilator that selectively reduced afferent arteriolar resistance?
Selected
Answer: increase in glomerular capillary hydrostatic
pressure
Correct
Answer: increase in glomerular capillary hydrostatic
pressure
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
In the condition diabetes mellitus, why does glucose appear in the urine?
Selected
Answer:
The filtered load of glucose becomes greater than the tubular maximum for
its reabsorption.
Correct
Answer:
The filtered load of glucose becomes greater than the tubular maximum for
its reabsorption.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A healthy 24-year-old woman runs a 10k race on a hot day and becomes very dehydrated.
Assuming that her antidiuretic hormone levels are very high, in which part of the renal tubule
is the most water reabsorbed?
Selected
Answer:
the proximal tubule
Correct
Answer:
the proximal tubule
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following changes would you expect to find after administration of a
vasodilator that selectively reduced afferent arteriolar resistance?
Selected
Answer: Increase in renal blood
flow
Correct
Answer: Increase in renal blood
flow
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT true about the countercurrent multiplier system of the kidney?
