GMS6504 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
Which of the following would best be described as a system independent parameter determining
pharmacological response?
•the number of receptors present
•the cellular cascade
•pharmacokinetics
•receptor affinity for the ligand
•presence ...
General Function of a kidney - answer✔1) controls volume and compos. of body fluids
2)excretes wastes/ drugs
3)makes glucose, bicarbonate, renin, erythroppoetin and D3
What does the kidney make - answer✔makes glucose, bicarbonate, renin, erythroppoetin and
D3
basic renal processes - answer✔1)filters plasma
2)secreted from peritubular blood into tubule
3) reabsorbs solutes/ water
excess is then excreted
different cell types that form the glomerulus - answer✔Anatomy is unique:
mesangial cells- the central core, contractile cell
endothelial cells- fenestrated, (gapped) lie on glomerular basement membrane
podocyte- lies on outside of endothelial cells, form pores
granular cells- in afferent arteriole, secrete renin
The golumerulus has resistance vessels both - answer✔before and after it, afferent and efferent
arterioles
renal corpuscle - answer✔The glomerular capillary is surrounded by the Bowmans capsule,
epithelial cells that marks the beginning of the tubule and water and solutes in plasma are forced
acrossed capillary wall and create filtration
location of kidneys - answer✔adrenal gland lies above, retroperitoneal and encased in fat
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