As glomerular filtrate moves through the ascending loop of Henle the filtrate becomes
more dilute: why? - Answer The ascending loop of Henle is permeable to ions but
impermeable to water
Which of the following has a rate of urinary excretion (units of solute per unit time) that
is almost always identical to its rate of glomerular filtration in a healthy adult? - Answer
Creatinine
Which of the following has a rate of urinary excretion of units of solute per unit time
always much lower compared to the rate of glomerular filtration in a healthy adult?
-Answer Glucose
Which of the following choices correctly traces the route of glomerular filtrate on its
path to the collecting duct of a nephron? - Answer Bowman's capsule, proximal tubule,
descending loop of Henle, ascending loop of Henle, distal tubule
At which of the following does the renal system not directly participate? - Answer Blood
temperature
Which one of the following parts of the nephron anatomically connects Bowman's
capsule with the Henle's loop? -proximal Convoluted tubule
How many nephrons does an average adult human kidney have, being the major
functional unit of the human kidney? Roughly 1,000,000
Urine is made in a three-stage process: which of the following states the right order
through which those three stages occur in the nephron? - Answer Glomerular filtration,
tubular reabsorption, tubular secretion
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