Gfr regulation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

RN HESI Exit Exam Questions with Correct and Verified Answers "In assessing the scrotum of a male client, which finding would need to be reported to the healthcare provider? a) Asymmetric appearance. b) Taut appearance of skin surface. c) Deeper pigmentation of the underside. d) Presence of sebaceous cysts. - Correct answer b) Taut appearance of skin surface. Rationale The skin surface of the scrotum should appear coarse, rather than taut, which may indicate swelling or edema and s...

  A new graduate nurse practitioner has a patient presents with a hearing complaint. The patient states that they have had decreased hearing on the right side for the last month that is continuing to get worse. The NP completes both the Rinne and Weber tests. If the patient has Ménière's disease, what would be the expected finding on the Weber test? 1. AC is 2 times longer than BC 2. BC is 2 times longer than AC 3. The tuning fork lateralizes to the right ear 4. The tuning fork latera...

Unit 1,2,3,4 & 5: MN 551/ MN551 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Which of the following pregnant women has most likely encountered the greatest increase in the risk that her child will have a fetal anomaly? Answer: A woman who has herpes simplex and recently recovered from endocarditis Q: Which of the following patients would be considered to have a significant risk of developing the prerenal form of acute renal failure? A...

Nagelhout Exam Questions With Verified Answers. Total body water represents that percentage of lean body mass? - answer60% What is the primary cation and anion of the ECV? - answerNa+Cl- What is the primary cation and anion of the ICV? - answerK+PO4- What is the daily fluid volume required to maintain TBW homeostasis? - answer25-35mL/k per day (2-3 L) Which of the four transcapillary pressures are is slightly negative? - answerPif - interstitial fluid pressure. Due to lymphatic vessels. ...

NUR 529 Exam 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+ <LATEST VERSION> How is creatinine made in the body - ANSWER -creatinine is produced by muscle mass as a product of the metabolism of a molecule called creatine -formation and release of creatine are relatively constant and proportional to the amount of muscle mass present -creatinine is freely filtered in the glomeruli, is not reabsorbed from tubules into the blood, and is only minima...

GCU BIO 202 Exam 4 Questions 100% Correct Answers New Update autoregulation - Answers - maintains GFR despite changes in local blood pressre and blood flow autoregulation - Answers - changes diameters of afferent and efferent arterioles and glomerular capillaries dilation - Answers - autoregulation: reduced blood flow or glomerular blood pressure triggers _______ of afferent arterioles dilation - Answers - autoregulation: reduced blood flow or glomerular blood pressure triggers _____...

B, C, D The kidneys do not metabolize fats. Production of clotting factors is a primary function of the liver. The kidneys maintain blood pressure using the RAAS and also produce erythropoietin to stimulate RBC production. - - The nurse working in an outpatient nephrology clinic knows that which of the following are primary functions of the kidneys? (Select all that apply.) A. Production of clotting factors B. Homeostasis C. Excretion of metabolic wastes D. Regulation of acid-base bala...

NUR 612 - EXAM 5 | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | 100% PASS How much % CO do the kidneys recieve? - Answer -20-25% "filters essential substances and reabsorbs substances needed to maintain normal composition" describes what organ? - Answer -the KIDNEY! SATA: Which of the following mechanisms controls RBF? a. intrinsic b. autoregulation c. extrinsic d. protein & glucose e. sympathetic controls - Answer -a, c, d Intrinsic, extrinsic and protein and glu...

Bio 251 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed during what renal process is protein-free plasma forced out of blood capillaries and into the bowman's capsule of the renal corpuscle? a) glomerularfiltration b) secretion c) excretion d) reabsorbtion e) reabsorbtion a substances that enter the renal tubules will be excreted in the urine unless they are a) secreted by glomerular capillaries directly into the peritubular capillaries b) degraded by tubule cells c) reabsorbe...

Autoregulation of renal blood flow - correct answers prevents large changes in GFR when there are increases/decreases in BP; regulated neural and hormonal regulation renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system - correct answers -decreased blood pressure causes the juxtaglomerular cells of kidneys to secrete renin which converts angiotensinogen (inactive) to angiotensin I (active) which is then converted into angiotensin II by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) -Angiotensin II stimulates the adr...

in order to micturate, the following must happen (3): - ️️- contraction of the internal urethral sphincter - contraction of the external urethral sphincter - relaxation of the detrusor muscle order of parts of nephron (7) - ️️1. glomerulus 2. glomerulus capsule 3. proximal convoluted tubules (PCT) 4. descending limb of the Loop of Henle 5. ascending limb of the Loop of Henle 6. distal convoluted tubules (DCT) 7. collecting ducts what are the functions of the urinary system? - ...

CHSO 404 Exam 2 Questions with 100% Correct Answers What makes up the kidney? - Answer-cortex, medulla, renal pelvis, ureter, nephrons What makes up the nephrons? - Answer-renal corpuscle (glomerulus Bowman's capsule), proximal convoluted tubule (PCT), loop of Henle (LofH), distal convoluted tubule (DCT), collecting tubules (CT) Where does the renal blood supply come from and what supplies the nephrons? - Answer-renal artery, afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole, pentu...