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A low level of glucose in urine could indicate hypoglycemia, an overdose of insulin, or an overabundance of the insulin produced within the body.
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What term means absence of urine?
Anuria means absence or defective excretion of urine.
Glucose and albumin are both normally absent in the urine but the reason for their excluison differs explain the reason for the absence of glucose?
Within the proximal tubules and the Loop of Henle are glucose cotransporters. With one sodium atom, the glucose is reabsorbed into the vasa recta to be returned to the body. Albumin is a protein and cannot easily cross the glomerulus. The effect of these two mechanisms is the same: the substances are not in urine.
When does glucose concentration in urine become zero?
The normal glucose concentration in urine ranges from 0 to 15 mg/dL. The glucose concentration in urine becomes zero when no glucose has spilled over into the urine.
What happens to the concentration of glucose in urine as the number of glucose carriers increase?
concentration of glucose in the urine decreases.
What causes loss of glucose in the urine?
Insulin affects the concentration of glucose in the urine.
Why is there no glucose in urine?
All of the glucose are reabsorbed from the Proximal convoluted tubule into the surrounding capillaries,so there is no no glucose in urine.
Sanitary is the absence of what?
Urine and faeces
Why isn't glucose normally found in urine?
Glucose is not in Urine because the body transforms all the extra glucose into fat and stores in the the body instead of excreting it with urine. Glucose can be seen in urine in uncontrolled diabetes millitus, when the blood glucose level is higher than the kidneys threshold of glucose reabsorbtion, then the extra glucose gets excreted with urine instead of getting reabsorbed by the kidneys.
The breakdown of glucose into ATP in the absence of oxygen is?
fermentation
Why urine doesn't normally contain glucose?
Glucose is too valuable to be lost in the urine, so it is selectively reabsorbed by active transport in the nephrons. There should be no glucose whatsoever in urine. Any trace of it is a possible sign of diabetes.
What hormone causes loss of glucose in the urine?
Glucose in urine is a worrying sign, as it is a key symptom of diabetes. A lack of the hormone insulin would be responsible.
Is glucose secreted in urine?
Yes
