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An increase in plasma potassium concentration causes the release of

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aldosterone

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What primarily acts to increase sodium channels in the luminal membrane of the principal cells of the collecting duct?

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aldosterone

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What are surrounded by peritubular capillaries that carry approximately 90% of the renal blood supply?

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cortical nephrons

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What produces 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (calcitriol)

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kidneys

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The normal renal plasma flow rate is _____ ml/minute

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125

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What includes:

  • Filtration from the glomerular capillaries into the Bowman’s capsule
  • secretion from peritubular capillaries into the tubular lumen
  • reabsorption from tubules into peritubular capillaries
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basic renal processes

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The amount of potassium that is exreted in the urine is the result of potassium being: (3)

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  • filtered
  • reabsorbed
  • and secreted
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These release paracrines that regulate the resistance in the afferent arteriole of the nephron

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the cells of the macula densa

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This changes as the filtrate passes through the tubule

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the composition of the glomerular filtrate

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If the hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capillaries - 65 mmHg the oncotic pressure in the glomerular capillaries = 29 mmHg and the hydrostatic pressure in Bowman’s space = 16 mmHg, the glomerular filtration pressure is ___ mmHg

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20

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Most of the filtered calcium load is reabsorbed in the :

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proximal tubule

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The kidneys help restore a fall in plasma Ca concentration by

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producing 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol)

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The principal cells of the cortical collecting duct respond to aldosterone by increasing the number and open time of luminal ENaC channels. True or false?

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false

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The principal cells of the cortical collecting duct respond to aldosterone by increasing the number of basolateral H/K-ATPases. True or false?

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false

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The principal cells of the cortical collecting duct respond to aldosterone by increasing the number and open time of luminal calcium channels. True or false?

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false

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Loop diurectics at on the basolateral membrane of the cells of the thick acending limb of the loop of Henle to inhibit Na/K-ATPase activity. True or false?

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false

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Loop diuretics disrupt the medullary concentration gradient and cause the excretion of a large volume of 300 mOsm urine. True or false?

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True

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Loop diuretics inhibit the Na/K/2Cl cotransporter in the luminal membrane of the cells of the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle. True or false?

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true

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Loop diuretics can cause hypokalemia and alkalosis. True or false?

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true

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______ sparing diuretics act by decreasing sodium reabsorption by principal cells in the cortical collecting duct.

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Potassium

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______ inhibiors act in the distal tubule to inhibit the Na-Cl cotransporter

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Thiazide

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Parathyroid hormone acts to cause an increase in _____ reabsorption.

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calcium

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Potassium secretion increases in responses to a decrease in plasm _____ ion concentration

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potassium

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What: * have long loops of Henle that dip deep into the medulla * generate and maintain the medullary interstitial concentration gradient * are serviced by branches of the peritubular capillaries termed vasa recta * have an afferent and efferent arteriole
juxtamedullary nephrons
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ _____ \_\_\_\_ cause acidosis because they block intracellular generation of hydrogen and bicarbonate in proximal tubule cells.
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
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Among the following filtered substances, which is most completely reabsorbed in the renal tubule?
glucose
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Most of the Na that is filtered in the glomerulus is reabsorbed in the ____ \_\_\_\_\_
proximal tubule
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The tubule segment where reabsorption of Na is linked to secretion of hydrogen ions is the ____ \_\_\_\_
proximal tubule
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The tubule segment where reabsorption of Na is linked to secretion of potassium ions is the ____ \_\_\_.
collecting duct
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The tubule segment where reabsorption of Na is linked to absorption of amino acids is the ___ \_\_\_.
proximal tubule
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The tubule segment where reabsorption of Na is linked to absorption of bicarbonate ions is the ____ \_\_\_
proximal tubule
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The tubule segment where Na reabsorption is hormonally regulated is the ___ \_\_\_.
collecting duct
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In the proximal tubule, primary active transport of Na ions occurs in the _____ \_\_\_\_\_
basolateral membrane
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Which of the choices below is NOT involved (directly or indirectly) in the regulation of body sodium content:
erthropoietin
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Vasopressin regulates plasma osmolarity. True or false?
true
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Elevated plasma levels of vasopressin lead to an increased water permeability in the collecting duct. True or false?
true
38
Vasopressin can cause a higher urine osmolarity. True or false?
true
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Vasopressin closes apical ENaC channels in the collecting duct. True or false?
False
40
Drinking a lot of water will cause a drop in the plasma vasopressin concentration. true or false
true
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The renal clearance of glucose is \_\_\_
zero
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The renal celarance of creatinine is slightly higher than ______ \_\_\_\_\_ ____ but much lower than glomerular plasma flow rate.
glomerular filtration rate
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The renal clearance of bicarbonate is higher in severe ____ than severe \_\_\_\_\_\_
alkalosis acidosis
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At high plasma vasopressin levels, the urine osmolarity would be ____ than the plasma osmolarity.
higher
45
A function of filtered phosphate in the urine is to ____ urine pH against secreted _____ ions.
buffer hydrogen
46
A function of filtered sulfate in the urine is to alkanize the urine. True or false?
false
47
The filtered sulfate has no impact on urine pH. True or false?
True
48
The way the kidney compensates for respiratory acidosis is by incompletely/completely reabsorbing and/or creating "new" \_\_\_\_\_\_.
completely bicarbonate
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Renal compensation for respiratory alkalosis ______ plasma ______ and/or CO2 levels
lowers bicarbonate
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Respiratory compensation for metabolic acidosis _____ plasma _____ and/or CO2 levels.
lowers bicarbonate
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Under a "normal" protein-containing diet, an individual's urine is: ______ acidic and pH is approximately \_\_\_\_
slightly 6.0
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What excretes metabolic waste products from the body?
kidneys
53
What is formed when monoiodotyrosine is linked to diiodotyrosine?
3,5,3 triiodothyronine
54
What works by elevating cyclic adenosine monophosphate concentration in the target cells?
thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
55
Suppose that a steroid hormone, Q, is pressent at a low concentration in plasma. If the concentration of Q doubles in plasma, both free and bound Q concentrations will \_\_\_\_.
increase
56
A new hormone called ghrelin was discovered. It is comprised of several amino acids. From this information we could reasonably surmise that ghrelin is stored within ____ \_\_\_\_\_ in its endocrine cell origin.
secretory granules
57
The half-life of thyroid hormones is determined by the fact that they are mostly bound in the plasma to _____ \_\_\_\_\_\_ globulin.
thryoud binding
58
TsH increases the release of T3 and T4 from the thyroid follicular cells by stimulating the iodide pump. True or false?
true
59
TSH increases the release of T3 and T4 from the thyroid follicular cells by stimulating the formation of pseudopodia which engulf and internalize colloid. True or false?
true
60
TSH increases the release of T3 and T4 from the thyroid follicular cells by stimulating the activity of thyroperoxidase. True or false?
true
61
What are released into the blood in the region of the median eminence?
hypothalamic releasing hormones
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The advantages of the ____ \_\_\_\_ _____ vessels are that: * releasing hormones are not diluted by being secreted into the general circulation * the portal vessels provide the most direct route to the anterior pituitary * the anterior pituitary gland cells are more quickly excited to secrete their hormones
hypothalamo-pituitary portal
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A hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus and secreted into the blood perfusing the posterior pituitary is _____ \_\_\_\_\_ .
antidiuretic hormone

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