Renal Anatomy
Consists of a descending limb, an ascending limb, and a thick ascending limb.
What is the Loop of Henle?
This steroid hormone is produced by the adrenal cortex and stimulates Na+ reabsorption.
What is aldosterone?
This equals Buffer + H+.
What is HBuffer?
100% is reabsorbed of this substance.
What is glucose?
This medication helps with post operative nausea and reduces the effectiveness of all hormonal contraceptives.
What is Aprepitant?
The combination of macula densa and juxtaglomerular cells is known as....
What is the juxtaglomerular apparatus (J G A)?
This is an important part of sodium homeostatic composed of hedonistic and regulatory.
What is Salt Appetite?
The forces that govern filtration in the glomerular capillaries are the same as this
What is capillary bed?
The GI tract secretes this percentage of the absorbed K+ daily in healthy person.
What is 5%–10%?
This is a causes fibrosis throughout the pelvis.
What is endometriosis?
Supplies blood to each individual nephron....
What is the Afferent arteriole?
This is the regulation of systemic blood pressure, renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate.
What is the Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
CS=USV/PS
What is Renal Clearance?
The LOH is comprised of this number of functional parts.
What is 3?
1.Thin Descending Limb, 2.Thin Ascending Limb, 3.Thick Ascending Limb
Secretion of this during the latter half of the cycle raises the body temperature about 0.5°F.
What is progesterone?
A majority of the Juxtamedullary Nephron is found here.
What is the Renal Medulla?
This is an osmotic diuretic are filtered and not absorbed thus retaining water in the urine.
What is Mannitol?
If the GFR is too high, needed substances do this through the renal tubules.
What is not reabsorbed and lost in urine?
This countercurrent multiplier system results in medullary interstitial osmolar gradient with the tip of the LOH having the highest osmolarity of this much mOsmol/L.
What is 1200?
These 2 gonadotropic hormones are released by anterior pituitary gland in males and females.
What are luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)?
Water permeability varies from tubular segment to segment and largely varies on the presence of these water channels.
What are aquaporins?
This is the second of three renal functions.
What is tubular secretion?
PGC - ( PBS+ ∏ GC )
What is Net Glomerular Filtration Pressure?
In a normal adult, GFR is about this many liters a day.
What is 180 L/day or 125 ml/min?
This cell's primary function is to secrete testosterone.
What is the Leydig cell?